DIVING FOR GLASSES

DIVING FOR GLASSES

DIVING FOR GLASSES DIVING FOR GLASSES Alceneide on her sewing machine | © Antje Christ Alceneide´s precious glasses fell into the river Alceneide lives in a small village on the Amazon. She received her first pair of GoodVision glasses a year ago. The glasses are very...
FINALLY WORKING!

FINALLY WORKING!

JANMAJAY MOHAPATRA JANMAJAY MOHAPATRA Award for Janmajai| © Antje Christ Happy With A New Job Janmajay is our recently trained eyewear manufacturer in India. He lost his right leg as a child when he fell out of a tree while playing – a branch pierced his thigh and...
AGE DOESN’T MATTER

AGE DOESN’T MATTER

Ikaanr Tirkey with his first glasses | © Antje Christ Ikaanr Tirkey: “I can even see the leaves!” Our partner project Care Netram is active in the city of Rourkela, located in the Sundargarh district, north of the Indian state of Odisha.  Ikaanr Tirkey, 70...
RAIDAS FROM THE SLUM

RAIDAS FROM THE SLUM

Raidas | © Antje Christ RAIDAS BECOMES A PRODUCER OF GLASSES One evening, long after the end of training, we discovered Raidas secretly practicing how to bend glasses. Nobody had shown him how, but the results were actually quite good. Raidas was embarrassed,...
BENDING CONTEST

BENDING CONTEST

Production manager Franz Salazar, Bolivia, during the bending competition | © Martin Aufmuth Glasses in just 17 minutes Our fastest glasses benders from Bolivia, Malawi, Burkina Faso and India entered the competition. Franz Salazar from Bolivia and Innocent Mugisha...