The Armenian EyeCare Project
The Armenian Eyecare Project is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1992, dedicated to providing the Armenian people eye care through five primary programs. The mission of the AECP is to eliminate preventable blindness and its causes in Armenia and to make eye care accessible to all. The organization is governed by a volunteer board of directors and funded with private dollars.
The Armenian EyeCare Project "Save the Beautiful Armenian Eyes" was founded in 1992 through the extraordinary efforts of Orange County ophthalmologist Dr. Roger V. Ohanesian. The AAMS, Dr. Ohanesian and Dr. Richard L. Kasper, with generous donations from Alegran, Inc., Algon Surgical, Inc., Eye Technology, Inc., and many other groups, sent eye surgical equipment totaling an estimated $1,218,000 to Armenia, establishing one of the most progressive retinal surgery centers in Armenia and the region. The mission of the Armenian EyeCare Project is to eliminate preventable blindness in Armenia and to make 21st-century eye care accessible to every Armenian man, woman, and child.
Dr. Ohanesian and Dr. Kasper traveled to Armenia on numerous occasions to operate and train Armenian ophthalmologists. Through the efforts of AAMS, several Armenian eye surgeons were brought to United States for training in retinal surgery. The Armenian EyeCare Project continues to thrive, and has undertaken a project to create eye surgery mobile units that will travel to remote parts of Armenia to treat underprivileged patients.
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