Dear Project20/20,
I want to thank you and your team at Project20/20 for your assistance throughout the years in my endeavors to provide vision care in Honduras. I have been to Honduras fifteen times over the past twenty years.

We work in the northeast part of the country in the state of Olancho. We stay in the city of Gualaco and travel to smaller villages within an hour's drive. Complicated problems such as cataracts and gluacoma often go untreated due to lack of doctor coverage or lack of funding. Yet, God, through his infinite wisdom and power continues to provide for his people. I do see a good percentage of patients who need better medical for dry eye, cataracts and gluacoma. However, I have noticed a significant decrease in red dry eyes over the past few years due in part to their access to protective sunglasses. I continue to see hundreds of patients each year that simpley need new reading glasses or sunglasses. At least half of the patients that I see each year say they just want to see well enough to read their Bible.

In February 2013, I spent 3 days traveling back and forth from Dallas to Gualaco. I spent 4 days examining eyes in four different villages. We examined 240 patients, gave our 60 pair of used glasses, 350 pair of reading glasses, distributed 275 pair of sunglasses and brough back prescriptions to make another 40 pair to send back to patients with more difficult prescriptions.

I do appreciate the assistance of Project 20/20 and the Christian servants there who support its work.

Sincerly,
Mike Phillips, OD

We arrived in the beautiful Sahara desert country after traveling for more than 36 hours. Almost all of 20 volunteers had been there last year when we held our first Eye Camp and when they arrived after many hours on the road, some of the same people from last year’s Camp were waiting for them for a joyous reunion with our team members. Have you seen anything so beautiful? So fragile? So wonderfully made? We were here!

Waiting…is part of life in the desert. This city has been waiting for the last 10 years to see an eye doctor. Thousands were already lined up waiting for us to arrive.

867 prescription eye glasses were handed out……by 20 volunteers who traveled from the other side of the world…..with love and brotherhood. See you next year !!

We all have different hand motions……but we are all essentially saying the same thing…."Praise God !"

972 Prescription Glasses………33 Volunteers…. and many more people who prays for Morocco.