If you didn’t catch it when it aired, check on the report CBS Evening News did on Vision Spring, a great non-profit that is helping the visually-impaired in developing countires see. The organization does this through free eye exams and affordably-priced glasses. The report takes us to the rural village of Keharpura in Rajasthan, India, where Ranju Sharma, a local woman, finishes her daily choses and begins administering eye exams to other villagers.
By providing the eye exams, Sharma can then sell glasses to those who need them four about $4 pair. She keeps about $1 per pair for herself and the recipients of the glasses get something they otherswise likely would be without – the gift of good eyesight.
VisionSpring was foudned in 2001 by New York City eye doctor Jordan Kassalow.
Click the link below to watch the report
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6463853n&tag=mncol;lst;2
