A group of optometry students from TU Dublin are fundraising for a trip to Kolkata in India to volunteer at a local eye clinic.
The GoFundme campaign has been set up by four students, Abby Gorman, Oisin Casey, Omima Mukassabi, and Izzy Healy from TU Dublin who are set to do volunteer work with charity Hope and Specsavers by carrying out eye exams in Kolkata. The group are planning to travel to Kolkata in India with their lecturer Dr. Catriona Barrett on November 26.
Speaking to Dublin Live, student Omima Mukassabi said that they are all "very excited" at the opportunity to go to Kolkata. She said: "All of us are in third year at TU Dublin, three of us are in the optometry course and one is studying optical dispensing.
