OUR OUTLOOK TOWARDS OTHERS
We have been engaged in social responsibility activities for many years through the support of young graduates in Optics and Optometry and the funding of non-profit associations working in the field of vision protection.
Supporting the profession
VISIONOTTICA AWARD
In order to encourage and develop research and studies related to the profession of Optometry Optician, we have set up an annual, national competition called VisionOttica Award in collaboration with ALOeO (Association of Optics and Optometry Graduates), the Board of Optometrists (Federottica) and the Italian Universities with Degree Courses in Optics and Optometry.
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
All recent graduates in Optics and Optometry from the seven Italian universities can participate with their dissertation: Turin, Milan, Padua, Florence, Rome, Naples and Lecce.
A commission of prominent personalities from the world of Optics will award the best three dissertations that stand out for their originality on the topics of Optics, Optometry, Contactology, Visual Training and Vision in general.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Since the first edition in 2014, we have awarded fourteen young people with scholarships for a Master’s degree at a European University and paid internships at VisionOttica-owned centres.
SUPPORTING NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATIONS
Andasibé Project Madagascar
Over 600,000 people have benefited from the initiatives of the Andasibé Project, which came into being thanks to our collaboration with the Vision+ Onlus association.
The mission is to help solve the problem of blindness through national and international projects.
THE PROJECT
For three years we have been supporting the ophthalmology department of a small hospital in the north of Madagascar, about 300 kilometres from the capital, Antananarivo, with economic support and professional volunteer logic.
Many important goals have been achieved on the island located in the Indian Ocean.
ACHIEVEMENTS
In 2013, a car was purchased to transport doctors and patients along the roads of Madagascar, in 2014, a training programme was defined and activated for both the ophthalmology and optics part, the following year the ophthalmology operating theatre was inaugurated, and in 2016 the outpatient clinic and laboratory were completed.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
THE VISION GROUP FOREST IS BORN
Thanks to the collaboration with Treedom, Vision Group has launched a long-term project that contributes to the sustainable development of the environment: an agroforestry planting activity in Kenya and Tanzania, to contribute in a concrete way to absorb CO₂, protect biodiversity and offer support to local populations, in economic and social terms.
Treedom is the first site that allows people to plant trees from a distance and follow the project online. Thus, to give life to the Forest Vision Group, the leading Italian optical distribution company has chosen to give each affiliate a Treedom tree.
Each tree will be geolocated and photographed at the time of planting, and this data will be collected on a dedicated online page, where regular updates for each individual project will also be posted.
We believe that this initiative reflects the vision of our group: working together to improve people’s lives by creating well-being, visual and otherwise.
In fact, we are not just planting trees. We are planting hope, protection, jobs, clean air. For a better future. In the name of sustainability.