The IRIS Mundial program in Haiti: a true success
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
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...
Dr. Lyne Paré receives Jean-Pierre Tchang award
To highlight his limitless generosity and commitment to IRIS Mundial projects, the Jean-Pierre Tchang Award was created in 2009 to reward the volunteer whose contribution stands out in any given year. For 2012, as part of the annual meeting of IRIS Mundial volunteers...
The AIR MILESmd team supports IRIS Mundial
The Montreal AIR MILES team held its “One Day Community” event on July 16, 2012. Every year, employees of AIRMILES gather to generously volunteer their time to a charity. This year, the AIRMILES team chose to help IRIS Mundial. It is in this friendly atmosphere that...
Thanks to the RBC Golf Tournament, IRIS Mundial receives a donation of $5,000
On June 19, 2012, the RBC Royal Bank Business Centres of the Laval, Laurentians, and Lanaudiere regions in Quebec, held a Golf Tournament at the “Quatre Domaines” Golf Club in Mirabel, Quebec. This tournament brought together more than 140 golfing clients. Thanks to...
Oculab donates 1,200 new glasses
IRIS Mundial received an incredible offer from Oculab, a new Optics Laboratory in Laval, QC. In recent weeks, the Oculab team has produced, cut and mounted ophthalmic lenses in over 1200 frames. These news glasses were made according to the specifications of IRIS...
A donation of $114,000 for IRIS Mundial
February was IRIS Mundial Month in the 170 IRIS stores across Canada. For each pair of glasses sold during February, a donation of $10 was made to IRIS Mundial, thereby, contributing to a grand total of $114,000. Also participating in the fundraising for IRIS Mundial:...
IRIS Mundial: the experience of better vision for the people of Haiti
IRIS Mundial has concentrated the better part of its efforts throughout the last year towards implementing a program to prevent and fight blindness in the remote region of FODES-5. This region, hours from the capital, is isolated and difficult to access, the only way...
Congratulation to Dr. Brigitte Marchand, optometrist
To highlight his limitless generosity and commitment to IRIS Mundial projects, the Jean-Pierre Tchang Award was created in 2009 to reward the volunteer that stands out in any given year. In 2011, at a yearly gathering of IRIS Mundial volunteers in Montreal,...