For the past four years, Lamorinda neighbors have quietly been part of something remarkable. They've dropped donated eyeglasses into collection bins at local libraries and community centers. Businesses like Tangelos Froyo and Loard's Ice Cream have hosted fundraisers. Friends and families have spread the word. And one Campolindo High School student has turned all of it into a mission that now spans three continents.

    Nitin Ravikumar, a rising senior at Campolindo, founded I Spy A Good Pair of Eyes in 2022 with a simple goal: get donated glasses to people who can't access or afford them. Since then, his all-volunteer nonprofit has sorted and graded thousands of pairs by prescription and delivered them through clinically supervised events — first in rural Tamil Nadu, India, in partnership with the local Rotary Club, and in July 2025 in Mérida, Mexico, alongside the Mérida Foundation.

    This July 16-18, the organization takes on its largest effort yet. Ravikumar and his team will travel to the Chiredzi region of rural Zimbabwe to provide free vision screenings and prescription eyeglasses to an estimated 400 to 450 students, parents, teachers, and community elders over three days. The trip is made possible through valued partnerships with the Fambisa Isizwe Foundation and the Council for the Blind Zimbabwe, which is providing licensed optometrists and all clinical equipment.

    What sets the effort apart is its focus on lasting change. Beyond fitting glasses, the team will provide preventative eye-care education to students and train local teachers to spot vision problems, leaving behind kits so communities can keep getting glasses to children long after the team departs.

    “The Lamorinda community built this,” Ravikumar said. “Every pair of glasses we hand out carries this community with it. Now we're taking it to the next level — together.”

    Residents who'd like to support the mission can learn more and donate through the GoFundMe linked at www.ispyagoodpairofeyes.org, or contact Nitin at ispyagoodpairofeyes@gmail.com.