Stefanutti Stocks Framing the Future Programme - August 2024

Stefanutti Stocks' in-house managed eye testing and spectacle fitment programme “Framing the Future” sees the #StefanuttiStocks Group partnering with approved optometrists who are active across the Regions in which it operates. The beneficiary primary schools that form part of the programme are selected in liaison and consultation with each project’s and community’s stakeholders.
The programme's mission? To remove at least one barrier to a child’s ability to navigate their world with confidence.
This video captures the mood at the handover events that took place in February and again in August this year. Stefanutti Stocks partnered with Durban-based SLG Optometrists, whose team screened a combined total of 1002 learners (all learners up from Grade 1 to Grade 7) for visual challenges at the Edamini Primary School in Shongwe Nidamsalem and the St Lawrence Primary School in Kwanyuswa. Both schools fall within local wards surrounding the Westown Shongweni Urban Development, where the Group's Coastal region is undertaking a number of contracts.
The mood at both handover events was nothing short of joyful, and everywhere one looked one was met with broad smiles. “Stefanutti Stocks have done a wonderful job,” says Sibusiso Gumede, director of SLG Optometrists. “As people involved in construction they understand what the importance of foundation is - you are giving an opportunity to kids that would never have had a chance to sit on a refraction chair, have their eyes tested and have a pair of glasses that are specifically made for them!”
Over the two phases 579 learners were screened at Edamini Primary School, 68 of whom underwent a full visual examination and 41 requiring spectacles. At St Lawrence Primary 423 learners were screened, 55 of whom required a full visual examination and 37 of whom were issued with spectacles.
Over the course of seven years Stefanutti Stocks' contributions to eye health in primary schools across the country has enabled the testing of almost 10 000 pairs of eyes. It has handed out over 600 spectacles to date, and intends to continue rolling out the Framing the Future programme at every one of its large construction projects.
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