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- EIN 27-2831637
- info@projectvisionhawaii.org
- (808) 282-2265
- Po Box 23212 Honolulu HI 96823 USA
- www.projectvisionhawaii.org
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Causes: Disabilities, Eye Diseases, Blindness & Vision Impairments Research, Health, Health Care, Human Services, International Health Development
Mission: Our mission is to enhance the quality of life by improving vision, preventing blindness, and advancing medical knowledge through community-based research and to work in partnership with hawaii's people to promote access to better health. We focus on the undeserved populations in hawaii-many who have very limited access to eye-specialists in the state, and the general public, providing free vision retinal screenings in our state-of-the-art project visions buses and access to healthcare services.
Programs: Project vision hawaii's "better vision for keiki" program provides vision screenings, follow-up exams and glasses as needed to children in low-income schools across hawaii. In 2016 project vision hawaii vision screened 8,433 children in 59 public schools on oahu, maui, kauai, hawaii island and molokai. Project vision hawaii provided over 10,000 children with services in 2016. Working in collaboration, 252 children were provided follow-up exams and 157 prescription glasses.
our "better vision for a better life" for the underprivileged project provides comprehensive eye screening, prescription and reading glasses, and protective sunglasses for he uninsured and underinsured individuals, many who are homeless or very low-income seniors. In to 2016, project vision expanded the program to reduce preventable falls by screening 586 seniors on oahu, maui, kauai and hawaii island, providing over 1,000 seniors with wrap around services.
hawaii health connector program targets uninsured and underinsured populations with vision screenings, other health screenings through coordination and enlistment of other not-for-profits and provides health insurance enrollments.
other programs include "we, a hui for health" and "passport to healthy aging". We is a wellness collaboration coordinated by project vision hawaii, offering events that bring a variety of health care services and screenings into high-poverty communities in order to increase access to care. Passport to healthy aging is a collaborative effort to address the pillars of fall prevention for seniors: vision problems, medication management, home safety and regular exercise. We provide screenings and education through this program to thousands of low income seniors each year across the state. In 2016 project vision hawaii accessed 70,170 people through outreach events hosted by pvh and partners, including partners through "we, a hui for health. " pvh vision-screened 15,477 individuals through programs statewide. Additionally, pvh provided vision and health screenings to 6,458 low-income and homeless populations on the islands of oahu, maui, kauai, hawaii and molokai.