8-year-old Gustavo lives in Guatemala with his two siblings and his mom, who is a single parent. About two years ago, he started struggling in school. He said it seemed like he was losing his sight. “I struggled to read AND write,” he said. “I could not see the letters or numbers well.”

“To see, he has to get close to the page and then he squints his eyes,” added Claudia, his mom. “He told me that bright lights made his eyes hurt.”

As a single mom, Claudia makes and sells tortillas to earn money to provide for her children. She earns $6 a day and has not been able to save enough, even to take her son to the doctor for an eye exam. Then Claudia noticed that Gustavo started to struggle with simple tasks. “He would trip and fall a lot when he was playing. He did not run with confidence l

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