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Whether they are opticians or lens manufacturers, endowment funds or national institutions, new supporters have joined us. Discover LaVue Optique, Les Mirettes of Marseille, Ophtalmic Compagnie, Essilor France, Mowgli, and the French Eye Bank.

ARTICLE TO WATCH. A very good article appeared in La Chronique Républicaine de Fougères following the mission of the HK (Hesteau-Klienkoff) group's volunteer team during their mission to Guinea in November 2025.

WATCH THE VIDEO. During the mission at the beginning of 2025, our optical center in Matam, in northeastern Senegal, brought along a team of videographers: Maxime Balouzat and Valentin Versini. They spent their stay experiencing everything that makes up the daily life of our department.

WATCH THE VIDEO. During the end-of-year 2025 mission, our ophthalmology unit and optical center in Pobè (Benin) were visited by a local TV station. This was an opportunity to review these past seven years of investment in the Plateau region and to outline future priorities.

14 pallets containing optical equipment and consumables left at the beginning of August for our centers in Kindia and Boké in Guinea. 215,000 new frames, 42,000 ophthalmic lenses, 2 complete examination chairs and 2 assembly lines for corrective glasses. That is more than 20 m3 representing 1.7 tons handled by our partner

At the initiative of Elise Rey, head of associations, and led by its president, Anne Cristini, the KRYS Group Foundation brought together the associations it supports. On May 24th, Voir la Vie and 15 other humanitarian organizations met in Bazainville, at the headquarters of the Codir (Executive Committee), for a day of discussions and networking. The Codir is the place

Last June, the AXA Atout Cœur Foundation met with us to give us a check for €1,000. A spontaneous support that was born from the meeting with one of the members of the foundation, Christelle LAURENT, head of Savings and Protection in Toulon. Accompanied by her director Philippe GOGNETTI and a large part of

It took a combination of circumstances to set foot in West Africa. And it was in Guinea that our first actions began. 30 years later, we have opened 8 ophthalmological units and optical centers and trained most of the class of ophthalmologists who are now qualified seniors.

Pobè is on the northern road, when you leave Cotonou and Porto Novo. It is above all the main city of the Plateau region, vast with 450,000 inhabitants. When we set up, we were the only eye care structure for the entire sector. 9 years later, we still are. There

The ADM association contacted us to help them deal with vision problems encountered in the Matam region. 5 years later, we have set up an optical center, hired and trained two young Matam residents and distributed several dozen frames with the perfect power to the people we consult.