Between October 20 to 24, Project Morning Star Phase III’s field trip took place in Hechi City and Dahua Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A Group Management representative and 15 Jebsen volunteers participated in the trip, providing volunteer services to local schools and witnessing first-hand the changes brought by Project Morning Star. Please read on for a review of the event’s highlights!
Project Morning Star Phase III has innovatively partnered with local maternity and child healthcare centres in Guangxi to conduct early screening and intervention for common child and adolescent eye diseases. These centres focus more on the screening and prevention of eye diseases compared to general hospitals, helping to standardise eye care and vision services for children aged 0-6. During this field trip, Jebsen volunteers toured Hechi Maternity and Child Health Care Centre, Yizhou Maternity and Child Health Care Centre, and Dahua Yao Autonomous County Maternity and Child Health Care Centre, learning about the changes and impacts that PMS has brought to these local areas – such as professional training, equipment upgrades, school screenings, health education and subsidies for glasses.
During the field trip, Jebsen volunteers collaborated with eye care specialists from the Dahua Yao Autonomous County Maternity and Child Health Care Centre to conduct eye screenings and height and weight checks for approximately 1,600 local primary and middle school students. The use of digital equipment significantly improves the efficiency of these eye screenings, meaning that a single volunteer can manage an entire student group’s eye screenings, while parents can access results and track any changes through WeChat. Additionally, combining eye screenings with height and weight checks delivers more comprehensive health data, better protecting and ensuring children’s healthy development.
At local primary schools, Jebsen volunteers organised fun sports games for the students and taught them how to protect their vision through engaging eye health classes.
