Context
In Hong Kong, eye screening is not available to disadvantaged populations. It is in the early years of life that many abnormalities can occur, which is why screening is all the more important in the early years. However, not all children have access to early detection of eye disease. Failure to detect these pathologies can therefore hinder their success at school.
Supported project
In 2020-2021, L'OCCITANE Hong Kong and the L'OCCITANE Foundation are renewing their partnership with the Hong Kong Society for the Blind. This project aims to offer eye screening services to 900 kindergarten kids and 15 detailed eye examination to a low-income group. Detailed eye examinations will also be realized to the students with visual impairments or physical disabilities.
The overall goal is to realize operations of early detection of visual defect and assure treatments in order to prevent further deterioration of eye-sight in young children and students. This opportunity will maximize their vision related performances in schooling and other daily activities.
Some figures
Budget in 2020 14,934 euros
Results 1.000 beneficiaries
Partnership history
Project supported since 2015
L'OCCITANE Hong Kong has been supporting the Hong Kong Society for the Blind since 2015 to help them renovate a screening bus, train medical personnel, to carry out awareness-raising and screening activities in nursery and primary schools in the country.
Testimonial
"I discovered Sze Ki was often turning her head when she watched TV, but I didn't know she had sight problems and needed an eye test," says Sze Ki's mum. "We're so lucky that her nursery school joined the eye screening programme. If it hadn't, her sight problem would have got worse and probably become irreversible," she adds. Sze Ki's sight has been improved and her refractive error has been corrected. Her ability to concentrate in class and school results have also noticeably improved.
Sze Ki's mother, beneficiary
"Chan Tsz ki was suffering from congenital brain problem, she was diagnosed to have both visual and intellectual disabilities. She joined the outreach comprehensive eye examination at Ebenezer school.
Visual acuity was 6/36 in both eyes which was classified as moderate visual impairment according to the definition by the World Health Organization. Refraction showed high hyperopia in both eyes and spectacles was recommended by the optometrist. Tsz Ki used the L’OCCITANE funds to prescribe a pair of spectacles for distance, this not only helped her to improve vision but also let use of her residual vision more appropriately, so to help learning at schoolChan Tsz Ki, beneficiary from the Hong Kong Society for the Blind's project in 2019-2020
