Context
In Israel, half a million people suffer from eye diseases and trouble with their vision. We now know that 80% of cases of blindness could be avoided if the causes are discovered and treated on time. However, each year two million Israelis become blind. Thanks to ocular screening, early diagnosis and preventative care, thousands of children, adults and elderly people could thus retain their sight.
Supported project
In 2018-2019, the L'OCCITANE Foundation and L'OCCITANE Israel supported the project ran by the Israeli Association for Ocular Health and the Prevention of Blindness (LIROT). The project aimed to enable the access to eye treatment to a large number of people in Tel Aviv and in the centre of Israel. The association conducted free screenings of vulnerable elderly people and children. Training courses werealso provided to increase the number of optometrists. Finally, a new method of screening using telemedicine was developed to allow doctors to conduct screening without leaving the hospital. During screening, information on eye diseases were made available with a view to making the beneficiaries aware of these pathologies.
Some figures
Budget 10,000 euros
Results 3,427 beneficiaries
Partnership history
Project supported since 2016
Since 2016, L'OCCITANE Israel and the Foundation has supported LIROT for its program which focuses on the detection of lazy eye symptoms. The NGO aims to prevent blindness among hundreds of thousands of children, adults, and elderly through research, screening, and public awareness.
In 2017, L'OCCITANE funded a machine for screening amblyopia, a disease that affects almost 8,000 children each year within the country, also funding the training of medical staff on the use of this machine.
In 2018, L'OCCITANE supported an ocular screening project involving 5,000 elderly people who do not have the means by which to access eye treatment, for financial reasons and/or on account of being disabled.
