Regional collaboration in the fight against blindness

The Caribbean Council for the Blind/ Eye Care Caribbean and Sightsavers with support from their international and regional partners and the European Commission, hosted a two day meeting at the Hyatt Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad on the 1st and 2nd of December, 2011.

The meeting focused on VISION 2020: THE RIGHT TO SIGHT, the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness, and gave persons involved in eye health from across the region an opportunity to learn, share and network, leading to a more cohesive, regional approach to reducing the prevalence of blindness in the Caribbean.

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Fiennes Institute benefits from Optometry Clinic

St. John’s, Antigua: Sixty- nine residents and members of staff at the Fiennes Institute benefitted from an Optometry Clinic hosted by the Caribbean Council for the Blind/Eye Care Caribbean, in partnership with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda.

The two-day Clinic held on August 22nd and 23rd was led by Dr. Genalin Ang, a Senior Lecturer in Optometry at the University of Guyana and three of her second-year Optometry Students.

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Fiennes Institute benefits from CCB/Eye Care Caribbean Optometry Clinic

Wednesday, August 24,2011

ST JOHNS, ANTIGUA - The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has promised to fully support all waivers, duties, taxes and any other charges regarding the importation of supplies needed by for programmes to carried out in the country by the Caribbean Council for the Blind/Eye Care Caribbean.

This was announced by Finance and Economy Minister, Harold Lovell at Monday’s opening ceremony to mark the start of a two-day Optometry Clinic at the Fiennes Institute.

“The programme here is so important that it is something that we need to give very, very special recognition to and whilst it will benefit residents of the Fiennes Institute, this socially useful initiative will make the residents less dependent ....” he said.

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Baroness Floella Benjamin speaks...

“There is far too much blindness and low vision in the Caribbean  .....more work needs to be done to educate and influence families and especially children and young people on the way diet can have an effect  on their health and that includes their vision.” - Baroness Floella Benjamin of Beckenham.

44th Anniversary Meeting of Caribbean Council for the Blind-Eye Care Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago  - July 28th, 2011

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