New permanent program in 2019 !
Good news! We are happy to announce that, thanks to a partnership with the Association St-Louisienne pour la Vue and a grant from the Québec International Development Program (QIDP), IRIS MUNDIAL will establish a new Program for the Prevention and Fight against...
Buy a book for the benefit of IRIS Mundial
Good news! Mrs. Michelle Smallman, Optician at IRIS, The Visual Group, recently published a book entitled “The adventures of the traveling glasses” and has decided to give $ 5 per book sold to IRIS Mundial after the first 100 sales. The book tells the story of a pair...
Charity trip – Trek in Peru – June 2018
From June 5 to 16, five people took on the challenge of the Lares high-altitude trek in Peru. Nadia Loignon, Louise Giasson, Josée Ricard, Noémie Lespérance-Hudon and Denise Poirier have been able to experience the magnificence and diversity of Peru by way of an...
The Great Canadian Giving Challenge
It’s the Great Canadian Giving Challenge from June 1st to 30th! Each donation of $3 or more will increase IRIS Mundial’s odds of winning a donation of $10,000 ! Help us by making a donation here.
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!...