Transforming Futures: The Life Changing Power of a Pair of Glasses
The Struggle to See Many of us will experience that moment when things seem a little blurry, you struggle to read the ingredients on a packet or squint at a screen, the telltale sign you need glasses. For the children where we work, that moment can have devastating consequences. Many of the schools we visit…
Behind the scenes of our Glasses for Classes Programme
After crossing the finishing line of a 50km XNRG Ultra in aid of HD Will Luff didn’t stop to celebrate, instead he found Nick (HD’s founder) and told him he could work with us to set up an eye-test programme. Since then the ’Glasses for Classes’ programme has given over 2000 children with the poorest…
A Quick Trip to Uganda
I have had a very eventful week in Uganda. GlassesOnSpec made all the glasses, which we collected from the amazing Will Luff and then I travelled with them as hand luggage to Uganda. I also brought with me a Retinomax Autorefractor, which left little space for my own packing! The day after my arrival, on…