The Ant\u00f3nio e Cec\u00edlia C\u00e2mara Fund for Support to the Development of Optics and Optometry, Gebalis \u2013 the company responsible for managing Lisbon’s housing stock \u2013 and the Social Services of the Lisbon City Council (CML) presented, on April 8th, the project \u201cVer Melhor o Mundo\u201d (See the World Better). This is an initiative that will guarantee free eye exams, consultations, and eyeglasses for children and young people in situations of social vulnerability. Up to 500 eyeglasses are expected to be provided each year, at no cost to families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project, which began on April 10th in the Bairro da Boavista, is aimed at children and young people between 6 and 18 years old, residents of municipal housing. So far, screenings are planned in 14 Lisbon schools with 1,910 primary school students. The main objective is to detect visual difficulties early and eliminate barriers to school success, guaranteeing free access to visual health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The intervention model will be implemented in phases over three school years, between 2025 and 2028, covering students from the first cycle to high school in public schools associated with municipal neighbourhoods. It includes visual examinations to be carried out in schools, optometry consultations and, whenever necessary, ophthalmology consultations, the provision of free glasses (lenses and frames) and clinical follow-up in cases of eye conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the protocol, Gebalis ensures the identification of beneficiaries and coordination with schools and families, CML Social Services guarantee specialized clinical care, and the Ant\u00f3nio e Cec\u00edlia C\u00e2mara Fund for Support to the Development of Optics and Optometry provides the technical means and ensures the delivery of the glasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The initiative is part of the city\u2019s strategy to promote equal opportunities, social inclusion and improved quality of life in municipal neighborhoods through direct intervention in children\u2019s and young people\u2019s health and educational pathways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Learn more about the \u201cVer Melhor o Mundo\u201d project in one of the upcoming issues of \u00d3pticaPro.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo: Lisbon City Council<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The project, presented on April 8th, is an initiative that will provide eye exams, consultations and free glasses to children and young people in situations of social vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[13,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1640,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638\/revisions\/1640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}