<div>Hi. My name is Nadeem Ali - I'm a Consultant Ophthalmologist in London. I’m planning to travel with a team of orthoptist and optometrist colleagues to a charity school in Guatemala in April 2026.
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<div>This follows a successful visit to the same school in 2023. You can watch a video of that trip here:
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<div>We aim to do vision screening on all of the schoolkids (over 400) and glasses tests for those who fail the screening. We will then supply glasses from the UK for those who need them.
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<div>The team is:
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<div>Nadeem - Consultant Ophthalmologist, London Squint Clinic
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<div>Michelle - Orthoptist, Gibraltar Health Authority
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<div>Emma - Orthoptist, Moorfields Eye Hospital
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<div>Clementine - Orthoptist, Costa Rica
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<div>Usha - Optometrist, Moorfields Eye Hospital
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<div>Jess - Optometrist, Moorfields Eye Hospital
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<div>Hussein - Optometrist, Moorfields Eye Hospital
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<div>Guatemala is a small country in Central America. Almost half the people in Guatemala live in poverty. The poverty rate rises to nearly 80 per cent for indigenous people, who comprise more than 40 per cent of the country’s population. Guatemala has the highest levels of childhood stunting in Latin America and the sixth highest in the world.
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<div>ETFC (Education for the Children), a UK-based registered charity, was founded in 2003 to provide hope to children in the town of Jocetenango, about an hour from the capital city of Guatemala. Since establishing its School of Hope, it has provided free high-quality primary and middle school education to thousands of local children, all funded by charitable donations. I have met the staff, and they are amazing people. It takes a holistic approach and offers nutrition, healthcare and social support in addition to education. For many of the children who attend, the only hot meal of the day they get is at school, and they take clean drinking water from the school back to their homes. The children at the school do not get eye tests as the families cannot afford glasses even if needed.
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<div>This is where our partnership comes in! My team of three orthoptists and two optometrists, all experts in testing kids, will spend a week in Guatemala and aim to test every kid in the school. We will then take the prescriptions of those who need glasses back to the UK. We are grateful to
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<div>who have kindly offered to supply the glasses.
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<div>The other trip costs are currently borne by the members of my team, who are already volunteering their time. We would be very grateful for your support if you would like to contribute to this effort. Any excess funds from this trip will help fund future trips, buy equipment we can leave there, or sponsor kids at the school.
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