Dr. Lauren Zimski recently returned from El Salvador, where she volunteered with Partners for Visual Health to provide eye care in some of the poorest communities in Central America.
"It was a privilege to volunteer with an amazing group of people and provide much needed eye care to such a grateful, underserved community," says Dr. Zimski.
Partners for Visual Health, formerly known as Friends of ASAPROSAR, is a non-profit, charitable organization, run by and consisting entirely of volunteers with a 30 year track record of providing vital no cost eye-care services to low-income residents of El Salvador.
The organization includes medical professionals such as ophthalmologists, optometrists, anesthesiologists, technicians, and nurses, as well as medical interpreters, and non-medical volunteers all of whom donate their time and skills during an annual one-week visit to El Salvador. A typical eye-care mission will include approximately 60 medical and non-medical volunteers.
Partners for Visual Health works with a local organization, Asaprosar El Salvador, to find those in the most need.
"I wanted to give a shoutout to both of these organizations for the amazing work they do to bring vital, no-cost eye-care services to low-income residents of El Salvador," added Dr. Zimski.