Burnham Specsavers improving sight in Africa (From This is The West Country)

Burnham Specsavers improving sight in Africa

7:00am Sunday 7th October 2012 in News By Matthew Colledge

STAFF and customers at an opticians in Burnham are helping people in Africa see better.

Specsavers, in High Street, has donated a visual fields screener to the charity Vision Aid Overseas. Customers have also donated 500 pairs of unwanted glasses.

The items will be sent to poverty-stricken countries.

Rama Venkat, store director at Specsavers in Burnham, said: “Hopefully the screener along with the hundreds of pairs of specs will make a difference. We would like to thank everyone who has made a donation.

“We'll continue to collect specs for VAO so would like to urge anyone with any unwanted glasses to drop them into our collection box in-store.”