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Pg _ Watedoo Chronicle, Wednesday, 0003:0th to, 1975 is ln Antigua, one eye doctor people. With a population of responsible for 75,000 22 million, Canada has 2,000 biiéhietiy pfbject aids 25,000 Caribbeans PARKDALE PLAZA 884-3860 . TIMO . FUTURE) PATIENT AIDS . BONNIE BELLE OKODAK .VMIDlEY . [OVE 0 MAX FACTOR . PRINCE MATCHEBELU PHOTO FINISHING BY AllIED a. SPECTRUM Your Neighbourhood REXALL PHARMACY -HtG0llAt HOURS- We carry these leading brands PARKDALE PHARMACY Monday - Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sunday 12 noon - 6 p.m. eye doctors. “The need there is really great," says Dr. Edward Fisher, former director of the University of Waterloo's Schoolot Optometry. Every summer for the past four years, teams of optometrists and optometry students from UW have visited the Caribbean islands giving children free eye examinations. This year almost 25,000 children on the island of Antigua and Jamaica were screened during UW's vision project. The screenings resulted in complete eye examinations to 2,865 pati- ents, of these almost 1,000 received spectacles. Almost half of these, 472. were processed in UW's optometry lab on campus, another 164 were used spec- tacles donated to the project and the balance were pro- cured independently by the islanders from their own optometrists. The total cost for the three month project is approxi- mately $25,000 says Dr. Fisher, which was financed by several Ontario service clubs. They included: Wa- terloo Lions Club, Smith Falls Rotary Club, Willow- dale Rotary Club, Rexdale Lily Wingteider. left, Hilda Wagner, Olive away back as proven by their work at the have been making quilts on special order. Seniors are weIcome to join the Waterloo "Friday Seniors" at 1 :30 p.m.. or the Kitchener Monday Seniors. "Happy Gang" at 1:30 pm. OPEN BOWLING DAILY 10:00 a.m. -- 7:00 p.m. Except Thursday 10:00 am. - 4:00 p.m Saturday 1 :00 - 1 1:00 p.m. Sunday 1:00 - 10:30 p.m. SENIOR CITIZENS BOWLING " Ptineeg St. West 742.9582 or 742-7601 WATERLOO BOWLING LAN ES BOWLING , Daily 4:00 A 6:30 pm. " Game (except Monday and Thursday) 'lder. left, Hilda Wagner, Olive Goodwin. Edith Findlay and Nelda Schneider are quiltets from as woven by their work at the Adult Recreation Centre, Waterloo. The ladies. all of Waterloo, FAMILY BOWLING for information call Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club of West Toronto, Rotary Club of Oshawa. Peterbor- ough Soroptimist Club. Ro- tary Club of South Ottawa and St. John's Couple Club, Alliston. A few individual contributions were also received. Until this year the project was sponsored by the Ca- nadian International Devel- opment Agency. The reason the agency withdrew fund- ing says Dr. Fisher is be- cause the project was not assisting the country to develop itself. "We try to go to small islands in the Caribbean where there is no eye care," he says. "The income of the people is relatively low by our standards, so it is very difficult and expensive for them to get proper eye care. Our program came in use- fully." Dr. Fisher says three children have been brought to Canada for surgery as a result of the project. One child who became blind at the age of 2 because of lye in her eyes, had a cornial transplant. "Today, she can see," he says, “which makes the whole thing worthwhile." not essential, but the child had a badly crossed eye so we had the father raise mon- ey for transportation. We saw the kids in October and you really wouldn‘t know them for the same kids." Interns involved in the pro- ject would not make nearly the same wages as in Canada. but they gain a tremendous amount of experience, says Dr. Fisher. During the summer, the interns re- ceived an allowance of $1,100 for three months, Another child's eyelids drooped so badly she had to hold her head back in order to see. As her muscles were deteriorated, she was given an operation. "The other operation was For the first two or three days on the islands, the in- terns taught the nurses or teachers how to recognize children with seeing prob- lems. . "Not alt referalls are good ones, but this way we cover the largest possible number," says Dr. Fisher. inations. Each intern would Every halt hour the in- terns would give a patient a complete - examination. At the end of the day, each would have given 17 exam- The Kitchener-Waterloo Christian Wopeis Club in- vites the public to attend a Christmas Luncheon to be held Tuesday, Dec. 16. from I to 3 pm. at Binge- Luncheon planned Refreshments King St. South at Allen. The Book Will Be Reviewed by the Author (Progressive Resources for Our People) Presents Christmas Book Review ADULT RECREATION CENTRE "DEATH TO THE DONNELLYS" MR. ORLO MILLER Friday, December 12th at 2 :00 P.M. PROJECT PROP handle close to m examina- tions a month. The university got involv- ed in the eye project through the government when Premi- er William Davis (then minister of education) visit- ed the Caribbean, and in- vestigated the school sys- room, so he decided to see what he could do to improve the education system there," says Dr. Fisher. "It really appalled him to see 250 children in one class- A special projects branch was formed to collect old school equipment and books from various provincial school boards. Different sources voluntarily trans- ported these to the Carib- The school teachers then informed the government that a number of children could not see the blackboard and a request for eye care was made. "That's when we started providing examinations five years ago," says Dr. Fisher, who has been involved with the project since its in- ception. "rt really gives one a tremendous sense of physi- cal satisfaction being able to help these people. , , man Park Ballroom. 1208 Victoria St. N. Kitchener. For reservations contact Vivian Woodhouse at 885- 5936 or Shirley Dietz at 885-5042. No Admittance Charge Waterloo