Unite For Sight- help blind people
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Date: 2008-05-08, 1:10PM PDT
I am currently a medical student at the University of Miami and will be volunteering with Unite For Sight, an organization devoted to curing blindness worldwide. About 80% of blindness in the world is curable, often all it takes is a short surgery. During 2006 and 2007, Unite For Sight performed over 10,000 sight restoring surgeries. However, millions of people in developing countries don't have access to the appropriate medical care and live without their sight as a result. This June, I will work with a partner eye clinic to screen for eye disease, implement education programs, and coordinate sight-restoring surgery for children and adults.
The goal of Unite For Sight and its partner eye clinics and communities is to create eye disease-free communities. Unite For Sight's volunteers work with partner eye clinics to provide eye care in communities without previous access. The eye clinic's eye doctors and Unite For Sight volunteers jointly provide community-based screening programs in rural villages. The clinic's eye doctors diagnose and treat eye disease in the field, and patients are brought to the eye clinic for surgery. Patients receive free surgery funded by Unite For Sight; no patient remains blind due to economic hardship.
To be able to participate, I must raise $1400, and I'm hoping maybe you can help, I still need to raise about 600 more dollars. If you would like to contribute, 100% of your donation will provide sight-restoring eye care to people who are living in extreme poverty. No part of this money will go to bureaucrats (or me, for that matter - the money funds surgery related expenses, I pay for my own trip). It is also fully tax-deductible. Your contribution to Unite For Sight will have a tremendous impact on the lives of many children and adults if you choose to donate.
If you would like to donate, I have included the instructions on the bottom of this page. I've also included my email address, feel free to contact me.
I would be very grateful for your support and contributions if you choose to donate. But more importantly, the people who receive their sight will be grateful.
Josh Sasine
If you would like more information on Unite For Sight, their mission, accomplishments, and videos of patients and care, visit:
http://www.uniteforsight.org
They have many touching videos covered by CNN.
To donate, go to:
http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/pages/?name=Joshua%20Sasine
If you'd prefer to use a Check or Money Order please mail your check to:
Unite For Sight
31 Brookwood Dr.
Newtown, CT 06470
Please include "Joshua Sasine" in the Memo area of the check so it can go into my tally, otherwise it won't count toward the 1400 pool that I'm supposed to raise.
My Contact Information
jpsasine@med.miami.edu
- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
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