Daewoo E&C Establishes Eye Examination and Cataract Surgery Camp in Nigeria

Cooperative Support Activities with Hanguk Vision Care

Daewoo E&C & LASUTH Vision Care Business Agreement Ceremony

Daewoo E&C announced on the 3rd that it has set up a camp in Lagos State, Nigeria, Africa, in collaboration with Korea Vision Care to provide eye examinations and cataract surgeries for local residents vulnerable to medical and health services.

A Daewoo E&C social contribution official stated, "We plan to perform 100 cataract surgeries through eye examinations by the end of this year."

Originally, the surgical camp was scheduled to be conducted by Korean medical staff, Vision Care officials, and Daewoo E&C volunteers visiting the site; however, due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the local medical institution, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), which cooperates with Vision Care, will carry out the procedures entirely through a business agreement.

Korea Vision Care, cooperating with Daewoo E&C, is a UN-affiliated NGO and a partner organization of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) under the World Health Organization (WHO). It directly operates ophthalmology hospitals in Vietnam, Pakistan, Mongolia, Ethiopia, and Uganda.

From 2002 to 2020, it conducted 327 cataract surgery camps in a total of 39 countries and provided 44,602 pairs of eyeglasses.

A Daewoo E&C official said, "About one-quarter of Nigeria's population in Africa has visual impairments, and the Vision Care project is a meaningful initiative that treats cataracts, a major cause of blindness, and prevents blindness. We will expand CSR not only in Nigeria but also to other countries in cooperation with Vision Care, which has expertise in this field."

Meanwhile, from 2012 to 2018, Daewoo E&C conducted cataract surgery camps 13 times in Morocco together with Vision Care, completing over 1,500 cataract surgeries and more than 11,000 treatments for eye diseases.

In 2020, Daewoo E&C donated medical supplies and COVID-19 diagnostic kits to Basra Medical College in Iraq, and domestically, it has carried out various CSR activities such as improving housing environments for descendants of independence activists and supporting housing environments for Vietnamese residents in Korea.

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