Dylan Richardson

Eye-care visionaries

A photographers chronicles the work of a Brattleboro couple who have brought desperately needed eyeglasses, eye care to Honduras since 1981

It's 8 a.m. on the first day of the eye clinic. A line of people weaves along the side of El Cruz Rojo, the rustic Red Cross building that serves as a temporary home base for the eye care clinic in El Mochito, Honduras.

Inside, Dr. Lynde Kimball, an optometrist from Brattleboro, and his wife, Connie Kimball, bustle about in preparation.

The Kimballs, who spearhead the clinic, pop open wooden crates, revealing glasses of all shapes and sizes, categorized according to the strength of their prescriptions.

Neatly arranged in small plastic bags, these glasses will soon be matched with the people waiting outside.

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