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Australian MP and Shadow Minister distributes eye glasses for beneficiaries of IVI campaign

The visiting Australian Shadow Minister for Community Safety, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, Hon Jason Wood MP, on Tuesday, distributed free spectacles at an event organized by India Vision Institute (IVI) for underprivileged people at Dooming Kuppam, Santhome High Road, Mylapore, in Chennai.

Spectacles for every Indian in need of a pair

India has 270 million people live with vision impairment, and 9.2 million have blindness. No fewer than half of those people could have avoided vision impairment if they had timely access to a pair of basic spectacles.