May 13, 2025
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From left to right: Allan Jones, President & CEO of Canadian Vision Care, Gerry Leinweber, Founder & President of Canadian Vision Care, Tony Weeks, President & CEO of The Brenda Strafford Foundation, Kevin Melanson, Vice President, International Health & Social Impact of The Brenda Strafford Foundation
Albion, Montego Bay, St James (Jamaica) – Livwell by the BSF announces that effective July 1, 2025, the eye centre in Albion will be managed by Livwell as part of their campus of care. This renewed effort to enhance local eye care services will better serve the needs of the surrounding community.
The eye centre, currently known as the ‘Community Vision Centre of Excellence’, has been run in partnership with Canadian Vision Care, Lions Club of Montego Bay, and The Brenda Strafford Foundation (BSF) since it was first established in 2018. To support its ongoing growth, the facility will now become the Livwell Eye Centre, officially integrated as part of the Livwell campus of care that also runs a long-term care home and adult day centre.
Invaluable local and international partnerships will continue with BSF’s Livwell assuming management and operation of the eye centre. This strategic move leverages the local leadership and expanding services at Livwell’s campus of care and BSF’s strategic priority to collaborate to improve sustainable access to health services in the Caribbean.
“Livwell is all about making a positive impact in our community,” says Angella Graham, Livwell Executive Director. “With our long-term care home, adult day centre, and now a growing eye centre, we’re creating a place where people can optimize their health and well-being.”
"We’re proud to build on a strong foundation of eye care and health care in the Caribbean,” says Kevin Melanson, BSF Vice President, International Healthcare & Social Impact. “As we move forward together, our shared goal is to expand accessibility and create even greater opportunities for those we serve."
Changes to enhance the eye centre’s services will include:
Address: Livwell by the BSF – 21 Lloyd Young Drive, Albion, Montego Bay, St James, Jamaica
Phone (Eye Centre): 876-336-4957
Phone (Administration): 876-276-4166 or 876-359-0461
Email: livwell@thebsf.ca
Website: www.livwellBSF.org
Facebook: Livwell by BSF | Facebook
Livwell by the BSF is an organization registered in Jamaica that operates a campus of care including an Adult Day Centre, Small Care Home, and Eye Centre in Montego Bay, St James. Livwell is dedicated to providing exceptional aging and eye care services to optimize the well-being and enrich the lives of people in the Montego Bay community. Livwell is powered by The Brenda Strafford Foundation.
The Brenda Strafford Foundation (BSF) is a Canadian organization based in Calgary, Alberta, with a focus on health, wellness and social impact. As part of its international healthcare services BSF operates the Livwell campus of care in Jamaica, an eye hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, was a founding member of the Caribbean Eye Health Alliance, and has supported eye health initiatives across the Caribbean, including training, research, and scholarships.
Canada Vision Care (CVC) is registered charity based in Alberta, Canada, dedicated to providing eyecare services worldwide to those without the funds or access to proper care. Since 1981, CVC has worked in partnership with the Lions Club of Montego Bay to provide high-quality, cost-effective eye care in Jamaica, including operating the former ‘Community Vision Centre of Excellence’ (established 2018) in partnership with BSF. Collaboration between BSF, Livwell, CVC and Lions Club of Montego Bay will continue to enhance access and quality of eye care in Jamaica and throughout the Caribbean.
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