03/23/2026
Happy World Optometry Day! 🌎
In honour of World Optometry Day, I thought I would share some photos from a vision mission trip to Jordan that I was part of with in 2019.
This was perhaps the most personally and professionally impactful thing I have done in my career.
I’ve been speaking a lot about perspective since returning from our family trip to India. This Onesight trip to Jordan caused a massive shift in perspective for me.
The clinic was set up in a small hospital in Al Mafraq, Jordan which is near the Syrian border.
Some of our patients were Syrian refugees who had recently fled their country with little or no belongings. The remaining patients from the region generally did not have access to eye care.
Mothers with young children, elderly patients, patient with disabilities… all lined up (for up to 8 hours on some days) waiting for the opportunity to have an eye exam and receive their new (or in some case, their first) pair of eyeglasses.
One member of our team said something at the end of the trip that has stuck with ever since. She said “we came here to help the people here to see. But it is the people here who have helped us see”.
It was an immensely gratifying experience to truly be of service to someone in need.
