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Community Mobile Eye Clinics provides free eye care to homeless and low-income children and adults in local Bay Area communities.
Many homeless and economically disadvantaged children and adults have never had an eye exam. Imagine how confusing and depressing life would be if you couldn't see well: it would be nearly impossible to complete homework, a job application, pass a driver's test, or even cross a street safely. Once fitted with glasses, the expressions and smiles on a child's face are truly memories to behold.
For some people, the problem is untreated and often silent eye disease such as diabetes, glaucoma, cataract, macular degeneration, and amblyopia (lazy eye). Many of these people are at risk for
blindness that might otherwise be prevented with timely treatment. Unfortunately, homeless and low-income children and adults face significant barriers to accessing eye care.
Community Mobile Eye Clinics will reach out to these homeless children and adults by going to them with our
Mobile Eye Clinic.
Please help make a difference in the lives of others less fortunate. By helping people see better, we remove a significant disability for them by increasing their opportunity to read, learn, work, and to be more productive.
Next to life itself, one of our most priceless and precious possessions is our eyesight.
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