By Biko Agozino
"We
are pleased to announce THE IKEOHA FOUNDATION Four Days FREE Medical
Eye Outreach for over 50,000 people in Enugu West Senatorial Districts
and beyond. The Ikeoha Foundation FREE Eye Treatment Project is designed
in line with the vision 2020 mandate of World Health Organization which
is “prevention of avoidable causes of Blindness.”After a thorough
research in the five Senatorial Districts of Enugu West by our partners,
it was discovered that a wide range of eye related issues like
Glaucoma, cataract, Pterygium which are all blinding cases , were quite
prevalent in the zone and the causative factors was attributed to
unhealthy habits, dusty environment, untreated systemic diseases ,
epidemics etc. Based on these traumatic findings, and the urgent
need for intervention, Ikeoha Foundation in partnership with Community
Eye Savers to the occasion by organizing this Four Days FREE Eye medical
Treatment Project for the 5 Local Government Areas in Enugu West. The
project is packaged to include: FREE Eye Treatment , FREE Drugs , FREE Medicated Eye Glasses ,FREE Surgeries and FREE Counseling. The
project will be officially flagged off on Monday, 17TH of November
2014, by the Chairman of Ikeoha Foundation Senator, Ike Ekweremadu CFR.
The programme Will continue through Oji River/ Awgu on the 18th, Ezeagu
on the 19th and will be rounded off in Udi Local Government Area on the
20th"
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