Congratulations to Mrs. Johanne de Champlain
The Jean-Pierre Tchang Award was created in 2009 to highlight his generosity and great commitment to IRIS Mundial projects. The reward goes to a person who has contributed exceptionally to the IRIS Mundial mission. The 2018 award was presented to Johanne de Champlain...
News from the permanent program in Limbé, Haiti
IRIS Mundial just received news from the Limbe eye care permanent program which is autonomous since October 2017. Here are the activities that have been carried out by the team during the last 6 months: 10 mobile clinics; 832 visual screenings; 257 ophthalmologic...
Training mission in Labrousse, Haiti
Primary eye care for all! From March 14th to 28th 2018, volunteers Dr. Rashi Reskalla and Dr. Sylvie Sarrazin, Optometrists, went to Labrousse in Haiti to give full training on primary eye care to all nurses at the Notre-Dame de Lourdes de Labrousse health...
Visual impairment will triple worldwide by 2050
Did you know that even if access to visual care is improving, blindness is increasing around the world due to the ageing of the population? For example, there are actually more than 1 billion people with near-vision impairment. For more details, please read the...
A donation of $72,400 provided from the IRIS Mundial month!
A donation of $72,400 has been made by IRIS! February 2018 was IRIS Mundial Month in all IRIS stores across Canada. For each pair of eyeglasses sold during this special month, a donation of $10 was made to IRIS Mundial contributing to the grand total of $67,400!...
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...