Meritorious Service Medal
- Awarded on: March 18, 2020
- Invested on: April 13, 2022
Jean-Pierre Tchang, M.S.M.
Saint-Pamphile, Quebec
Jean-Pierre Tchang, founder of IRIS Mundial, has led over 20 missions abroad to train aid workers providing vision care adapted to people in underdeveloped countries living in remote areas. His involvement has resulted in the opening of ophthalmology clinics that have had a lasting impact on local populations by giving them access to year-round preventive and curative eye care.