Vision care movement grows in Oregon to fight poverty

OREGON - A growing movement in Oregon and worldwide is focusing on the importance of vision care as a means to combat poverty. Approximately 93,000 students in the state attend school daily without the glasses they need for full participation.

Matt Gianino, the executive director of GoodVision USA , highlighted the impact of unaddressed vision problems on academic performance.

"They're less likely to attend school, they're less likely to complete school. On average, students with a vision impairment that go unaddressed lose between two and four months of learning every year," Gianino said.

Gianino emphasized that vision care is a high-impact opportunity, with research indicating a $28 return for every dollar invested.

Ann Hollister, president of Vision To Learn , a nonprofit provid