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  • The village of Carolina in the Ixcan region of Guatemala is fairly remote with studies showing that 82% of the individuals here are living in poverty. Organizations like Enfoque Ixcan and the Amigos Eyecare student volunteers believe it critical to provide vision services to these deserving individuals.
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  • Irma Yolanda of Cantabal, Ixcan, happily wears a donated pair of eyeglasses from Enfoque Ixcan after being examined during a clinic held at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan. (Note: These frames are the same ones that were donated by Gail Jess of Oregon City and made the journey here along with thousands of other pairs)
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  • Patient Ricardo de Leonchac of Llorena, Ixcan, reads an eye chart wearing a donated pair of eyeglasses from Enfoque Ixcan. This pair was close but another was better and he was grateful for the care he received during the clinic at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande.
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  • Tears are wiped from the face of a patient being seen by Enfoque Ixcan doctors during a clinic held at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan. He had a large splinter painfully in his eye for days prior and was able to have it removed there and medication prescribed to stave of infection.
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  • A patient's eyes are checked by Dr. Rolando Cabrera during an Enfoque Ixcan exam back in Playa Grande. Cataracts are causing blindness and the organization will recommend surgery and help to make it happen financially at Visualista, an eye clinic in Guatemala City.
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  • A cataract is clearly visible in the eye of a patient being seen by Dr. Rolando Cabrera during an Enfoque Ixcan exam back in Playa Grande. The organization will recommend surgery and help to make it happen financially at Visualista, an eye clinic in Guatemala City.
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  • Family members laugh as a woman attempts to read an eye chart attached to the cement wall at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan. Eye doctors with Enfoque Ixcan and Amigos Eyecare student volunteers will spend four days here and conduct several eye are clinics for area residents while also making day trips to nearby villages.
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  • One of many rural churches outside of Cantabal in the Ixcan region of Guatemala. The population here is quite poor and eye health is virtually non existent without the fine care of volunteer organizations like Enfoque Ixcan and Amigos Eyecare.
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  • Amigos Eyecare student volunteers sort through many bins of eyeglasses looking for the perfect pair for their patients during a clinic held with Enfoque Ixcan at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande.
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  • The pressure on a patient's eye is checked by Dr. Rolando Cabrera during an Enfoque Ixcan exam back in Playa Grande. Cataracts are causing blindness and the organization will recommend surgery and help to make it happen financially at Visualista, an eye clinic in Guatemala City.
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  • Dr. Scott Pike of Enfoque Ixcan points to an eye chart as he and his Amigos Eyecare volunteers conduct exams on elementary school students in the village of Carolina. They will spend the day there seeing hundreds of patients and dispensing many pairs of eyeglasses along with medications and advice.
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  • A large crowd gathers at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande waiting to be examined by doctors with Enfoque Ixcan and Amigos Eyecare student volunteers.  They have spent four days here and conducted several eye are clinics for area residents while also making day trips to nearby villages.
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  • A patient's eye is shown to be permanently damaged and could have been saved by proper eye care. Dr. Rolando Cabrera, a volunteer provider with Enfoque Ixcan, is doing his part to ensure that many in his country have access to necessary eye care and avoid losing their sight from lack of services in these more remote regions.
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  • A elementary school student in the village of Carolina helps out by pointing to characters on an eye chart during exams there by the Amigos Eyecare student volunteers and Enfoque Ixcan.
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  • A father and daughter enjoy a freshly cut coconut outside of a tienda in Playa Grande. The yearly visit by Enfoque Ixcan and Amigos Eyecare student volunteers have made a huge impact in the eye health of the residents here and those in nearby villages.
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  • Elementary school students in the village of Carolina line up outside of their classrooms during a visit by Enfoque Ixcan and Amigos Eyecare student volunteers. Without this service many would never be able to afford or make the days travel to be seen by a trained optometrist.
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  • An Amigos Eyecare student volunteer tries on a possible matching pair of eyeglasses for a patient during a clinic held at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan. Thousands of pairs are brought in hopes of having the correct prescription for each individual.
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  • As the Amigo's eye care volunteers make their way into the Ixcan region dirt roads, dense jungle and residents greet them as they pass. Guatemala offers many fine environmental resources though the ability to manage them is lagging.
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  • An old bicycle hanging in a shop in the Ixcan region displays a license plate from Guatemala.
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  • Dr. Scott Pike has gotten to know the sisters well after years of visiting at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan. They are very grateful for the eye care clinics he brings to their country and the thousands who have been helped there, including the sisters themselves.
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  • Pacific University optometry student Nick Hedberg tapes an eye chart to the cement wall at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan. He and other volunteers will spend four days here and conduct several eye are clinics for area residents while also making day trips to nearby villages.
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  • The main street in Playa Grande bustles and crowds flock to the marketplace in one of the larger towns of the Ixcan. All residents are welcome to attend the Amigos eye care clinics which are scheduled this week.
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  • As the Amigo's eye care volunteers make their way into the Ixcan region dirt roads, dense jungle and small villages await.
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  • Bins of equipment and luggage bounce around the van as the Amigo's eye care volunteers make their way into the Ixcan region along challenging rocky roads. Dense jungle and small villages greet them as the hours pass by on the trek into the Ixcan region.
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  • Brian Arvidson examines a young girl's eyes as she is held by her mother during an eye clinic at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan. Eye doctors and student volunteers with Amigos will spend four days here and conduct several eye are clinics for area residents while also making day trips to nearby villages.
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  • Amigos Eyecare student volunteers enjoy an early evening break at a small cafe in Playa Grande after seeing hundreds of patients in the humid and hot Ixcan weather.
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  • Dr. Rolando Cabrera (center) and Brian Arvidson (right) confer about a man's eye during an eye clinic who was injured when chopping brush. Eye doctors and student volunteers with Amigos will spend four days here at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan, and conduct several eye are clinics for area residents while also making day trips to nearby villages.
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  • Student volunteers unload their gear as they finally arrive at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan. They will spend several four days here and conduct several eye are clinics for area residents while also making day trips to nearby villages.
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  • (RtoL) Amigos Eyecare student volunteer Nina Nemetz uses a retinoscope to examen the eyes of a patient during a clinic held at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan.
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  • Dr. Scott Pike and his student volunteers sort through their equipment and sunglasses as they ready for one of their many eye care clinics of the trip to the Ixcan region.
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  • Pacific University optometry student Nick Hedberg readies a retinoscope at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan. He and other volunteers will spend four days here and conduct several eye are clinics for area residents while also making day trips to nearby villages.
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  • As the Amigo's eye care volunteers make their way into the Ixcan region dirt roads, dense jungle and small villages greet them. Guatemala offers many fine environmental resources though the ability to manage them is lagging.
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  • Lights from cars and motorcycles stream along the main street of Cantabal as another night falls on the Ixcan region.
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  • Driver Edgar Zecena secures the Amigos' equipment atop his van as they ready to depart the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan. They will travel to the village of Santa Maria Delores to conduct an eye are clinic for area school children and adults.
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  • Driver Edgar Zecena secures the Amigos' equipment atop his van under the watchful eye of Dr. Roalando Cabrera as they ready to depart the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan. They will travel to the village of Santa Maria Delores to conduct an eye are clinic for area school children and adults.
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  • Student volunteers load their equipment as they ready to depart the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan. They will travel to the village of Santa Maria Delores to conduct an eye are clinic for area school children and adults.
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  • Young boys crowd about a raised flagpole at their elementary school in the village of Carolina within the Ixcan region. The Amigos Eyecare volunteers made a stop here to examen all the students and adults of the village and beyond.
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  • Student volunteers unload their gear as they finally arrive at the Sta. Teresita Centro Materno Infantil in Playa Grande, Ixcan. They will spend several four days here and conduct several eye are clinics for area residents while also making day trips to nearby villages.
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  • The market bustles along the main street in Playa Grande, one of the larger towns in the Ixcan. All residents are welcome to attend the Amigos eye care clinics which are scheduled this week.
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  • As the Amigo's eye care volunteers make their way into the Ixcan region dirt roads, dense jungle and small villages await.
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  • A elementary school student in the village of Carolina has her eyes examined by Amigos Eyecare volunteer Nick Hedberg. The test pair of eyeglasses are a bit large but allow for a base prescription to work from.
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  • Pacific University optometry student Francisca Escoban and the rest of the volunteers enjoy the changing scenery as they travel to the village of Santa Maria Delores to conduct an eye are clinic for area school children and adults.
