Sep 01 2011
Report from Muona Optical Center
BRILLEN MALAWI REPORT
So far so good we have managed to advertise and educate our services to entire community of nkhotakota through our radio station.We have a very good office relationship between us and eye department of our government hospital infact we send to each other clients and some times we call each other for joint discussions on client condition.
-We conduct eye healthy education programme together at our
community radio station sporsored by them.
-Outreach visits to heathly centres under st annes hospital and gov
ernment hospital are done together.
Such relationship has awaken the community the importance of having eye tests.
The outreach services has been extended to Diocese of lake malawi churches
that covers seven districts namely. nkhotakota, ntchisi,mchinji,lilongwe,kasungu dowa and salima.
As we are the only the provider of such services in the diocese and anglicans want to feel it that they have a facility for their problems to acquire reasonable priced glasses we offer as is the case with Nkhoma eye hospital that visits their churches regulary selling glasses.
Responding to such calls we are visiting salima monthly at Anglican church where all residents from other churches also see us.
So we want to extend such visits to other districts but our resources could not make us visit all the said areas.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
We connected an internet line from administration block to our office for quick serving of clients when checking the old glasses as the laptop require it to operate the site.Unfortunately the laptop in May 2011 failed to open the http// localhost site and i do not know exactly what affect it different attempts were made but no success.
Lucky enough we have the same programme in Ubstick which am trying to install in another computer,if successfully done it means we start again entering the old glasses into system.
I also applied a groundline telephone which has not yet been fixed to our office.The idea came because its cheaper using the line than cell phone.
GRANT/DONATION OF K413000=00
I appreciate to receive the grant that has and is helping the outreach visits,maintainance of motor bike and other office maintainance too as described above.
ST ANNES HOSPITAL
Iam pleased to say we have a new management headed by mr v.Polera a hospital administrator whom i briefed about our project goals , objectives and management
directors in german.Mr Polera has a heart to change things at a struggled hospital to normal thats my observation.
Am only not happy that the hospital has not given you any financial report as indicated in your agreement to refrect our perfomance.I think if you ask them to do so they will.
FUTURE VIEWS
If we look at the project in a catchment area of diocese of lake malawi then you can conclude that we need an additional resources like half-ton motor vehcle,supplies of frames and old glasses inorder to satisfy the demand as you are aware that optical centres are very raley in malawi.
URGENT MATERIALS NEEDED
We need the following materials urgently: lenses;+0.25,+0.5,+0.75
-0.25,-0.5,-0.75
plastic forms,cleaning cloth,staedler pens,opti-pads and hardcases
The sad development is that of no more container for st annes as it was the only way we received our items.I understand you have other materials you wanted to send or may be you have another altenative to send them. I think very soon we will be lucking photocromic lenses which we have advantage from old glasses and more clients are demanding them to use.
Yours faithfully,
Hezekia Pumbwa.

















