Uber partners with the Ministry of Transportation to promote road safety

Uber announced a partnership with the Road Safety Volunteers task force set up by the Ministry of Transportation today. The partnership is aimed at making roads safer in Sri Lanka by helping reduce potential accidents caused due to faulty vision.

As part of the partnership, Uber will invest more than LKR 2 million to help 5000 highly engaged drivers and courier partners in Colombo get access to free eye check-ups and free vision correction glasses for up to LKR 2000 each. Uber has joined hands with the Eyecare Institute to serve as the facilitator for providing these services. At the inaugural event, Hon. State Minister of State Ministry of Vehicle Regulation, Bus Transport Services and Train Compartments and Motor Car Industry, Mr. Dilum Amunugama, distributed free vision correction glasses to top-rated Uber driver-partners and Uber Eats delivery partners.?

Hon’ble State Minister of State Ministry of Vehicle Regulation, Bus Transport Services and Train Compartments and Motor Car Industry Mr. Dilum Amunugama, said, ?We recognize the public health risk caused by the rising number of road accidents. Our Road Safety Volunteers Task Force has recognized faulty vision as a key contributing factor to such accidents. Today, private companies like Uber can play a critical role in reducing such incidents by supporting vision correction measures for drivers and delivery partners. Uber?s efforts to offer free eye check-ups and vision correction glasses with the Eyecare Institute is a step in the right direction.?

Speaking on the partnership, Bhavna Dadlani Jayawardena, General Manager, Uber Sri Lanka, said, ?Safety is paramount at Uber. Over the years, we have used a mix of technology-led features and human interventions to enhance safety on our platform. Our partnership with the Road Safety Volunteers Task Force will be an important step towards supporting safer roads in Sri Lanka. With the Eyecare Institute, drivers and delivery partners on our platform will get access to much-needed eye care and to make trips safer.??

Drivers and delivery partners who wish to avail of the free eye tests will be required to visit the Eyecare Institute facility in Colombo during weekdays between 8.30 am to 6.30 pm.?

About Uber

Uber’s mission is to create opportunity through movement. We started in 2010 to solve a simple problem: how do you get access to a ride at the touch of a button? More than 15 billion trips later, we’re building products to get people closer to where they want to be. By changing how people, food, and things move through cities, Uber is a platform that opens up the world to new possibilities.

About Eyecare Institute:

Eye Care Institute Private limited was founded in 2007 as the school of Optometry (private Limited company). The Institute expanded its curriculum and clinical program to reflect the changing demands of contemporary Optometry practice. Expansion and other changes did not limit to the institute itself, thus it also reflected in all levels of eye care professionals and other organizations dealing with optometry. Today the Eye Care Institute conducts different levels of Optician & Optometry programs to cater to the demand of the country.

The Eye Care Institute as a college of Optometry offers three years of Diploma in optometry. Also, one year program on Dispensing Optician who can pursue a diploma in optometry after successfully completing.

Eye Care Institute obtained its registration and accreditation from the Tertiary & Vocational Education Commission(TVEC) as a tertiary education training institute since 2009 bearing

Registration number P/01 0488. Eye Care Institute is the only QMS 9001:2008 certified institute in Sri Lanka.

Alongside the optometry Clinic? it carries necessary Optical dispensing, which is also equipped with a modern Optical lab, so the technical necessary act could be carried out promptly under their expert?s Optometrist supervision.