Testimony – Élaine Giasson
Meet Dr. Élaine Giasson, Optometrist and IRIS Mundial volunteer since its foundation. She participated in more than 7 missions with IRIS Mundial, including the last one in Senegal in November 2018. Élaine is a person who enjoys having fun and who has a contagious...
Testimony – Jacques Samson
Meet Dr. Jacques Samson, Ophthalmologist and IRIS Mundial volunteer. He has taken part in nine IRIS Mundial missions as a surgeon, starting with Natitingou, Benin in 2004. Dr. Samson is a calm and well-organized person, always happy to help others by sharing his...
Testimony – Andrée Coulombe
Meet Andrée Coulombe, nurse and IRIS Mundial volunteer. Andrée has participated in nine IRIS Mundial missions, the first of which was in 2004. Volunteers who know her well would say that she is determined, efficient and professional. Feeling at home in Peru, Andrée is...
One-time Projects Through the Eyes of Lyne Paré
Presenting Lyne Paré, physician and IRIS Mundial volunteer. Lyne has participated in more than 15 international missions from 1 to 3 weeks, in Peru, Haiti, Mexico, Benin and Indonesia, mostly with IRIS Mundial, but also with Terre sans Frontières and the UPA-DI. The...
Testimony – Benoit Tousignant
Here is Dr. Benoit Tousignant, an IRIS Mundial optometrist volunteer for several years! He has been part of 5 missions with IRIS Mundial, starting in Pachuca, Mexico in 2000, before the official foundation of IRIS Mundial. He also was an administrator from 2012 to...
Good news: a science article published!
Good news! Thanks to data collection efforts from patients during the 2018 IRIS Mundial project in Senegal, a science article has been published relating to visual impairments and eye diseases present in the St-Louis area of Senegal. This article, published in June...
Testimony- Elisabeth Duncan
Here is Elisabeth Duncan, Optician and IRIS Mundial volunteer. Elisabeth took part in nine one-time projects with IRIS Mundial, starting in Iquitos, Peru in 2004. When she got involved in international cooperation for the first time, Elizabeth discovered a true...
Testimony- Katherine Massam
This is Katherine Massam, an IRIS Mundial volunteer who has been working “behind the scenes” for over 5 years! Aside from the volunteers on missions, a lot of background work is necessary to keep an organization alive: management of equipment and eyeglasses, funding,...
Annual report 2020
Here is the 2020 IRIS Mundial annual report, which details all the activities carried out last year. We are proud of the work achieved despite the special circumstances since March 2020. Enjoy your reading!