Rotary Avoidable Blindness Project

Training dispensing optician and establishing an optical lab

Demographic survey of population for visual status

Helena and Bo Hesselmark

SAMOA March - May 2002

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Here is Samoa-right on the other side of the Globe. Almost halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand.

172 degrees West and 14 degrees South .

In Sweden we live on 56 degrees North and 13 degrees East.

When we arrive in Samoa we have raveled 185 degrees west. In other words--we are on our way back home again.

It is a thrilling sensation to be going to a new part of the World, new culture, new language -new friends.

We hope to make a difference and we hope to work for friendship and understanding and foremost for better eye care in Samoa.

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Optic Lab

Reading glasses

Samoa in pictures