VOSH student travels to the Philippines

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

SVOSH President Maryam Askarpoor was featured in a news article in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, before her mission trip to a unique eyecare clinic in the Philippines. 

https://www.mapleridgenews.com/community/maple-ridge-optometry-student-to-see-the-joys-of-giving/

The Eye Train, a mobile vision clinic in the Philippines

A rusty old rail car destined to become scrap metal in the Philippines, now an eye-care clinic serving the impoverished people of the nation’s capital, is where a Maple Ridge resident will find herself in May.

Colleen Flanagan - Maple ridge - Pitt MEadows news