DOT Glasses

#jobs #sales 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠! Do you have a passion for sales and making a real impact on people's lives? Sending your application by 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 4 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫.

𝙎𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣? 𝗢𝗵 𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻! Beyond the endless undulating hills that dot the scorched earth, Tiaty East sub-county in Baringo is perhaps better known by most as one focal point of the seemingly unending cycle of violence that plagues this section of the Siguta Valley. Abutted by Samburu to the east and Turkana to the north, the continued insecurity in this region means the community in this area have to also contend with a lack of access to medical services, including eye care. Not anymore! DOT Glasses has partnered with So They Can to bring eye care services right into the heart of the Siguta Valley and to the doorsteps of communities that live there. Overcoming the terrain, weather and other logistical challenges, we held an eye camp over the last week in the Adomoyen region. With over 400 people screened, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠.

#internship. #jobs. We are hiring an Optometrist Associate to join our internship program. Don't wait, apply now.

𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲. The Kakuma and Kalobeyei settlements in Turkana West host approximately 300,000 refugees predominantly from the Great Lakes region and Sudan. Despite the myriad of challenges faced in the region, refugee communities have established Community Based Organisations that work to improve the socio-economic development of the region. They do this by creating spaces to nurture talents, provide capacity building programs for budding entrepreneurs and provide innovative opportunities for people to earn a living. Over the last few years, DOT Glasses has been working with and supporting CBOs, like this week’s #TbTs, Kalobeyei Initiative for Better Life (KI4BLI) and Solidarity Initiative for Refugees (SIR). These partnerships have a double bottom line: the CBOs support entrepreneurs to start innovative businesses - like becoming DOT Glasses distributors - that improve their self-resiliency and earning capacity; and the CBOs sell glasses in their local communities, which improves their sustainability, allowing them to continue providing programs and pay-it-forward, while increasing access to much-needed eye care services in refugee and host communities. This is made possible by the DOT Glasses Model: training non-eye care professionals to test and distribute glasses, and our optical shop in a bag that means service provision can be taken right to the people who need it most. Ultimately, the circularity that DOT Glasses promotes contributes to improving socio-economic development and social inclusion in Turkana West.  Kalobeyei Initiative for Better Life (KI4BLI), Solidarity Initiative for Refugees (SIR), UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Humanity Hands, Jesuit Refugee Service, Kenya Red Cross, KKCF - Kakuma Kalobeyei Challenge Fund, Maak Impact

𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 Our #TbT this week is the @chdk Catholic Health Department of Kenya, also known as CHDK. CHDK, an institution of the KENYA CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS - The GENERAL SECRETARIAT (KCCB), manages the Church’s expansive network of more than 451 health facilities: 69 hospitals, 117 health centres, 14 Medical Training Colleges and 251 Dispensaries; more than 46 Community Based Health and Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) programs; and mobile clinics in the Arid and Semi Arid Lands (#asal) where health services are inaccessible. By focusing on underserved communities, CHDKs mission aligns with 𝘋𝘖𝘛 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦. We are present in 3 of the 4 Ecclesiastical Provinces of the Catholic Church and are continuing to expand across all types of CHDK facilities. We will also look at piloting distribution of glasses in the ASAL mobile clinics, bringing much-needed optical services to the remotest parts of Kenya.   Catholic Medical Mission Board- Kenya (cmmb), Jacinta Mutegi, Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies-MEDS

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭? 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. Meet Ms Amina from Mlolongo, a bustling commuter town on the outskirts of Nairobi that is a resthaven for heavy duty trucks ferrying cargo from the Port of Mombasa to East and Central Africa. Ms Amina, like many DOT Glasses clients, she had endured years of deteriorating eyesight but had avoided getting glasses. This is typically because of direct and associated costs (the eye test, price of glasses, required repeat visits, transport, time off work, etc.), and, like in Ms Amina’s case, accessibility to services. We met Ms Amina at the eye clinic at North Star Alliance's Wellness Centre. North Star Alliance, one of our latest distributors, is the #radical brainchild of the World Food Programme and TNT Express Worldwide, leverages the #powerofmany to provide health services to mobile workers and communities living around border crossings, ports, commuter hubs and informal communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. North Star Alliance currently runs 23 Blue Box clinics (or Roadside Wellness Clinics) in 10 countries in the region. By partnering with DOT Glasses, it means North Star Alliance can provide residents of these underserved population hotspots with #accessible, #affordable and #sustainable #eyecare services and #glasses. This is a gamechanger for people like Ms Amina who would have continued “suffering in silence” with poor #eyesight, and a radical approach to providing holistic health care. Innovations in Healthcare, empowering people. Network, Siemens Stiftung

Here's to more impact (and glasses on faces) 😎 Thank you Madiro.org #globalhealth #socialenterprise #innovation

𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 This week, we turn our spotlight towards Shining Hope for Communities, better known as SHOFCO. For over 20 years, the team led by Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner Odede have been working to disrupt the cycle of poverty in informal settlements through interventions in health, critical services, community advocacy and building female leadership. DOT Glasses is a natural partner for SHOFCO. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘍𝘊𝘖 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭, 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮; 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. Today, DOT Glasses is available in all SHOFCO health centres in Nairobi and we are deepening our partnership so as to bring eye care services to the over 400,000 people reached by SHOFCOs health promoters each year. As SHOFCO continues to expand beyond Nairobi, we will be there with them, bringing essential eye services to ever more people.

𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 Today, our focus is on Penda Health, one of our recent distributors whose mission fits seamlessly with ours. Penda Health is focused on bringing high quality, affordable and patient-centred healthcare to people where they live and work. They also employ innovative solutions to expand their reach and services. This is also what drives us forward as DOT Glasses: 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦. We are expanding our footprint with Penda Health and their wonderful team - Robert Korom, Sarah Kiptinness, Dorcas Dana Odondo, Stephanie Koczela and everyone else - and look forward to serving more clients together.

It was a pleasure Esther Ndeti, Nick Vilelle, Fahim, Ushir and the rest of the Nairobi Business Angel Network team.