The Istituto Cavazza's Low Vision Centre now has a
new equipment which will improve rehabilitation and visual prevention
activities. It is something put together by ophtalmologists, kindly
donated by Salmoiraghi & Vigaṇ, a firm active for years in the field
of solidarity. This donation is not in fact a new experience: years ago,
the firm gathered funds for the restructuring of an ophthalmic hospital in
Rwanda in collaboration with Doctors Without Borders. The only ophthalmic
hospital was created in Monrovia, Liberia, thanks to the contribution
offered to Christian Blind Mission International (Christian missions for
the blind in the world); supporting the PIME (Papal Institution for
Foreign Missions), it was able to give assistance to numerous children
communities in the Third World.
More recently, thanks to a fund raising
activity involving 290 sales points in Italy, it has funded, supported by
CBM, a full year of schooling for the Nguyen Dinh Chieu of Hanoi in
Vietnam, a school attended by a thousand children, 100 of them blind and
visually impaired.
What type of services
does Salmoiraghi &
Vigaṇ offer its own clientele and in particular persons with
low vision?
"Salmoiraghi & Vigaṇ," explains Roberto Coppolino, Responsible of External Relations with Medical Staff, "has always been heedful of offering services which gratify the experience of purchasing glasses. The area dedicated to low vision in many of our sales points is spacious and presents optical tools that people can try free of charge and without commitment for purchase. The full time presence of a licensed optician guarantees continuous assistance and all our activities relating to low vision are done in coordination with the eye specialist and his or her specific recommandations."
And will you in the future remain attentive to our
needs?
"Why, of course! The relationship has always been
excellent, and our President, Ing. Dino Tabacchi, has always been opened
to initiatives for providing assistance to people with special needs. Many
organizations contact us in Italy or elsewhere but, with the Istituto F.
Cavazza, I hope that it can be the beginning of a long relationship based
on reciprocal consideration."