The Third World Eye Care Society consists of eye care professionals and individuals who collect used eyeglasses from the public and travel to Third World countries providing free eye care and eyeglasses to the poor.
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November 2011 - Chinandega, Nicaragua

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From November 19-28th a team of 26 eye doctors, opticians and general volunteers will be paying their own airfare and accommodations to travel to Nicaragua and provide free eye care and eye glasses to thousands of underprivileged people. In the last year, every Monday evenings at the eye glass warehouse, the team has been busy collecting, washing, sorting measuring and packing the 9000 pairs of eyeglasses.They will be traveling with 26 boxes of eyeglasses and equipment. There are many people to thank who have made this project possible.

1. Team Nicaragua wishes to thank all their family & friends for their generous donations to TWECS.
2. ALCON CANADA for donating $9600 worth of Medications for the Nicaragua Project.
3. ROTARY CLUB of South Cowichan for your generous donation which has allowed TWECS to purchase much needed equipment.
4. CASCADE OPTICAL and
5. EYENCE
   for donating high powered lenses and volunteering their time to edge the lenses into the frames.

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TWECS has held eye care projects in the following countries (click on flags for more info):

Ethiopia 2009	Philippines 2008	Kenya 2008	Vietnam 2007	Zanzibar 2006	Kenya 2006	Philippines 2005	Guatemala 2005	Peru 2004	Cambodia 2002
Mexico 2001	Boliva 2000	Philippines 1999	Malawi 1998	Grenada 1998	India 1997	Guatemala 1996	Philippines 1995	Mexico 1994