IRIS Mundial video – Peru 2017
From October 21 to 29, 2017, IRIS Mundial volunteers went to Peru to provide eye care to the community of Canete. The project was a great success. A dynamic team of 38 Canadian volunteers (ophthalmologists, optometrists, opticians, nurses, translators and assistants)...
Register and take on the challenge for the benefit of IRIS Mundial: Inca trail!
Have you always dreamed of hiking the legendary Inca trail to Machu Picchu? Have you always wanted to take up a challenge for a good cause? Participate in the trek to help thousands of people better see the world. Make the trip for your personal...
Our interns just returned from Limbé in Haiti
On September 30th, five optometry students from the Université de Montréal and their supervisor*, returned to Canada after a one week internship with the team at the permanent eye care program. Although the beginning of the internship was full of unforeseen events due...
Congratulations to Mrs Monique Prud’homme!
To highlight its generosity and great commitment to IRIS Mundial projects, the Jean-Pierre Tchang Award was created in 2009 to reward the volunteer whose contribution stands out. For 2017, during the IRIS Mundial Annual Volunteers’ meeting which was held in...
Benefit dinner for IRIS Mundial
On September 13th, a benefit dinner for IRIS Mundial was held at the O’Noir restaurant in Montreal. The event was a great success! Thanks to the sponsors and to the 95 participants, more than $ 7,700 were given to IRIS Mundial. Participants ate in a total darkness,...
Trek in Machu Picchu: see the world better!
Help us to restore sight to people like Chrisbeline, a seven year-old Haitian girl, who received prescription glasses of -14.00 diopters during the last IRIS Mundial’s mission in 2016. From now on, she can hope for a better future and go to school. The IRIS Mundial...
IRIS Mundial at the 2017 Congress of the Canadian Association of the Optometrists – presentation of a scientific poster
IRIS Mundial will be at the 2017 Congress of the Canadian Association of optometrists from June 28th to July 30th in Ottawa to present its new scientific poster entitled Prevalence of Impairment and Eye Disease in Miragoâne, Haiti. Indeed, Dr. Julie Brûlé and Dr....
Races for the benefit of IRIS Mundial: more than 6,800$ collected!
A huge thank you to the 25 runners for their fundraising effort in the 21km Scotiabank Charity Challenge which took place in Montreal: it was a great success! Congratulations to everyone for their performance despite the cold and the rain! Thank you to our donors for...
Participate in the “Scotiabank Charity Challenge of Montreal” event in benefit of IRIS Mundial!
RUN FOR THE CAUSE- is back in 2017: IRIS Mundial is participating as a non-profit organization in the next edition of “Banque Scotia 21K de Montréal” which will take place during the weekend of April 22nd, 2017. You will have the opportunity to challenge yourself...