What Can Six Dollars Buy?
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SightFirst is the
Lions Clubs’ most ambitious and most successful initiative ever.
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Thanks to
SightFirst, Lions have restored sight to 7 million people through cataract
surgeries.
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Thanks to
SightFirst, Lions have prevented serious vision loss for 20 million people.
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Thanks to
SightFirst, Lions have improved eye care services for hundreds of millions.
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SightFirst was
launched by Lions in 1989 to battle preventable blindness.
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How?
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By supporting
cataract surgeries,
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By helping to build
or expand eye hospitals and clinics,
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By distributing
sight-saving medication and
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By training eye care
professionals.
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On average, every $6 in donations has resulted in a
person with vision restored or saved from blindness!
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Campaign SightFirst
raised $143 million from Lions.
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SightFirst is
especially helping children.
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In partnership with
the World Health Organization, SightFirst has launched the world’s first-ever global
initiative to combat childhood blindness.
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The project is
creating 30 centers for pediatric eye care around the world.
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Here’s Four of
the SightFirst Initiatives |
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1.
Lions Eye Health
Program (LEHP) -a community-based
public awareness initiative -encourages
the early detection and timely treatment of glaucoma and diabetic eye disease
and the appropriate treatment for low vision. -active
in the 2.
Project for
Elimination of Avoidable Childhood Blindness -The
program is being done in concert with the World Health Organization. 3.
River
Blindness Control -River
Blindness is an infection caused by a parasite (worm), spread by the bite of
an infected black fly. The transmission is most intense in remote African
rural agricultural villages, located near rapidly flowing streams. The World
Health Organization's estimates the global prevalence is 17.7 million, of
whom about 270,000 are blind and another 500,000 have visual impairment. I is commonly treated with an oral medicine called Ivermectin. - In 4.
Trachoma Control -
Trachoma is an infectious disease of the eye caused by bacteria,
that threatens to blind nearly 10 percent of the world’s population. - A
SightFirst grant also targets trachoma, the world's leading cause of
preventable blindness. -
SightFirst is controlling trachoma among 4.6 million people with zithromax treatments. Visit www.lions-csfii.org
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What is Campaign SightFirst II?
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Campaign SightFirst
II is a coordinated, global fund-raising effort
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Goal is to raise $150
million for the SightFirst program.
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It is conducted by Lions Clubs International Foundation, the
grant-making arm of the International Association of Lions Clubs.
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It involves all Lions
Clubs around the World