Spectacles Appeal

I have recently launched a old spectacles private appeal to send to Bhutan and Thailand. The target is 100 spectacles by June 2012. The response has been quite encouraging, I have about 40 spectacles committed after 3 weeks. Grateful that there are some friends that send my appeal to their friends which have helped in getting more spectacles. Thank you! :)


My appeal:

I am doing a private appeal to collect spectacles for the poorer communities in places like Chiang Mai,Thailand and Bhutan. If you have any spectacles (ie. with frame and lenses) that are in good condition which you do not need, please put them to better use by donating them. If you know the degrees of your spectacles, please indicate on them as well for my easy sorting.

The spectacles will be sent to organizations working with communities that cannot afford them. For organizations that cannot get volunteer optometrists to check the eyesight of the short-sighted people, spectacles with varying degrees are usually put on a tray for the beneficiaries to try and choose themselves.

Sometimes the organizations may charge a nominal fee (eg.10 baht) for each pair of spectacles just to prevent abuse of the system but usually such fees can hardly cover any administration cost.

I am hoping to collect about 100 pairs of spectacles before 30 June 2012 in the first phase.

Thank you for reading this and please send this only to your personal friends as this is not an official mass appeal. Just doing this as an individual and putting up this private appeal.