Dear all,
Many people on this e-mail list may be interested in this volunteer
opportunity.*
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*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.
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What Do Volunteers Do?: *Internationally, Unite For Sight's volunteers
range from students, 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.
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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
*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
*What Programs Are Available?*
_Spring and Summer 2006 Programs With Available Positions_
Rolling Application Deadline - The First Qualified Applicants Will Be
Accepted. Positions are filling quickly.
*Spring 2006*
_Asia_
Bhubaneswar, India: February 1-28; March 10 - May 1
Chennai, India: March and April - Flexible Dates for 2 weeks or more
Bihar, India: Flexible dates for 10 days
*Summer 2006 (Note: Volunteers may participate in more than 1 session)*
_Asia_
Bhubaneswar, India: May 15 - June 15; June 15 - July 15; July 15 - August 15
Chennai, India: May 10 - May 30; June 1-30; July 1-31; August 1-25
Bihar, India: Flexible dates for 2 weeks
Erode, India: June 15 - July 15
Hyderabad, India: July 1-30
New Delhi, India: June 1-30; July 1-31
Jodhpur, India: July 1 - August 1; August 1-25
Western Thailand: July 1 - August 15
_Africa_
Tamale, Ghana: May 20 - July 1; July 1 - August 15
Patriensa, Ghana: May 1-30; June 1-30; July 1-31; August 1-31
Accra, Ghana: July 1 - August 1; August 1 - September 15
*Fall 2006 (Note: Volunteers may participate in more than 1 session)*
_Asia_
Bhubaneswar, India: October 1 - December 20
Chennai, India: September 1-30; October 1-31; November 1-30
Nagpur, India: October 1-31
Bihar, India: Flexible dates for 10 days
_Africa_
Tamale, Ghana: August 15 - October 15; October 15 - December 15
Patriensa, Ghana: September 1-30; October 1-31; November 1-30
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