Mission January 2019
Results:
VECP and AACO have managed to deliver the following services:
Sight check for more than 300 people
Eye glasses check and prescription for more than 300 people including 50 children
Distribution of 300 eye glasses – bought from 3 local opticians, each optician has sold 100 pieces
VECP planned to
fund 30 eye operations, to be conducted by local doctors. Local doctors decided to operate patients in the hospital and the calculated amount would be sufficient to operate 90 patients
VECP has provided general practitioner check for 78 patients. Distributed medications namely: eye drops, various injections and anti-biotics, including children
VECP
distributed acknowledgement certificates in recognition to the efforts of all partners in Sudan
VECP donated an OcuScan device to Sennar Royal
Hospital
VECP facilitated a training session (lecture) for 40 medicine students for one hour
VECP is to fund full itinerary for one eye doctor /optometrist from Sennar Royal Hospital to attend a training session in Vienna – one to two months
AACO
took care of other logistical, official approvals, coordination and other organizational costs in Sudan and Sennar.
AACO distributed acknowledgement certificates in recognition
to the partnership with VECP and other contributors
FUTURE After this successful project in Sennar, we are continuing the cooperation, as laid down in the Memorandum of Understanding. Although the Ministry of Health and the government are rather uncertain factors, AACO are a very reliable partner. AACO built and financed a new school last year. Mr. Sayid Osman Homayda considers the construction of an eye-clinic possible, in sectors. For VECP, this means a partnership challenge.