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The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville, June 14,1989 Rotarians Told Eyeglass Donations Change Lives by Chirs Clark Staring hard into the mirror, turning your head from side to side, you finally decide that, yes, these glasses glasses are the ones for you. It's been five years since you got new ones, and it's time for a change. These new ones look terrific and are oh, so stylish. stylish. Once you get home and start wearing the new glasses, glasses, you may not realize that what you do with your old ones can affect a person halfway around the world. In the numerous struggling countries which we optimistically optimistically call the developing world, a set of used eyeglasses eyeglasses can change a life. For a subsistence farmer in Haiti, the difference between blurred and clear vision could mean the difference between starving to death andgetth^W. Marilyn Milboume works full-time for the Canadian Foundation for World Development. Development. She has been to Haiti, Guyana, and Mexico to see the difference a pair of otherwise discarded eyeglasses eyeglasses can make in a life. She was in Bowmanville last week enlightening local Rotarians about her most recent recent trip to Haiti. Of all the countries she has dealt with and tried to help, Haiti, because of its rancourous governmental situation, has been "the most challenging and frustrating. frustrating. There is a lot of aid being poured into Haiti but the odds seem insurmountable," insurmountable," she said. The literacy rate is a scant 10 to 15 percent, and children stand only an even chance of living past their fifth birthday. A dearth of education about such basics ART'S COUNTRY KITCHENS Marilyn Milboume, from the Canadian Foundation for World Development, enlightened enlightened Bowmanville Rotarians about the work of the organization in places such as Haiti where a used pair of eyeglasses or an immunization shot can change a person's life. 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"They cut down their trees to make charcoal, and that's what is killing Haiti. Many mountains mountains nave been stripped by deforestation." As a result, the Foundation Foundation has a reforestation program program along with a program to test various kinds of seeds to learn what will grow and prosper in Haiti. The country's country's chief industry and export export is sugar cane. It is crucial crucial to another big segment -of"the struggling économy: the rum industry. They distributed 5,000 pairs of used eyeglasses upon their arrival, successfully successfully matching 75 percent of the prescriptions with the needs of the people. They set up a small pharmacy with drugs donated in Canada, along with an immunization program for children. In Bowmanville Dr. Keith Bille Bille tt and Vince Fletcher, manager of Shorney's Opticians, Opticians, collect used eyeglasses eyeglasses from the public and pass them on to the Foundation. One of Mrs. Milbourne's fondest memories is that of bringing a young boy back to Sarnia, Ontario, for the plastic plastic surgery he desperately Custom Gunite Pools ■ Swimming Pool Construction Construction and Service ■ Concrete and Vinyl Liner « Residential and Commercial ■ Vinyl Welding • Concrete Repairs and Restoration > Custom Whirlpools and Swimspas ■ Marbelliting Oshawa 434-6581 Newcastle 987-1705 needed following a tragic fire accident. She realized that Haitians "see Canada as the land of opportunity for everything." The light at the end of the long tunnel in which she and other volunteers work is the hope "that someday we can provide that opportunity for tnenrin their own country." country." Many Memories Recalled at School Reunion Dear John: It was nice seeing you and speaking with you on Friday evening at the Lions Centre for Central's Centennial. Centennial. Memories in Motion were the words that came to mind that evening and the following following day. Memories hold our past in safe keeping for us but. occasionally we look at somèone' or" Something' and the memories come flooding back across the years'. Some to please us and make us laugh, some perhaps make us sad as we look around and know that some former classmates are no longer with us. Wandering through old class rooms, looking at class pictures, meeting former classmates, teachers and friends makes you wonder what has taken place in their lives through-out the years. On meeting one former former classmate and laughing at her comment "was it really really in the forties when we went to school here?" Yes Dorothy it really was. The inspiration and self confidence confidence I received from two teachers Miss Bragg and Mr. Thompson has stayed with me and helped me many times. And one husband husband three children, and seven grandchildren later. I've tried to instill their words into the lives of my family ( and they still work). 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