It’s our mission for eyes in need

IRIS Mundial is a charity that aims to improve the visual health of populations in need in developing countries and in Canada.
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Our mission

Our mission is to provide quality preventive and curative optometric, optical and ophthalmological services to populations in developing countries and to people in need in Canada.

 

Our vision

Mission IRIS Mundial is a reference body promoting the right to sight, which aims to improve the visual health of populations in need in developing countries and in Canada.

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Our projects

Our one-time projects

Provide the first ever ophthalmic services to disadvantaged people in a region where no services are available.

Our permanent programs

Our Programs for the Prevention and Fight against Blindness (PPFB) aim to offer a quality comprehensive eye care system to the most disadvantaged population located in isolated areas.

Our trainings

Facilitate privileged exchanges on new surgical techniques and eye examinations between our professional volunteers and local vision professionals in the targeted areas through continuing education.

Aboriginal people in Canada

Considering that access to visual care is more difficult for some populations in Canada, IRIS Mundial wishes to become more inclusive and has decided to implement new activities to improve access to visual care for people in need here in our country…
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Getting involved in IRIS Mundial’s Board of Directors

Getting involved in IRIS Mundial’s Board of Directors

by | Apr 28, 2022

Vicky Larochelle, an IRIS Mundial volunteer for more than a decade and former administrator, wanted to share her experience on our board of directors 😊 : "Is international cooperation close to your heart? Do you want to get involved and put energy into a cause...

Limbé, Haiti: Visual care available for over 9 years!

Limbé, Haiti: Visual care available for over 9 years!

by | Apr 12, 2022

Thanks to the valuable partnership with the Centre d’Éducation et de Développement intégré – Village de l’Espoir (CEDI-VE), IRIS Mundial established in 2013 a Program of Prevention and Fight against Blindness (PPFB) within their premises in Limbé, Haiti. For almost a...

Online cooperation

Online cooperation

by | Apr 11, 2022

One thing that the last two years of the pandemic have taught us is to be flexible and innovative. The entire international cooperation sector has reorganized and reinvented itself. For the better? Let’s hope so… Cooperation at a distance is not new for IRIS Mundial....