In April, ENLACE hosted a team from STOA Ministries made up eye doctors and support staff that offered eye care clinics in multiple communities in San Martin, EL Salvador. The team was able to test vision, dilate eyes to test for diseases, and distribute hundreds of eye glasses. Without clinics like this, most of these community residents would have virtually no access to glasses at all. The team was also able to bring with them a huge amount of medicine. In many cases they were able to give folks with glaucoma sufficient medication for one year. If you aren ‘ t familiar with this disease, glaucoma increases pressure in the eye and when left untreated, eventually leads to blindness. Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness in the world.
We are so thankful to STOA for its help, and we think it’s awesome to know that a few more people will be seeing better because of a one-week visit of a small group of caring people!
To see some of the photos for your self, check out our photo gallery at: http://www.enlaceonline.org/picture-gallery/stoa-eye-clinic/
