ICU2 Vision Centers are created within schools and in their local community. The partner school supervises the vision center which functions thanks to student and teacher involvement. It is a deeply transformative service learning project.
The ICU2 Vision Center represents a radical shift in the paradigm to distribute glasses to people in the greatest need:
- Imagine a typical optometrist’s shop which delivers 10 high-quality pairs of glasses to clients per day.
- Then scale that up to 100 per day and 2000 per month.
- Distributed for free.
- Envision 20 students, in one 2-hour session, working to screen, refract, measure and deliver individually prepared pair of glasses to 50 people every day.
- We create the unique conditions to engage people locally and to distribute supplies at scale.
Exemple of an ICU2 Vision Center
While delivering eye care, the ICU2 Vision Center becomes a veritable classroom linked to major subjects such as physics, biology, economics and business.
The ICU2 Vision Center is a collaborative learning space for empathetic service and bold entrepreneurship, where students work together to help others while learning all the ins and outs of running a business outlet. From vision screening and evaluation, to communication and marketing, ordering and following inventory, managing team efficiency and morale, each student has an opportunity to acquire essential life skills and university preparation that goes far beyond the classroom.
Key benefits of ICU2 Vision Centers :
Mastered Practices and Standards
Sustainable and Persistent
High Volume Distribution
Replicable Experience
