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VisionSpring
VisionSpring, formerly Scojo Foundation, is a social enterprise founded by Jordan Kassalow and Scott Berrie in 2001, a year after Kassalow co-founded ( Scojo Vision LLC ), a designer and distributor of high-end reading glasses.
Their proclaimed mission is "to ensure equitable and affordable eyeglass is available to every individual to live a productive life".
== About VisionSpring ==
VisionSpring works to ensure affordable access to eyewear, everywhere. The World Health Organization estimates that over 700 million people who need eyeglasses do not have access to this important product. This leads to an estimated 35% loss of economic productivity, children falling out of school, and a significant loss of quality of life. Since inception, VisionSpring has sold over 1.6M eyeglasses to their target customers who typically earn between $1-$8 per day. As a social enterprise, VisionSpring deploys philanthropic capital to uncover economically viable business models that can scale through market forces. In 2013, their operations in Central America were on the cusp of achieving this important milestone.
VisionSpring has two working models. One called the Hub & Spoke model and the other the Partnership model. The Economist likened their Hub & Spoke model to "Lenscrafters meets Mary Kay." In this model, they operate fixed cross-subsidized optical shops with optometrists from which a small band of "Vision Entrepreneurs" fan out into the neighboring communities to provide eye screenings, sell reading and sunglasses, and refer more advanced cases back to the store to see the optometrist. They operate this model in India and El Salvador and have active plans to scale this model to several other countries in Central America including Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. The Partnership model, typified by their work with BRAC in Bangladesh, helps organizations with existing distribution networks and teaches them to add vision services into their product offering. VisionSpring operates this model in over a dozen countries including Rwanda, Morocco, Afghanistan, Paraguay, and Ethiopia.
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