Be part of the solution:

Donate or request used optometric equipment

Help a clinic or school envision its future

VOSH/INTERNATIONAL  welcomes your interest in our Technology Transfer Program (TTP). VOSH, through TTP, collects, restores and facilitates shipment of used optometric equipment, new lenses and frames to vision clinics, schools of optometry, public hospitals and NGOs in low and middle income countries.  To ensure sustainable impact we welcome donations with at least five years remaining working life. VOSH/INTERNATIONAL is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Your donation may be tax-deductible.  Please consult your tax adviser about it.

VOSH accepts the following equipment as donations (however please inquire at vosh@vosh.org if you do not see your item on the list):

Autorefractors, handheld and desktop.
Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscopes (Heine)
Bio-microscopes (Slit Lamp)
Contrast Sensitivity Tester
Frames (plastic in particular)
Frame Warmer
Groovers
Hand Edgers, Edgers using patterns
Hand Tools
Instrument Recharging Wells
Keratometers, manual
Lens Blanks Glass, CR39, Bifocals, Progressive
Lens Blank Finisher
Lensometers, manual

Near Point Acuity Cards
Optical Rulers
Phoropters
Pupilometers
Radius-gauge or Radioscope
Readers, Single Vision and Bifocals
Retinoscopes and Ophthalmoscopes with various types of handles
Staking Sets
Sunglasses
Tangent Screen and Visual Field Testers
Tonometers, Schiotz, NCT, Keeler PulseAir
Trial Lens Kits and Trial Lens Frames
Vision Testers, mostly Keystone

VOSH currently has the following equipment to loan to US VOSH and SVOSH Chapters in good standing.  If  interested please contact Dr John Larcabal at jlarcabal@aol.com.  If you do not see the desired item in the list, please inquire at vosh@vosh.org.

Autorefractor, handheld
Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope (Heine) Ophthalmoscopes
Bio-microscopes (Slit Lamp)
Frames
Frame Warmer
Groovers
Hand Edgers, Edgers using patterns
Hand Tools
Instrument Recharging Wells
Keratometers, manual
Lensometers, manual
Near Point Acuity Cards
Optical Rulers
Phoropters
Radius-gauge or Radioscope
Readers, Single Vision and Bifocals
Retinoscopes and Ophthalmoscopes with various types of handles
Staking Sets
Sunglasses
Tangent Screen and Visual Field Testers
Trial Lens Kit and Trial Lens Frame
WA Spot Vision Screener

Please note: Occasionally donated equipment may not be needed or suitable for current TTP needs and may be sold or otherwise disposed of by VOSH/International.

Questions: Please contact Dr Kirsten Johnson, Co-Chair of the Technology Transfer Program (TTP): kjohnson@vosh.org or Maria Arce, Executive Director at vosh@vosh.org