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Free Pop-up Vision Clinic Gives Hope in Bangladesh District

Mohammed Rukon Uddin

   RAJAPALONG, COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - The line formed early in the
   morning, dozens deep, with adults clutching pieces of paper they hoped
   would be their tickets to an improved outlook.

   Each paper authorized admission to a free, pop-up vision clinic,
   organized at the Kutupalong Government Primary School in Bangladesh for
   a couple of days in mid-February. Teachers, youngsters in blue uniforms
   and a traffic crossing guard in blaze-orange vest joined mothers and
   children, merchants, elders and others in the queue.

   "We'll see about 500 people today," including almost everyone in the
   school community, said Maud Zeller-Tillai, a regional manager with
   [1]OneSight. The U.S.-based vision charity partnered with other aid
   groups, including the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), on
   the weeklong clinic wrapping up that day.

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