Eyejusters: Innovative Eyewear for the Developing World
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How is the large demand for eyewear in the developing world being challenged today by creative pioneers? Allow us to introduce Eyejusters, a remarkable company that took a basic function and transformed into a product that can easily change many lives for the better. Out of Oxford, UK, four gents with backgrounds in physics and engineering came u
p with a self-adjustable design for glasses that addresses many optical concerns in the developing world.
The glasses are adjusted by a magnetic slider that is inserted at the temples. The sliders are easily replaced, with Eyejusters supplying extra parts. They allow the wearer to easily change the lens power. The benefits of this include the ability to share glasses and the elimination of the need to get new lenses if the condition of the eyes changes. For poor communities, this can be of incredible value.
Around 670 million people in our world are living without the glasses they need. Eyejusters has already engaged in projects across Cameroon, Kenya, Morocco, and South Sudan. Some of these partnerships include the Peace Corps and the Canadian non-profit organization Developing World Connections. In the end, Eyejusters are low-cost, offering frames from $40, which gives the product a realistic and promising scope for future charity and fundraising projects.
