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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Mission 2013: Gonâve Island, Haiti

Mission 2013: Gonâve Island, Haiti

by | Dec 8, 2012

IRIS Mundial is pleased to announce its new upcoming mission to the Island of Gonâve in Haiti. The project will take place from January 9th to 16th, 2013. The IRIS Mundial Team will consist of health care professionals such as: ophthalmologists, optometrists,...

The IRIS Mundial program in Haiti: a true success

The IRIS Mundial program in Haiti: a true success

by | Nov 15, 2012

Since its inception in January 2011, our program for the prevention and fight against blindness in the FODES-5 area (a very poor region of Haiti) has allowed nearly 8000 adults and children to obtain a visual screening test. No ophthalmologic services were ever...

Nikon teams up with IRIS Mundial

Nikon teams up with IRIS Mundial

by | Nov 10, 2012

The IRIS Mundial team gratefully acknowledges the involvement of Nikon in its projects. In recent weeks, IRIS Mundial has received more than 200 pairs of new glasses and frames made specifically by Nikon Laboratories Montreal for IRIS Mundial. New lenses with...