Lhe health of eyes and vision at the center of a new solidarity project. Eight weeks of free eye examinations and eyeglasses for residents of Corviale district From Rome, with the aim of creating the first urban area “free from visual problems” in Italy. This is the meaning of “See you in Corviale”, a new generation prevention and public health initiative that arises from the collaboration between the OneSight Foundation EssilorLuxottica Italy And IAPB Italia Onlus – International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness.
Protect your eyesight: free eye examinations
“See you in Corviale” aims to create a virtuous circle with the importance of sight and eye health at the center for the benefit of the residents of the Roman district. From May 3rd to June 28thto the Multipurpose Center Nicoletta Campanella made available by the XI Town Hall, free eye examinations will be carried out and eyeglasses donated for fragile residents identified by the associations involvedwhere necessary. After visit to the ophthalmologistthe creation of free eyeglasses will be carried out in collaboration with qualified opticians from Salmoiraghi & Viganò, Grand Vision and some of the main Roman opticians.
Sight is also a right
«The aim of the initiative is to bridge the gap in opportunities by offering disadvantaged people eye exams and visual aids which, for various reasons, they have had to give up so far. Seeing well means being able to seize study, work and socializing opportunities that would otherwise be precluded. In our activities, inclusion and equality are closely linked», explains Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, President of OneSight Foundation EssilorLuxottica Italy.
The Foundation, which operates throughout the world, has set itself the goal of contributing to eliminate uncorrected vision defects within a generation, by 2050.
Supporters of the “See you in Corviale” project
Prevent blindness and low vision
“Scholars say that 80 percent of information is perceived through sight», adds Mario Barbuto, President of IAPB Italia Onlus. «People with visual disturbances are more at risk of loneliness, they are less autonomous and more conditioned in carrying out the acts of daily life.
L’low vision and blindness they are a great personal tragedy, they produce a grave risk of depression in older people and represent a very high social cost for care and assistance. For this the eye protection It is a fundamental public health issue. Almost all visual disturbances and diseases, even serious ones, can be cured or stemmed thanks to an ophthalmological examination and early diagnosis”.
A thorough eye exam
During the 8 weeks of the initiative, specific protocols will be tested for the prevention of the main eye diseases that cause low vision and blindness through theOCT (Computerized Optical Tomography) for patients with specific risk factors.
Data on the lifestyle of the population will be collected, which in addition to identifying the incidence of risk factors on quality of life, will also allow correlation with ocular health. A way to understand how to help people with serious vision impairment to prevent worsening and improve the quality of life.
The project and the associations
The project has the patronage of the Chamber of Deputies, the Lazio Region, Municipality XI and sees the collaboration of numerous associations present in the area. The aim of the initiative is to take care of the visual health of the population of Corviale, which does not end with the treatment and correction of refractive errors through a pair of glasses, but wants to guarantee second-level diagnostic insights in the event of ophthalmic diseases , thanks to the collaboration with Sapienza University of Rome – Policlinico Umberto I, Tor Vergata University – Policlinico Tor Vergata and IRCCS GB Bietti Foundation.
IAPB Italia onlus, the international agency for the prevention of blindness
IAPB Italia Onlus – International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, founded in 1977 by the Italian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired and by the Italian Ophthalmological Society, is recognized by the State with the law n. 284/1997, collaborates closely with the Ministry of Health, with which it carries out programs and activities aimed at the prevention of visual impairment and the visual rehabilitation of the visually impaired.
It also promotes research into low vision, in order to improve the quality of life of visually impaired people, through the National Pole of Services and Research for the Prevention of Blindness and Visual Rehabilitation, which has been an important Collaboration Center of the Organization since 2013 World Health.
What is OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
There OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation is a non-profit organization registered in France that reflects EssilorLuxottica’s commitment and values to eliminating uncorrected vision problems in a generation. It was founded in 2022 to bring together the philanthropic, advocacy and investment efforts of EssilorLuxottica and has already given access to vision care to half a billion people and provided glasses to more than 58 million individuals in underserved areas and communities around the globe. The Foundation has set itself the goal of helping to eliminate uncorrected vision defects within a generation, by 2050, making the goal of the United Nations Organization its own. In Italy, between 2022 and 2023, it promoted the “Sight Days” initiative with 10 stops in the main Italian cities to offer free eye examinations and eyeglasses to people in difficulty.
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