Transcript USA/Canada SightFirst

LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
USA/CANADA Leadership Forum
Overland Park, Kansas – 2013
SightFirst: Vision for All
Dr. Tracy Williams
SightFirst Technical Advisor
Gina Prendki
Sight Programs Department
SightFirst History,
How to Get a Grant, and
Success Stories from Your
Backyards
SightFirst Program
 Comprehensive, sustainable eye care
programs
 Low-cost, high quality
 Strengthen eye care facilities
 Train eye care professionals
 Provide equipment
 Deliver eye care services
 Improve access to education & rehab
for people who are blind/have low vision
 Technically evaluated
 Lions develop & manage projects
SightFirst: Global Achievements
 Raised US$415 million with two
fundraising campaigns
 Nearly 8 million cataract
surgeries
 Over 153 million treatments for
river blindness
 Built or expanded 593 eye
hospitals/clinics/wards
 Elimination of river blindness in
Colombia now
 Working on elimination of
trachoma in China in 2017
We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.
SightFirst Mission
To strengthen eye care
systems in underserved
communities so they can
fight blindness and
vision loss and assist
those who are blind or
visually impaired.
What This Means for You
 Cataract
 Childhood Blindness
SightFirst Materials
 Trachoma
• Brochure
 Education & Rehab for
People Who are Blind
or Have Low Vision
• Policy papers
 Eye Health Education
 Low Vision
• Application
 URE
 Comprehensive
Regional Training
 Diabetic Retinopathy
 River Blindness
 Research
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We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.
SightFirst: US & Canada Achievements
19 projects in the region
 Colorado: Mobile Low Vision Clinic
 Missouri: Expand capacity at the
Vision Rehabilitation Center of the
Ozarks
 New Jersey: Expand URE and DR
services to Underserved Populations
 MD, DE & DC: Establish Lions Low
Vision Rehabilitation Network
We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.
Help Along the Way
Steps to Success
Concept paper
Conference calls
Site visits
Application
Personnel Support for Region
Gina Prendki, [email protected]
Dr. Tracy Williams, [email protected]
We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.
Deal Breakers
 Outside of SightFirst guidelines
 Limited Lions involvement
 No Lions financial support
 Small-scale initiative
 Funding for salary or operating
costs
 Project better served through the
LCIF Standard Grant Program
We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.
Kansas Lions Statewide Children’s Low Vision
Initiative (KanLovKids)
•Low vision evaluations for children with low
vision from birth – 21 years old
•Establish ten regional low vision clinics
•Doctors received similar equipment
•Implement training with variety of
stakeholders
•Standardize follow-up protocol, data
tracking and patient surveys
•Public education & awareness campaign
Question and
Answer
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