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*Volunteer Abroad With Unite For Sight in Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer*
*Make A Difference!
http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer

*Save Eyes and Lives.  Every Eye, A Life.
Those who are blind in Africa have a* four times higher mortality rate
**60-80% of children who become blind die within 1-2 years
80% of blindness is curable or preventable
*

*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/ 
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/>

*What is Unite For Sight's Mission? *Unite For Sight 
(http://www.uniteforsight.org) <http://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?:* 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 (local and visiting) work with partner eye 
clinics to provide eye care in communities without previous access.  
Visiting volunteers from North America range from undergraduate and 
medical students, educators, nurses, and public health professionals to 
optometrists and ophthalmologists.  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 surgical patients are brought to the eye 
clinic for surgery.  Patients receive free surgery funded by Unite For 
Sight so that no patient remains blind due to lack of funds

*What Programs Are Available?  *Fall 2007, Winter 2008, Spring 2008, 
Summer 2008.  Opportunities any time of the year.  
http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer

*Unite For Sight Ghana Film Online: 
*http://www.uniteforsight.org/refugeecampfilm.php

*Unite For Sight Ophthalmologists Speak Online: 
*http://health.scribemedia.org/2007/01/30/unite-for-sight-worldwide/

*Unite For Sight India Film Online: 
*http://www.uniteforsight.org/chennaifilm.php

*What Do Volunteers Say?:
*

"After an amazing experience volunteering with Unite for Sight in Ghana 
in 2005, where I made lifelong friends, learned to face challenges I 
never dreamed I would encounter, and most importantly helped hundreds of 
people who had previously been unable to see, I could not wait to become 
involved with Unite for Sight again. The incredible experience I had in 
Chennai, India this past summer 2006 made me realize that the success of 
my first internship was not a fluke, that Unite for Sight's programs all 
over the world are strong not only in helping the medically underserved, 
but also in educating and changing the lives of volunteers.

The medical staff at the Uma Eye Clinic in Chennai were hard-working, 
welcoming, and totally committed both to caring for the patients funded 
by Unite for Sight and to helping Unite for Sight volunteers become 
comfortable in a foreign environment. Time and time again they went out 
of their way to teach us ophthalmologic skills with care and patience. 
It was a true gift to be able to learn one-on-one from excellent 
physicians about all steps in the cataract surgery process.
The men, women, and children I met at our traveling eye camps were badly 
in need of eye care, and I am grateful that we were able to help them. 
They were also lovely hosts and were excited to show us their culture. 
As they showed me where they worked and lived, I was often struck by the 
fact that their sight is important not only to their quality of life, 
but often also to their ability to provide for themselves and their 
families. It was at these times that I realized the importance of Unite 
for Sight's mission.

Without Unite for Sight, I cannot imagine how I could possibly have seen 
and learned so much as an undergraduate about medicine, other cultures, 
and my own desire and ability to make a difference in others' 
lives."--Charlotte Hogan, Georgetown University Student, Unite For Sight 
Volunteer in Chennai, India 2006 and Ghana 2005

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