How this teenager's unique initiative is spreading awareness on eyecare

Noah — a Grade 10 GCSE student at DESC — is passionate about economics, science, fitness, music and gaming. The mission of eye -care was triggered by a trauma injury to his eye when he was just two-and-a-half years old, leaving him with only partial vision in one eye.

The trial-to-triumph journey for seven years made him patch his good eye, ensuring that his weaker eye doesn’t stop sending visuals to the brain. Noah is conscious and aware of the gift of sight and is an ambassador for proper eyecare and screening to ensure that students and kids look after their vision proactively.

“According to WHO, 3.3 billion people are expected to suffer from myopia by 2030 and this is a shocking number. We need to take steps to manage this crisis as eyesight is our window to the world and lifestyle and technology addictions have accelerated the impairment of vision amongst most societies,” he said.

Noah is actively championing an Eye Screening initiative being led by Dubai Health Authority in collaboration with Aster Opticals and Aster DM Healthcare, to screen eyes for children in schools as a lot of kids are not wearing the right prescription glasses or even wearing glasses despite refraction needs

“We are working with schools to create widespread awareness on the same. The response is very positive. The schools have been very forthcoming to ensure that kids have an opportunity to test their eye health in an easy manner at school with this initiative,” said Noah.