A Week in Kenya

A Week in Kenya

Jan 21Good morning from Nairobi! Our crew got to sleep in a little this morning, as it’s 9:20am here. Last night we landed at about 11pm, but we got caught up with customs so we didn’t leave the Nairobi airport til around 1:00am. We stayed at a hotel by the airport...
A Note From Dr. Devine

A Note From Dr. Devine

Hello! I am a retired optometrist and now serve as the Board President of Shared Vision International. I am excited for the opportunity to give an update on the activities of our organization and what we are anticipating in the months to come. Many of you share our...
Kenya 2023

Kenya 2023

In January 2023, Shared Vision International joined a team of fourteen Americans on a humanitarian mission to provide eye care in rural Kenya. This was the third visit to a remote rural village in the past four years. The all volunteer team was composed of four...
A Smile Says So Much

A Smile Says So Much

During a trip to Haiti, the Shared Vision team met a teenage boy with an extreme case of myopia (near-sightedness). The team was able to assemble a pair of glasses that closely matched the patient’s correction. One of the child’s eyes was misaligned due to the brain...
The Beginning… And Why We Keep Going

The Beginning… And Why We Keep Going

Last month I had the pleasure of joining Dr. James Devine, Dr. Todd Pfeil and our non-profit co-founder, Troy Kirk, on a trip to Haiti. As this was our first official trip for Shared Vision International, we were unsure of what to expect. However, each day...