The Specsavers Opticas chain recently announced that their Javea and Calpe stores will be supporting various different charitable endeavors in 2012, including Caritas, EMAUS and The Lions Club.
The Lions Club
It will be able to help those who cannot afford glasses by collecting second-hand glasses for The Lions Club. As it is, these branches of Specsavers Opticas already offers people the opportunity to drop off second hand glasses. But this new campaign will be encouraging more people to join this so that second-hand glasses in good condition don’t go to waste.
Caritas
Caritas supports needy families and individuals around the world who don’t have access to life’s basics like food, clothing and shelter. One recent example of its work was when it was asked to help a boy who needed glasses so badly, he couldn’t even perform well at school. So it made contact with Specsavers Javea which was pleased to provide assistance to the boy without charging the family a dime.
EMAUS
Specsavers Opticas has also been supporting EMAUS Children’s Home in Altea by giving the kids living there who need them, glasses. Again, like its work at Caritas, it enables poor-sighted children who live there to be able to live a higher quality of life by significantly improving their sight with the use of glasses, something people without poverty issues don’t even think about.