Rivers
ADIAFRICA Flags-off Free Eye Screening Outreach In PH
Africa Global Development For Positive Change Initiative, ADIAfrica, in conjunction with Stephen Igwe and Judith Igwe international Educational system, has flagged off a free eye screening exercise for residents of Rivers state.
Declaring the event open in Port Harcourt, the International President Africa Global Development For Positive Change Initiative, ADIAfrica, Prince Dan Mbachi, said the programme will take care of more than 300 persons with various eye defects.
He said the first phase of the exercise, which started from Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, will move to Etche and Ikwerre Local Government Areas, while the second phase will be taken round the entire state.
Mbachi described the event as part of the organization’s commitment to quality health, equity, human dignity and sustainable development.
According to him, “At ADIAFRICA international, we recognize that vision is not merely a medical issue, it is an economic, educational, and social issue.
“A child who cannot see clearly struggles to learn. A trader with impaired vision struggles to work.
“A parent with untreated eye conditions struggles to provide. When sight is compromised, opportunity is limited.
“That is why this free eye screening exercise, providing eye tests, medications, visual field assessment, eye glasses, contact lenses and accessories is not charity.
“It impactful, it is interventional, it is transformational”, he said.
Mbachi explained that “this initiative reflects ADIAFRICA’s broader mission to advance sustainable development through practical, people centred solutions”.
Also speaking, a Chief from Rumueme Kingdom in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Chief Livingston Akaninwo, thanked the organization for identifying with the less privilege in the society.
Chief Akaninwo, who is the Eze Ochi Aliri Oro Ekaninwo Nu Eme, said ADIAFRICA and its partners have done what many people could not do for their people.
The traditional ruler said millions of people with various eye problems are suffering silently because of poverty and urged the government and public spirited individuals to support the organization to enable it reach out to more members of the public.
Some of the beneficiaries, including Mrs. Veronica Peters Olera Pere, and others commended the organization for the feat and urged for the programme to be taken round the entire state.