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Unite for Sight eyecare and micro-credit

By _Alex Bloom
Created Feb 27 2006 - 16:33
Managing Organization: Unite for Sight

Managing Organization URL:
http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_programs.php [1]



Unite for Sight eyecare and micro-credit

Contact Email: JStaple@uniteforsight.org

Activity URL:
http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_programs.php [2]


Activity Description: Founded in 2000 and active in 25 countries, Unite For Sight is a non-profit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness.

Volunteer Teams work with partner eye clinics in developing countries to provide eye care and eye health education programs. Additionally, vision screening and education programs are implemented worldwide by volunteers working in ninety chapters established at universities and in communities.

Unite For Sight uses a low-cost eyecare model and funds the surgeries for those patients unable to afford eye care. This partnership between Unite For Sight volunteers and eye clinics reduces the financial, transportation, and education barriers to eye care.

In Ghana, Unite For Sight has recently teamed with the local Liberian Refugee-run organization "Self Help Initiatives For Sustainable Development" (SIHFSD) to provide eye care services and offer micro-credit and micro-enterprise training.

Source URL:
http://www.nextbillion.net//activitycapsule/2332