80 Pinoy artworks on display for corneal blindess awareness
MANILA, Philippines – Around 80 artworks from Filipinos all over the region are in full exhibit at the Gateway Mall Araneta Center, Cubao, as a testament of the growing number of support to the Eye Bank Foundation of the Philippines’ (EBFP) advocacy of giving the gift of sight.
The exhibit, which will run until September 19 features the creations of Filipino artists which were made through various techniques to encapsulate the poster contest theme for 2015: “A journey’s end, a gift of hope, a new beginning.
All the artworks, which cam from all over the country, underline the theme which references to the hope that donors give others at the end of one’s journey on earth through the act of cornea or eye donation.
The theme elaborates that both the recipient and the donor begin new lives; one still on earth and the other in the afterlife.
Following the exhibit, 12 artworks that successfully capture the theme will be selected and reproduced as official posters of the foundation. The selected artworks will also be displayed in different health centers, hospitals, partner organizations, schools, malls and other institutions that have been supporting the advocacy through the years.
The Eye Bank and future partners will also be featuring the winning designs indifferent products and merchandise through which funds may be generated to help support the organization’s mission.
The organization continues its dedication to alleviate corneal blindness, which remains among the top five causes of blindness worldwide and one that is among the most difficult to address, due to the scarcity of transplantable corneal tissues globally.
