As we look to nearly 30 years of service in Armenia, the AECP is pleased to welcome our four newest board members to our Board of Directors who will help facilitate our success for years to come.
As we look to nearly 30 years of service in Armenia, the AECP is pleased to welcome our four newest board members to our Board of Directors who will help facilitate our success for years to come.
Big hearts come in small packages! Last year, seven-year-old Ziva Bodenschatz received a school assignment: find a way to improve her community and write an official letter to a local agency. She decided that she would like to help people –especially children – see.
Largely considered the hallmark of the AECP, our Mobile Eye Hospital is a surgical suite on wheels that delivers eye care to tens of thousands of Armenians each year who otherwise wouldn’t have access. Here are the stories of three Armenians who recently received sight-saving surgery aboard our mobile clinic.
With recent developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has undoubtedly been a trying time for nearly everyone around the world. As always, the health and safety of our community comes first and we are taking the appropriate measures to protect the well-being of our beneficiaries, staff and friends.
We have begun 2020 with some great news to mark the extra-special year for our organization: the first ophthalmologist from our Next Generation Fellowship Program, Dr. Vahan Papoyan, has arrived in the U.S. from Armenia and is currently completing his medical fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.
Amidst flowing cocktails, a five-course dinner and elegant décor, hundreds of donors and friends of the Armenian EyeCare Project gathered at the beautiful Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach to support and celebrate the organization on another momentous year.
The Armenian EyeCare Project is pleased to announce that we have officially launched our eye screening program for preschool-aged children thanks to our crowdfunding campaign with Fund for Armenian Relief’s (FAR) Ayo! platform.
In cooperation with the World Diabetes Foundation and the Ministry of Health of Armenia, the Armenian EyeCare Project has implemented a nationwide screening program using state-of-the-art AI technology.
The Armenian EyeCare Project organized a range of engaging events for World Sight Day this year to raise public awareness about vision problems and steps that should be taken to avoid preventable blindness.
Since launching our large-scale School Screening Program in October 2018, we have screened over 20,000 schoolchildren across Armenia. Here are some of their stories.
