In Chefchaouen... nothing to do with this post, but I love it there.

I wanted to quickly update on the status of the Eyejusters glasses project that I posed about in January. Recently, the volunteers in charge of administering it found out that it was funded, and the list of donors indicated that some people who read this blog were involved. First of all, thank you so much! But secondly, there’s excellent news from the people at Eyejusters!

They have decided to send us many more glasses than we originally planned on purchasing, free of charge. Like, many, many more glasses. Discussing this with Phil (one of the facilitating volunteers), we did the math, and adjusted the prices as if it were a discount as opposed to a gift of free glasses, and the new estimates are as follows:

The slide-lens eyejusters were dropped down to ~$3.96 per pair, and standard-prescription reading glasses were added to the order at ~$0.54 per pair.

This means that those who originally donated thinking that their $15 would purchase one pair of slide-lens glasses for distribution, actually ended up funding 3 pairs of Eyejusters and almost 6 pairs of reading glasses for distribution.

As previously stated, the need is very significant for corrective eye care in these two regions of Morocco, and the generosity of those who donated cannot be overstated. Once again, thank you so much for your support!

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