Support for the Visual Clinic of Espérance et Vie in Haiti
IRIS Mundial has recently signed an agreement to support the visual clinic in Terrier-Rouge, a small isolated village in the north of Haiti.This is a community clinic managed by the NGO Espérance et Vie, where a nurse carries out visual screenings several days a week...
Jean-Pierre Tchang award 2022
The annual Jean-Pierre Tchang Award was created in 2009 to highlight the exceptional contribution of a volunteer to the IRIS Mundial mission. The 2022 award has been given to Mihaela Mara-Somogyi, an optician and regional director for IRIS and a volunteer for IRIS...
Project for the benefit of the St. Louis PPFB
Mr. Mamour Kamara, son of the optician employed by the Program for the Prevention and Fight against Blindness (PPFB) in St-Louis, Senegal, has long been interested in optics and wishes to pursue a career in this field. Since there are no official and complete training...
2021 Annual report
We are proud to present our recent annual report which highlights the accomplishments of the past year, including the activities surrounding IRIS Mundial's 20th anniversary, the obtention of a new grant, the drafting of a new project in Canada, our new brand identity,...
New IRIS Mundial division in Canada!
Considering that access to visual care is more difficult for some social classes 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. The...
Getting involved in IRIS Mundial’s Board of Directors
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!
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
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....
St-Louis PPFB in video
We are pleased to present this short video that introduces you to our Prevention and Fight against Blindness (PPFB) in Saint-Louis, Senegal. This program began in January 2019 with funding from the Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie of...