Our Mission
First to educate or raise awareness of Keratoconus
Second to screen all of Rotorua’s Intermediate and high school kids
Third to develop a national school keratoconus screening protocol
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initial Campaign
Raise awareness
Through sharing stories, educational blogs and using Informative downloadable PDF’s we aim to raise the profile of this disease. We need your help to share this with other parents in your school community.
School based educational activities such as talks at community gatherings. and aiming to get this into the educational curriculum in schools.
Join us now
Sign up for the free membership
No cost information
We will provide you with practical information to help teach your children and to share on Facebook or other platforms.
Remain up to date
We will keep you updated with the progress of our educational campaign by sending you an email every 3 months or so.
Learn from others
We send you links to short video’s from mothers / parents of children with keratoconus. Learn from their journey.
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the Cone.org Way
We do it all for all our kids
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Raising awareness
Access informative video’s and blogs about keratoconus to improve your knowledge. Learn about screening why and the process.
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Screening Rotorua
We are kicking off our screening in Rotorua. This is our community we care for and we want to develop the best world leading screening protocols.
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National school screening program
We have BIG DREAMS where all children in New Zealand get the opportunity to be screened for keratoconus.
Our Causes
Donate to save more kids sight
We run on your donations; this helps us create educational material.
We travel to schools including remote and home-schooled kids. No child gets left behind.