SightFirst
Accomplishments
Expectations of
SightFirst in July 1991
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Improve eye care for 75 million people
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Prevent vision loss or restore vision in 8.7 million people
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Create more than 150 eye-care clinics worldwide
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Train more than 2,500 health-care professionals
Accomplishments of
SightFirst Since 1991
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Improved eye care for more than 100 million people
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Prevented vision loss and restored vision in more than 24
million people
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Created more than 250 eye-care clinics worldwide
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Trained nearly 68,000 health-care professionals
SightFirst History of
Success
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US$185 million in grants
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4.6 million cataract surgeries
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724 projects
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65 million treatments for river
blindness for as little as US$1 per treatment
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258 eye hospitals built or
expanded
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300 eye-care centers given
equipment upgrades
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88 countries have benefited from
the SightFirst Program
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6 training facilities expanded
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13,886 ophthalmologists,
ophthalmic nurses and allied health workers received instruction
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54,004 health workers taught to
provide primary eye care or disease-control services
Through SightFirst, Lions
have…
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become recognized as a world
leader in dealing with eye-health issues.
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been responsible for removing
cataracts as a public-health threat in several countries.
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leveraged government involvement
in the fight to save sight.
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raised eye-health issues to the
World Health Organization ensuring this problem is recognized as a
public-health threat.
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raised more than US$143
million in Campaign SightFirst, which grew to nearly US$200 million through
interest on investments and subsequent donations.
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spent more than US$185
million in accomplishing our great successes.
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SightFirst
II |
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3/29/2008 |
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Categories |
Amounts |
| Money & Pledges Sent in to LCIF |
$179,656.14 |
| Amount still needed to raise |
$32,772.86 |
| 5M5 Total Goal |
$212,429.00 |
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The following are links to additional
information and forms for Sight First II
SFII Goals Flyer.pdf
Doner Card.pdf
RC-1 Form.pdf
Campaign SightFirst II
Lions Clubs International Foundation
300 W. 22nd Street, Oak Brook, IL 60523-8842 USA
TEL 630.571.5466, EXT 526 • FAX 630.203.3776
To learn more about Campaign SightFirst II, please visit
www.Lions-CSFII.org
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