“By training villagers to diagnose common vision problems, you effectively create a dedicated workforce of micro-opticians that can make and sell glasses to people in their communities, while also providing for their families.”
-Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company, talking about the project OneDollarGlasses by the Enactus Technical University of Munich team in Germany.
Many people cannot pick out Burkina Faso on a map, but the Enactus Munich team saw opportunity to improve lives in the small country. The newest video from the Enactus #seeopportunity campaign features the OneDollarGlasses project in which the team trained micro-opticians to make and sell glasses within their communities.
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