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  • Pacific University optometry students make their way with equipment into the elementary school within the village of Santa Maria Delores to conduct an eye are clinic for area school children and adults.
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  • Amigos Eyecare student volunteer Abe Wilson searches for the right pair of glasses as  elementary school students in the village of Carolina crowd about him interested in the process.
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  • An eye care patient looks through a ret rack during a home exam in the village of Santa Maria Delores where an eye are clinic for area school children and adults is to take place.
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  • Guatemala City trails off into the distance as another Enfoque Ixcan and Amigos Eyecare volunteer clinic is concluded. In over 10 years thousand of patients have been seen with remarkable results, enhancing the overall eye health of the economically challenged Ixcan region.
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  • Dr. Scott Pike gets to know fellow optometrist Hilda Morales who with her sister Judith Morales practice within Guatemala City. They have been helping the poor there to see on their own and will now begin to work with Dr. Pikeand his organization Enfoque Ixcan to make more of an impact.
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  • The muscles about the eye are shown in a drawing on the side of an optometrists office building  in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Eye health has been greatly improved throughout the remote areas by the work of volunteer organizations like Enfoque Ixcan and the Amigos Eyecare students.
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  • The market bustles along the main street in Playa Grande, one of the larger towns in the Ixcan. All residents are welcome to attend the Amigos eye care clinics which are scheduled this week.
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  • Optometry students from Pacific University of Forest Grove, Oregon, arrived with their bins of eye care equipment at the bustling Guatemala City airport. Met by doctors Scott Pike and Rolando Cabrera they ready to travel hours into the interior of the country to bring sight to those poorest of the poor in the Ixcan region.
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  • A young girl washes clothes in the river that runs through the village of Santa Maria Delores in the Ixcan region of Guatemala.
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  • Flying over the old parliament building in Guatemala City another plane arrives in Central America. Students and their instructor from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, are on their way to bring eye care clinics to the poor of the Ixcan region.
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  • Construction is constant about Coban, Guatemala, as the Amigo's eye care volunteers make their way into the Ixcan region. The paved road will now end and dense jungle and small villages await.
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  • Dr. Scott Pike conducts an informal meeting with his Pacific University student volunteers about the next day's activities upon arriving in the Ixcan region. Having to drive in they stopped for the night in Coban which will be then end of paved roads for the rest of the journey.
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  • Optometry students from Pacific University of Forest Grove, Oregon, arrive with their bins of eye care equipment at the bustling Guatemala City airport. They will soon travel hours into the interior of the country to bring sight to those poorest of the poor in the Ixcan region.
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  • A bin destined for Guatemala and the Amigo's eye care clinics in the Ixcan region is taken by skycap to the baggage loading area within the Portland International Airport.
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  • Dr. Scott Pike grabs a few more hours of sleep in his room at the Spring Hotel in Guatemala City before taking to the streets to prepare for the arrival of his students and their trip into the Ixcan region. As an optometrist he has been coming to Guatemala for over a decade helping to bring eye care to some of the poorest individuals there.
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  • The sun sets over the jungle within the Ixcan region of Guatemala as the Amigos Eyecare volunteers make their way back to Playa Grande for the evening.
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  • The Amigos Eyecare group takes a few minutes out from travel to view one of the many beautiful rivers that winds through the Ixcan region. They  are returning to Playa Grande for the night after an all-day clinic at the elementary school within the village of Santa Maria Delores.
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  • Cynthia Cruse studies for her upcoming opticancy exam as 1 of 9 graduating the program  on May 28th and planning to become certified dispensing opticians.The eyeglass recycling program within the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville teaches women a trade which helping to change their lives through positive work. ...
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  • Dr. Rolando Cabrera and optometry student Nick Hedberg take a short break from the heat after examining many elementary school children within the village of Santa Maria Delores during an Amigos eye care clinic for kids and adults.
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  • Pacific University optometry student Francisca Escoban examines a students at his elementary school within the village of Santa Maria Delores during an Amigos eye care clinic for area school children and adults.
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  • Bins of donated eyeglasses await processing at the eyeglass recycling program within the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville. The are gathered from the Oregon Lions then transported for care at the prison. ..
