The island of Jamaica seemed to show up everywhere last year.
Bob Marley splashed across movie theatres, Usain Bolt ran across television
screens, and Jamaica joyously celebrated 50 years of independence.
Jamaica is the fifth-largest, island-country in the Caribbean. In the face of all the recognition in 2012 though, lies a very dark reality for many of its communities. Thousands of Jamaicans couldn’t even partake in any of these celebratory sights because they cannot see. In Western Jamaica, there are no public health optometrists and only two public health ophthalmologists for more than half a million people.
Tomorrow, our Rotary mission team from all over the globe (US, Denmark, Australlia, Japan, Brazil) will assemble in Jamaica for an eye, dental, and medical mission. This will be a Rotary Foundation grant project. As always, I will attempt to blog throughout the mission, but we are never sure if there will be internet access until we arrive at our housing location.
Jamaica is the fifth-largest, island-country in the Caribbean. In the face of all the recognition in 2012 though, lies a very dark reality for many of its communities. Thousands of Jamaicans couldn’t even partake in any of these celebratory sights because they cannot see. In Western Jamaica, there are no public health optometrists and only two public health ophthalmologists for more than half a million people.
Tomorrow, our Rotary mission team from all over the globe (US, Denmark, Australlia, Japan, Brazil) will assemble in Jamaica for an eye, dental, and medical mission. This will be a Rotary Foundation grant project. As always, I will attempt to blog throughout the mission, but we are never sure if there will be internet access until we arrive at our housing location.
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