THE Governor of the District 403-A of the Lions Clubs International (LCI), Lion Alphonse Achkar has inspected a $600,000 eye care centre built by the Tema Lions Club at the Tema General Hospital.
Mr Achkar is on a week’s visit to enable him get first hand information on projects being undertaken by the club and also interact with members of the club.
He was accompanied to the project site by the Second Vice Governor of District 403-A of LCI, Mrs Gloria Larsey, the Chairperson for Region 16 of LCI, Ms Nana Esi Parry, the immediate past Chairperson of Zone 161 of LCI, Ms Kate Baaba Hudson, the Chairman of Zone 161 of LCI, Lion Emmanuel Gyimah and Ms Nana Baah Okoampah IV, Adviser to the District Governor in charge of Anglophone as well as other executives and members of the Tema and other Lions Clubs in the country.
According to him, there was a high incidence of eye problems associated with onchocerciasis popularly referred to as river blindness and glaucoma across Africa.
This, he stated could be attributed to inadequate water provision, which forces humans and cattles to share the same water source.
He commended members of the Tema Lions Club and its allied donors for investing in the facility aimed at reducing the high incidence of eye infections among the populace.
The President of the Tema Lions Club, Mrs Mary Nyarko assured the governor that members had developed strategies aimed at ensuring that the hospital staff will make maximum use of the facility.
The Lions Clubs International (LCI) was founded in the United States of America in 1917 by Melvin Jones, a Chicago businessman as a secular service organisation.
It has over 44,500 clubs and more than 1.3 million members in 206 countries round the world.
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