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This is the story of how a pair of glasses gets donated - processed - and dispensed to a patient in the Ixcán.

 
ENFOQUE IXCÁN
eye care and health education for
the people of the Ixcán region of Guatemala
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Links

We support and encourage you to visit the following links to other organizations and sites.

 

Visualiza  http://www.visualiza.org.gt/

Frontline World (video about the violence in the Ixcán and SMT)   http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/guatemala/index.html

Rights Action (information on human rights issues in Guatemala  http://www.rightsaction.org/

NISGUA  (information on human rights issues in Guatemala  http://www.nisgua.org/upgrade.asp

Mayan history http://www.authenticmaya.com/

Amigos Eyecare http://www.opt.pacificu.edu/test/amigos/index.htm


Articles

EyeWorld
     http://eyeworld.org/article-optometrist-s-vacation-yields-overseas-service-project

Poco a Poco article by Dr Pike from Optometric Management
     http://www.optometric.com/archive_results.asp?loc=articles/2003/june/0603088.htm

AOA News Story
     http://www.aoanews.org/x8993.xml?AOAMember

American Public Health Association
     http://www.apha.org/membergroups/newsletters/sectionnewsletters/vision/spring08/EnfoqueIxcan.htm

Pacific University Magazine Article
     http://www.pacificu.edu/magazine/2008/fall/echoes/vision.cfm

Evaluation of Primary Eye Car Services provided by local health promoters in a remote area of Guatemala
     http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/techprogram/paper_154489.htm

Tax Exempt / Non Profit Information
     http://www.taxexemptworld.com/organization.asp?tn=1421405

Amanda Terhes Thesis on Systems Evaluation of the Guatemalan Eye Care Project - Enfoque Ixcán
     http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/bitstream/1957/4596/1/Amanda%20Terhes%20-%20thesis.pdf
    
http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/handle/1957/4596

 

 

 

 

 
Enfoque Ixcán is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization