Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA has donated over 100 books to the optometry programme at the University of Guyana.
According to a press release, the donation was coordinated by Dr Michele Ming, President of the Caribbean Association of Optometrists and the Guyana Association of Optometrists, and Professor Janet Leasher – Lecturer and Director of Community Outreach at Nova Southeastern University.
The donation includes books on eye examinations, contact lenses, low vision, dispensing, clinical practices in optometry, anatomy, physiology, lasers, primary eye care, eye diseases and clinical ophthalmology.
Mings Products and Services facilitated the shipping of the books from USA to Guyana at no cost to the university.