Blog Entry #18- Answer 2

1. What is your EQ?

• How can optometrist reduce the effects that poverty has on vision? 

2. What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• An optometrist can reduce the effects that poverty has on vision with eye health awareness/education, which focuses on educating the public on a global scale through social media on how to keep your eyes healthy. 

3. What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• An optometrist can reduce the effects that poverty has on vision by voluteering their personal time to help those that are financially unstable with eye checkups.  

4. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• Awareness: creating trends, hashtags, informative post or tweets, etc will influence people to make a difference for individuals who are visually impaired, especially if the issue could be reversed and fixed. An example of this would be "Kony 2012" a trend that rose in 2012 to capture a bad individual who mistreated children in Africa.   
• Volunteering: I came up with this answer because one of my mentors, Dr.morris, who actually left the United States to volunteer in Mexico to help those who are visually impaired and financial unstable. Money is an issue when it comes to helping millions of people that have no money to pay for eye exams, which is why volunteering is essential to make a difference in the world of visual impairment. 
• Volunteering: there are non-governmental organizations like Vision Spring that gave away over 201,000 glasses to those who where financial impaired. Other organizations like Trickle Up have a website that allows people to donate money that will be later disbursed to families living in poverty. 

5. What printed source best supports your answer?

• "Uniteforsight.org" is an example of organization that addresses the issues and successes of visual impairment/blindness in developing countries, which helps me understand the answer to my EQ.  

6. What other source supports your answer?

• "Vosh.org" is a non-governmental organization that ask for volunteers in different places around the world that need optometrist. This website helps me understand just how important volunteering really is. 

7. Tie this together with a concluding thought.

• Nelson Mandela once said, "Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.". With this statement lingering in my mind I believe that blindness and visual impairment can be reversed in a matter of years with global unity to ensure a healthy and happy lifestyle for all no matter your socioeconomic stance.