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supplies, install computers purchased in France Baudouin’s wife Odile Dupont plans to be
or in Europe, and by sending medical or para- in Jaipur again this October-November. She is
medical products (medicines, second-hand looking forward to bringing high quality handy
and new glasses of end of series, etc.), as well as computers, to be contributed free of charge to
second-hand optical material to hospitals. It is schools. Two or three schools in Jaipur are being
also aiming to raise awareness and educate identified with the help of their Indian friends
parents about the importance of schooling for as ones where Odile hopes she would be able to
their children. teach children English and French.

The initial partnership began in 2021 and
went forward when Michael and Michaela
Roos of Brillen ohne Grenzen, Germany, visited
Dailytec in France in March 2022.

The cities of Oberkirchen in Germany and
Lille in France have been made aware of these
humanitarian actions which the partners hope
will develop rapidly over the next few months
with the development of their projects in India,
particularly in Rajasthan. Eyewear with no
Frontier or Lunettes sans Frontières (LSF) in BAUDOUIN & ODILE DUPONT WITH FRIENDS FELIX,
Hirsingue, France, has been a partner of Brillen MICHAELA & SUSANNE
ohne Grenzen or Lunettes sans Frontières in
Germany on various projects for several years.
Eyewear with no Frontier collects used
eyeglasses, new frames (end of series) and
second-hand optical equipment and tools from
many opticians and optical factories in Europe
in order to equip its centres in many countries of
the world where volunteers take care of people
in difficulty locally.
Eyewear with no Frontiers – Germany,
sends cleaned, sorted and measured second-
hand glasses with dioptric powers, and new BAUDOUIN & ODILE DUPONT (SEATED)
sunglasses without highlights to different WITH ERWIN, MICHAELA AND MARY
countries in the world.
Dailytec-Kycloth Ltd extends voluntary help
to humanitarian projects by sending second-
hand eyewear and developing communication
microfibers for India and various countries.

In addition to his job in the microfiber
business, Baudouin Dupont is involved with
Eyewear with no Frontier in Germany and
France. By December this year or February 2023,
he hopes to bring a focometer for the Sadguru
Trust Foundation (Ophthalmic Hospital) in
Chitrakoot Colony in Jaipur so that they can
measure the powers of the lenses by themselves. ODILE WITH SOME INDIAN TEACHERS

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