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Nonprofit Founded By Students Screens Vision In Pearl City
‘Iolani School students and brother and sister, Alec and Arabella Tan are co-founders of the nonprof- it organization WikiVision, which checked the eyes of more than 40 people on Aug. 7 at Pearl City Community Church.
ple that we will be helping on our cataract surgery day on Sept. 4,” states Alec, the nonprofit’s president.
because we wanted to make a difference in our commu- nity. We brainstormed many, many ideas, and different formats, and finally settled on WikiVision. Our goal is to teach young people about important current health top- ics from a biomedical engi- neer’s point of view, and we do so by creating free infor-
mational videos ourselves and posting them on You- Tube,” Alec states.
assists with screening.
“We hope to provide sur- gery for up to 30 people who are uninsured or under-in- sured. Cataract surgeries can cost between $6,000 to $10,000 if someone does not have insurance. We are working with local organiza- tions, volunteer doctors and nurses to subsidize the cost of the surgeries, but we are
planning on raising $30,000 to cover the costs of food, transportation and medica- tion for our patients,” Alec states.
“We identified four peo-
“I am a sophomore at ‘Io- lani School and along with three of my friends, have been working on this project for over a year,” Alec adds.
The group will hold a charity concert to fundraise for free cataract surgeries and have its first WikiVision cataract surgery day Sept. 4 in Honolulu. Dr. Vivien Tham, president of Pacific Vision Institute of Hawai‘i,
“Working on WikiVision has been a phenomenal ex- perience because I know that I am helping my community, and we will be able to make a tremendous impact.”
“We started WikiVision
Visit wikivision.info.
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The public participates in a vision screening held Aug. 7 at Pearl City Community Church. The event was sponsored by WikiVision, founded by ‘Iolani School students Alec and Arabella Tan.
(From left) Dr. Vivien Tham, Owen Lai, and Alec and Arabella Tan pose for a photo at Pearl City Community Church. PHOTOS COURTESY ALEC TAN
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