The Etnia Barcelona Foundation has
launched its “Opticians
With You” program, an
international charitable project aimed at helping families negatively impacted
by the COVID-19 crisis.
Since 2016, the Etnia Barcelona
Foundation has supported nearly 50,000 families and, in particular, children
from different social backgrounds, given the direct correlation between vision
problems, drop-out rates and social integration difficulties.
This project aims to work to
improve their visual health and quality of life. Given the current situation,
the Etnia Barcelona Foundation has decided to expand its sphere of action and
is taking the Opticians
With You project
even further.
This project was created to
personally help individuals whose economic possibilities have suffered as a
result of the pandemic. The Foundation, with the collaboration of opticians
around the world, will send 150,000 frames from the brand, completely free of
charge, to vulnerable individuals or families who need glasses and do not have
access to them as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
The project, which defends the
right of individuals to have correct vision and a better quality of life, will
be implemented through the opticians that participate in the Foundation’s
Non-Profit Opticians program. These opticians play a fundamental role in
identifying individuals or families in their communities that are going through
hard times financially.
The Foundation’s usual partners
have decided to join in on the initiative because they understand that this charitable
endeavor is fundamental when we are faced with a global crisis. Opticians With You will run until December 31st.
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