Woman in Bolivia holds visual samples E
Woman in Bolivia holds visual samples E
Woman in Bolivia holds visual samples E

Bolivia

Lentes al instante (Bolivia) ensures good eyesight throughout the country: from the subtropical lowlands to the borders with Brazil and Paraguay, across the Andean valleys and on the Altiplano at an altitude of 4,000 m to Lake Titicaca.

102.234

Glasses issued

178.572

vision tests carried out

34

On-site employees

2014

Program start

Lentes al Instante (Bolivia)

Prof. Max Steiner has built up the GoodVision program in Bolivia with great personal commitment. Born in Switzerland, he has been at home in Bolivia for a long time. Based in Santa Cruz, he not only manages the program in Bolivia, but also sets the course for all GoodVision programs there as coordinator for South America.

Prof. Max Steiner and his Bolivian team were important sparring partners for their colleagues in Colombia, Peru and Paraguay and provided valuable support in setting up the programs and training new employees.

Woman in the Altiplano, Bolivia, in traditional dress
© EinDollarBrille | Traditionally dressed woman in the Altiplano
Minibus for mobile eye camps
© EinDollarBrille | Minibus for mobile eye camps
Woman in the Altiplano, Bolivia, in traditional dress
© EinDollarBrille | Traditionally dressed woman in the Altiplano
Minibus for mobile eye camps
© EinDollarBrille | Minibus for mobile eye camps
Woman in the Altiplano, Bolivia, in traditional dress
© EinDollarBrille | Traditionally dressed woman in the Altiplano
Minibus for mobile eye camps
© EinDollarBrille | Minibus for mobile eye camps

Flexibility on the road with mobile teams

Three mobile teams have been working for Lentes al Instante in Bolivia since 2021. They often travel over a thousand kilometers in minibuses to the country's most remote villages to provide people with glasses as part of campaigns.

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The LAI Bolivia team with weltwärts student Laura
© EinDollarBrille | The LAI Bolivia team with weltwärts student Laura

weltwärts cooperation

Every year, around 20 young men and women from Germany who come to Santa Cruz through the German government's weltwärts program (organized by Volunta gGmbH) are a great help to LAI (Bolivia). They spend a year helping out on site, assisting with the eye tests and helping to organize the eye camps. Well trained by EinDollarBrille volunteers in Germany, they have the necessary knowledge to actively support their Bolivian colleagues.



If you are now interested in supporting our program in Bolivia, then let yourself be inspired here:

weltwärts program

Lens is inserted into grinding machine for astigmatism lenses
© EinDollarBrille | Grinding machine for astigmatism lenses

Precision by hand in the grinding workshop

Helping hands are also needed for the astigmatism program in Bolivia. Since 2021, we have been able to offer spherical lenses as well as lenses for astigmatism in Bolivia. These are manufactured in a small grinding shop at our headquarters in Santa Cruz and are delivered to our teams in all regions of Bolivia by night bus: from the subtropical lowlands to the border with Brazil, in the Andean valleys and on the Altiplano at over 4,000 meters above sea level. It is precisely there, at an altitude of 1,000 meters and above, that around 20 percent of the people who come for our eye tests are affected by astigmatism.

Max Steiner
For me, the most important aspect of my work is being allowed to help. But also having to help.
Prof. Max Steiner, Responsible South America Coordinator and Head of LAI (Bolivia)

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