Sponsor: PRVAIL

PRVAIL (Partners in Restoring Vision and Improving Lives) is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit which sources reading glasses and sunglasses and supplies them at nominal charge to missions to developing countries and domestic groups serving the underprivileged. Since their beginning in late 2003, PRVAIL has supplied over 650,000 glasses to people around the world, and Book Wish Foundation is delighted to have their support for the reading glasses component of our Chad/Darfur project.

As is explained so well on PRVAIL's website www.restoringvision.org, reading glasses typically comprise 40-50% of eyeglass needs in developing countries, but are difficult for charities to obtain in large numbers, because they are not recycled by the public as often as regular eyeglasses are. Non-prescription reading glasses are often saved as spares, or too poorly cared for to be reused. Our experience bears this out. How wonderful that PRVAIL has found a way to solve this problem for its many nonprofit partners.

If you want to support other reading missions like ours, consider donating to PRVAIL at www.restoringvision.org. They are experts in providing reading glasses to improve lives around the world.