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The World Health Organization estimates that the eyesight of
one-fourth of the world's population can be improved through
the use of corrective lenses. Unfortunately for many, a pair
of glasses is both unaffordable and inaccessible. In developing
countries, an eye exam costs as much as one month's wages, and
a single doctor may serve a community of hundreds of thousands
of people.
For nearly 70 years, individual Lions clubs and districts in
the U.S., Canada and several other countries have collected
used eyeglasses for distribution to the needy in developing
nations.
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