Free Eye Screenings to the Community: Making a Visionary Difference

SEGi University in Kota Damansara held an On-Site Eye Screening Project on 12 March 2023, in collaboration with Ti-Ratana and Soroptimist International Damansara.  

The event aimed to provide free eye screening services to four children from the Myanmar Refugee Community Learning Centre (MRCLC) and 104 Ti-Ratana residents of mixed race. The screening was conducted by a team from SEGi University. In addition to photography for SEGi publications, the event coincided with the International Days of Happiness and the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 

According to the World Health Organization, there are 2.2 billion people worldwide who have a vision impairment or blindness, with 1 billion of them preventable or treatable. Preventing blindness and vision loss requires early detection and treatment of eye diseases. 

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