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  • Pacific University optometry students continue to make a difference in the world with their Amigos Eyecare organization. This year they  will take 9 bins of instruments, medicines and thousands of pairs of eyeglasses with them to Guatemala and conduct remote eye clinics for the poor there.
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  • Pacific University optometry student Abe Wilson examines a student with an eye chart at his elementary school within the village of Santa Maria Delores during an Amigos eye care clinic for area school children and adults.
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  • A Guatemalan family makes their way along the   dirt road leading out of the village of Santa Maria Delores where an Amigos eye care clinic had just concluded.
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  • Gayle Jess is pleased to have donated this pair of eyeglasses for recycling by the Oregon Lions and their eventual journey to Guatemala and a new owner desperately in need of them.
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  • During the recycle process eyeglasses are wiped down and all pieces are inspected by inmates for functionality, some replaced if necessary. The eyeglass recycling program within the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville teaches women a trade which helping to change their lives through positive work. ..
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  • Dr. Rolando Cabrera fits glasses on a student at his elementary school within the village of Santa Maria Delores during an Amigos eye care clinic for area school children and adults. His fellow classmates watch in interest and make sure the right pair is given.
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  • The Portland International Airport is a busy place with planes taking off regularly. Nine cartons of glasses and supplies accompanied student volunteers as they made their way to Guatemala.
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  • Pacific University optometry students continue the lengthy process of sorting thousands of pairs of donated eyeglasses into an organized collection. They will take 9 bins of materials including many eyeglasses with them to Guatemala and conduct remote eye clinics for the poor there.
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  • One of many students are examined at her elementary school within the village of Santa Maria Delores during an Amigos eye care clinic for area school children and adults.
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  • A Guatemalan family braves the wind and environment while catching a ride in the back of a pickup truck leaving out of Guatemala City for the country's interior.
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  • One of the first steps at the eyeglass recycling program is to wash the donated pair to ensure no germs are passed on and they are clean to work with. The program within the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville teaches women a trade which helping to change their lives through positive work. ..
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  • Eyeglasses are sorted from  dishwasher bags by inmates after a final wash and dry to be placed on a lensometer and have their prescriptions read. The eyeglass recycling program within the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville teaches women a trade which helping to change their lives through positive work. ..
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  • The Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville has an eyeglass recycling program which teaches women a trade which helps to change their lives through positive work. Nine will be graduating the program there on May 28th and are taking the opticancy exams to become certified dispensing opticians...
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  • Inmate Blythe Attleson (near) and others use lensometers to read prescriptions of donated eyeglasses so the recipients are matched correctly with them. The eyeglass recycling program within the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville teaches women a trade which helping to change their lives through positive work. ..
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  • Inmate Carmen Lambert-Maclin inspects a pair at the washing station and ensures it doesn't have a built-in bifocal prescription which are hard to reuse.The eyeglass recycling program within the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville teaches women a trade which helping to change their lives through positive work. .
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  • During the recycle process eyeglasses are loaded into bags and then cleansed again in a dishwasher by inmates for a final wash and dry. The eyeglass recycling program within the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville teaches women a trade which helping to change their lives through positive work. ...
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  • Traffic flows about Portland near the Max stop at Goose Hollow as viewed from the Vista Bridge.  ..
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  • Gayle Jess is pleased to have donated this pair of eyeglasses for recycling by the Oregon Lions and their eventual journey to Guatemala and a new owner desperately in need of them.
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  • Students form a line at their elementary school within the village of Santa Maria Delores to be examined during an Amigos eye care clinic for area school children and adults.
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  • A cartoon drawing of two of the hopeful graduates from the eyeglass recycling program within the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville. It teaches women a trade which helping to change their lives through positive work. Nine will be graduating the program there on May 28th and are taking the opticancy exams to become certified dispensing opticians....
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  • An eye designed air freshener hangs from the rear-view mirror of Dr. Rolando Cabrera, one of the dedicated Guatemala City optometrists giving of their own time and resources to bring eye care to some of their poorest countrymen.
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  • Pacific University optometry student Kristi Poe ensures that the glass is clear on a piece of lensometer equipment which will travel to Guatemala as part of their Amigo's eye clinics.
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  • One of many students is examined at his elementary school with the help of his mother within the village of Santa Maria Delores during an Amigos eye care clinic for area school children and adults.
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