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Dener – The power of glasses
What it's really like to see properly for the first time with –11 diopters.
Dener is one of the patients that Ralf Toenjes, co-founder of Renovatio, will never forget.
Ralf met Dener at the eye camp in Londrina, where his eye test revealed -11 diopters. Dener's mother lives with him and his brother in a small hut. They lack the most basic necessities and never had the money for glasses. The boy had been given a pair of glasses a long time ago, but they were not the right strength. What happened next silenced all his colleagues.
When Dener saw his mother through the new GoodVisionGlasses, he exclaimed in amazement: “So that's what you look like, Mom”.
It was clear to everyone in the room that Dener had never really recognized his mother's face before...
