The crowds outside the Mission in the cold 
waiting to gain entry for eyeglasses

Sometimes the crowd got quite large 

Dr. James Tri calculating the prescriptions  

Students from local Khust high school who
helped with patients and translation 

The assembly line for eyeglasses 

A moment of orderliness at the Mission

Andy Duddy (left) doing final fitting. High School interpretor on right

Andy uses hair dryer to do final tweaking  

A little crowd control was sometimes
necessary. Bev Kubik rises to the occasion. 

The crowd viewed from the second floor
of the Mission

Dr. Robert Barr and Amy Allwine    

Ever smiling Coi Gehrig

Ukrainian ophthalmologists Maria Jacob (left)
and  Maria Kotlareva in discussion with Dr.
Jowan Do
 

After coming into the Mission the people
were seated and information taken by
high school helpers

The intake form

Dr. Robert Barr using Nikon Retinomax which
automatically refracts the eye and produces
an immediate prescription for the glasses

Always enthusiastic, John Gehrig, leader of the Florida VOSH (Volunteer Optometric Services
to  Humanity) optometric group    

A village woman waitng to get fitted
for eyeglasses

People people everywhere!

Optometric aide Stan Sagara and
Dr. Jowan Do

Regional TV interviewed us and filmed
our work

Sometimes the crowd pressed a little hard   

Andy fitting Vasyl Pavliy with set of spectacles 

Sometimes the crowd got a little unruly.
View from the inside as they try to
stampede into the Mission