Vosh-Minn

VOSH/Minnesota is a chapter of VOSH/International. Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity was organized in 1972. VOSH is the leading provider of professional volunteer vision care to developing countries of the world, serving over 100,000 people per year and has helped establish permanent eye clinics in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Mexico. VOSH has also set up clinics in disaster areas such as Bosnia following a war, El Salvador following an earthquake, and Honduras and the Dominican Republic following hurricanes. VOSH/Minnesota helped to open the doors into Cuba for other chapters to follow. In 2024, volunteers from Vosh MN traveled to Guatemala where they examined 483 patients and dispensed 430 prescription glasses with orders for an additional 52 pair for those with a unique prescription. They focused on providing ocular health assessments, IOPs and fundus exams. They treated eye disease and referred patients for follow up at local hospitals.