Hi all,

Many of you may be interested in this international volunteer 
opportunity.  Feel free to forward this message to anyone who might be 
interested.  The programs are filling quickly, and prospective 
volunteers are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.  Winter, Spring, 
and Summer opportunities available.

*What is Unite For Sight's Mission? *Unite For Sight 
(www.uniteforsight.org) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that 
empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate 
preventable blindness.
*
What Do Volunteers Do?: *Unite For Sight's volunteers range from 
undergraduate and medical students, educators, nurses, and public health 
professionals to optometrists and ophthalmologists.  The volunteers 
serve as interns at eye clinics.  The eye clinic's eye doctors and Unite 
For Sight volunteers jointly participate on community-based screening 
programs.  The clinic's eye doctors diagnose and treat eye disease in 
the field, and surgical patients are brought to the eye clinic for 
surgery.  Unite For Sight funds the surgeries for those patients unable 
to afford eye care.
*
How Do I Apply?  *The application as well as complete details about 
Unite For Sight's international opportunities are available at 
http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/

*What Do Volunteers Say?: "*Working with the eye clinic's team, we were 
able to treat over 1000 patients and perform sight-restoring cataract 
surgery on hundreds of patients!  I saw more pathology than I will 
probably ever see as a resident in the U.S.  Going to India was one of 
the best decisions of my life. The satisfaction of giving the gift of 
sight back to someone who was practically blind is immeasurable.  For 
the first time in over 10 years, a frail and elderly female villager was 
able to see her reflection in the mirror.  She stood up and walked out 
of the hospital without the help of the nurses, holding a small plastic 
bag filled with her life belongings, close against her green sari.  This 
memory I will never forget.  It was at that point that I realized the 
significance of why we were there and what we had done.  We made a 
difference."  --Walid Mangal, Medical Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer 
in Chennai and Erode, India

"This experience literally changed my life. It was one of the most 
amazing and rewarding experiences I have ever had. If given the chance, 
I would do it all over again and for longer (maybe this experience is to 
be continued..). I learned so much about Ghana and myself. I learned 
that I would seriously like to consider optometry, especially so that I 
could come back to places like Ghana and help develop the eye care 
system (which lacks enough support). I am actually continuing my work as 
an officer in the Unite for Sight Chapter on campus. I will never forget 
this trip! You have no idea how much this memory means to me and what it 
has inspired me to do and be!"--Hafeezah Omar, University of North 
Carolina - Chapel Hill Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana

*What Do Eye Clinics Say?:* "So many people tell me to thank you and 
your family each day for the help you have given by giving sight to the 
poor. Our desire to serve and poor patients desire to see would not have 
been possible without the help and support of Unite For Sight." --Dr. 
Ajit Sinha, Director, A.B. Eye Institute; President, All India 
Ophthalmological Society

"The question I have always asked myself is 'what would have happened to 
all these people who have benefited from Unite For Sight programs had 
the organization not come to their aid?' It is likely that many would 
have perished in their agony."--Dr. James Clarke, Crystal Eye Clinic, 
Unite For Sight Partner in Ghana

*What Programs Are Available?
*


    Winter 2006


      Africa

Accra, Ghana View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=December%2015%20-%20December%2030;%20January%201%20-%20January%2015%20%28volunteers%20may%20participate%20in%20more%20than%201%20session%29&place=Accra>
    December 15 - December 30; January 1 - January 15 (volunteers may
    participate in more than 1 session)
Tamale, Ghana View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=December%2015%20-%20January%2015&place=Tamale>
    December 15 - January 15


      Asia

Bihar, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=December%2028%20-%20January%2010;%20February%201-15&place=Bihar>
    December 28 - January 10; February 1-15
Chennai, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=December%201-30;%20December%2015-January%2015;%20December%2028%20-%20January%2010;%20January%201-30;%20January%2015-February%2015&place=Chennai>
    December 1-30; December 15-January 15; December 28 - January 10;
    January 1-30; January 15-February 15
Jaipur, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=December%2028%20-%20January%2010&place=Jaipur>
    December 28 - January 10
Jodhpur, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=January%201-31&place=Jodhpur>
    January 1-31
New Delhi, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=December%2020%20-%20January%2014&place=New%20Delhi>
    December 20 - January 14
Pondicherry, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=Flexible%20dates%20for%204%20weeks%20or%20more.&place=Pondicherry>
    Flexible dates for 4 weeks or more.

