Babur Jahid, a biology student at Carleton State University, is a 21-year-old Afghani man with a social enterprise called “You See Clear.”

You See Clear is a business to help make eyeglasses more affordable in his home country of Afghanistan. Along with eyeglasses, he likewise wants to make healthcare in general more affordable. While his ideas might seem farfetched, he thinks that they are ones that can be done. The WHO estimates that “More than 400,000 people are blind and roughly 1.5 million are visually impaired. Each year, about 25,000 people lose vision in one eye, a condition that disproportionally affects women.” This being a huge issue is a further motivator for him as well. Babur was born in the same year the Taliban took over the country, so he had to flee to Pakistan for safety, and he has actually seen Taliban militants beat up his father. This goes to show how personal this issue is for him, as he has faced many issues from the region where he was born. Babur has gone through many high education systems and is a very educated man. His plans to revolutionize the eyecare and healthcare system are truly commendable, and what I’ve learned from him is that I, as an entrepreneur, should look back on my childhood, and see if I can make a difference in a difficulty that I experienced.