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Organisation: GoodVision
Location: Germany
Photographer: Antje Christ
Two hours down the mountain but clear vision was worth the journey
Cecilia Diaz lives in the hills of the small Bolivian town of Quípima in the Boyacá region. All around her is an idyllic landscape. What is planted here seems to grow by itself: bananas, mangoes and several varieties of cocoa. So, the 49-year-old has her hands full: she cooks, takes care of the garden and looks after a few animals. She has raised four children of her own and two nephews, all of whom have now left home.
To get to the eye camp run by our project partner GoodVision, she had to walk
two hours down the mountain. But, she says, it was worth it, because the glasses now help her with all her everyday activities and she would have had to make a two-day trip to visit the optician.