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    Spring 2007


      Africa

Accra, Ghana View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=January%201-31;%20February%201-28;%20March%201-30;%20March%2010-April%2010;%20April%2018-May%2018;%20May%201-30%20%28volunteers%20may%20participate%20in%20more%20than%201%20session%29&place=Accra>
    January 1-31; February 1-28; March 1-30; March 10-April 10; April
    18-May 18; May 1-30 (volunteers may participate in more than 1 session)
Tamale, Ghana View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=Flexible%20Dates%20for%203%20weeks%20or%20more%20in%20December,%20January,%20February,%20March,%20and%20May&place=Tamale>
    Flexible Dates for 3 weeks or more in December, January, February,
    March, and May


      Asia

Bihar, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=Flexible%20Dates%20for%202%20weeks&place=Bihar>
    Flexible Dates for 2 weeks
Chennai, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=January%201-31;%20January%2015-February%2015;%20February%201-28;%20February%2015-March%2015;%20March%201-30;%20March%2015-April%2015;%20April%201-30;%20April%2015-May%2015;%20May%201-30%20%28volunteers%20may%20participate%20in%20more%20than%201%20session%29&place=Chennai>
    January 1-31; January 15-February 15; February 1-28; February
    15-March 15; March 1-30; March 15-April 15; April 1-30; April 15-May
    15; May 1-30 (volunteers may participate in more than 1 session)
Dhenkanal, Orissa, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=March%201-30&place=Dhenkanal,%20Orissa>
    March 1-30
Jaipur, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=March%2010-20&place=Jaipur>
    March 10-20
Pondicherry, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=Flexible%20dates%20for%204%20weeks%20or%20more.&place=Pondicherry>
    Flexible dates for 4 weeks or more.

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    Summer 2007


      Africa

Accra, Ghana View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=May%2010-30;%20June%201-30;%20July%201-31;%20August%201-25;%20August%201-30&place=Accra>
    May 10-30; June 1-30; July 1-31; August 1-25; August 1-30
Asikuma, Ghana View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=June%201-30;%20July%201-31&place=Asikuma>
    June 1-30; July 1-31
Patriensa Village in Asante Akim District, Ghana View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=June%201-30;%20July%201-31;%20August%201-31%20%28volunteers%20may%20participate%20in%20more%20than%201%20session%29&place=Patriensa%20Village%20in%20Asante%20Akim%20District>
    June 1-30; July 1-31; August 1-31 (volunteers may participate in
    more than 1 session)
Tamale, Ghana View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=May%2023%20-%20July%201;%20July%201%20-%20August%2015%20%28volunteers%20may%20participate%20in%20more%20than%201%20session%29&place=Tamale>
    May 23 - July 1; July 1 - August 15 (volunteers may participate in
    more than 1 session)


      Asia

Bihar, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=May%2025%20-%20June%2010;%20July%201-15;%20July%2015%20-%2031&place=Bihar>
    May 25 - June 10; July 1-15; July 15 - 31
Chennai, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=May%2010%20-%20May%2030;%20June%201-31;%20June%2015-July%2015;%20July%201-31;%20July%2015-August%2015;%20August%201-15;%20August%2015-30%20%28volunteers%20may%20participate%20in%20more%20than%201%20session%29&place=Chennai>
    May 10 - May 30; June 1-31; June 15-July 15; July 1-31; July
    15-August 15; August 1-15; August 15-30 (volunteers may participate
    in more than 1 session)
Dhenkanal, Orissa, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=June%201-30;%20July%201-31&place=Dhenkanal,%20Orissa>
    June 1-30; July 1-31
Jaipur, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=August%2015-30&place=Jaipur>
    August 15-30
Jodhpur, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=July%201-August%201&place=Jodhpur>
    July 1-August 1
New Delhi, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=June%201-30,%20July%201-31;%20August%201-25&place=New%20Delhi>
    June 1-30, July 1-31; August 1-25
Pondicherry, India View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=Flexible%20dates%20for%204%20weeks%20or%20more.&place=Pondicherry>
    Flexible dates for 4 weeks or more.
Western Thailand, Thailand View details 
<http://uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/intl_volunteer_details.php?period=May%2019%20-%20July%201;%20July%201%20-%20August%2015&place=Western%20Thailand>
    May 19 - July 1; July 1 - August 15


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