Prooptica, in partnership with Amália Rodrigues Foundationon 16 October signed a Cooperation Protocol with the Brejão Cultural Centre.

This initiative is part of a policy of social responsibility that Prooptica has been pursuing for several years with various institutions that support children and young people at risk. This support, which was recently extended to the senior population, will guarantee access to diagnostic screenings and the supply of frames and lenses to around 70 people at socio-economic risk in the municipality of Odemira.

About Vision Screening

 The cooperation agreement provides for vision screenings for a period of two years, which will be carried out by the Amália Rodrigues Foundation in conjunction with Prooptica, which is counting on the collaboration of its clients and friends who share the same social responsibility.

The first screenings have the kind co-operation of ProlenteRui Teixeira, who will carry out the optometry consultations and provide all the technical equipment.

 About the partnership with the Amália Rodrigues Foundation

Signed in August 2019, the cooperation protocol between Prooptica and the Amália Rodrigues Foundation for the line Amalia eyewear, aims to preserve the legacy of Amália Rodrigues. Therefore, and in order to fulfil the artist's wishes, which she expressed in her will, that the Amália Foundation should continue to support charitable causes, Prooptica is joining yet another initiative in a municipality with a strong connection to Amália (Odemira).

For the CEO of Prooptica, Luis Justino, this is yet another initiative that fulfils Prooptica's aim of "helping to create a vibrant, demanding civil society that builds the country we aspire to be".