This week has been an amazing week. We’ve been working with
St. Thomas Eye Center for the past couple of days now. It has been such a
pleasure to work with them this week, as it has been my first week ever with
them. Just like with the other clinics, we work with a team of one optometrist,
a coordinator, a dispenser, and a driver. We continue to assist the local eye
care professionals in whatever magnitude we can. It’s such a fulfilling
experience. I love seeing a person regain full vision from a single pair of eye
glasses. Like I’ve mentioned before, many of the locals here never have access
to eye care. Some go their entire lives without knowing what it feels like to
really be able to see. When those individuals put on that first pair of
glasses, it’s like a new world is opened to them. I love being a part of that.
It’s heartwarming to see that all the donations and work that I’ve put in to
this trip have gone towards a good cause. By the end of this six-week trip,
local eye clinics that have partnered with Unite for Sight will have seen over
3000 patients from all over the country. Seeing firsthand where all of your
contributions go is one of the best parts of this trip. From observing
surgeries to the dispensing of simple reading glasses, many lives have been
changed.
Something else notable about this week so far was the
history of the slave castle that we visited in Cape Coast. In colonial West
Africa, most Africans sold into slavery passed through the castle that we
visited. It was a humbling experience to walk the halls and visit the dungeons
where thousands of enslaved people have passed through.
So I’ll post again this upcoming Saturday. We plan to visit
the clinic tomorrow to observe more surgeries. On Friday we have another
outreach. Then on Saturday and Sunday we have work off. I can’t believe we go
home next week. It feels like just yesterday that we got here. Now the trip is
close to being over. I’m so grateful for all of your love and support over the
past month. Until next time!
Just another day at the outreach.
Right outside the slave castle.
Graves of English officials at the slave castle.
The slave castle itself.
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