SOME 1,100 persons from the Upper Corentyne areas had their eyes examined for free recently when the   Corriverton Lions Club conducted an outreach exercise with the support of  doctors from the Kemsville Lions Club of Canada.

Corriverton Lions Club official, Mr. Hemchand Jaichand said that the successful outreach lasted over one week, and eighty-five percent of those examined received free spectacles.
The residents had their eyes examined at the Masjid at No. 79 Village by the visiting team of optometrists from the Kemsville Lions Club.
Meanwhile, at Orealla some 500 persons also had their eyes examined. Toshao of Orealla, Floyd Edwards disclosed that some of these were residents of the neighbouring village of Apoera in Suriname.
The Corriverton Lions Club provided meals and accommodation besides other logistics for the visiting team of optometrists from Canada.
A team from the same Lions Club in Canada held a similar eye care exercise at Bath Settlement on the West Coast of Berbice last year.
Jaichand thanked all the persons whose support made the visit of the doctors such a beneficial exercise for the many residents who got their eyes tested and received free spectacles.