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USA/CANADA Leadership Forum Overland Park, Kansas – 2013 SightFirst: Vision for All. LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION. Dr. Tracy Williams SightFirst Technical Advisor Gina Prendki Sight Programs Department. SightFirst History, How to Get a Grant, and Success Stories from Your Backyards. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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USA/CANADA Leadership ForumOverland Park, Kansas – 2013
SightFirst: Vision for All
USA/CANADA Leadership ForumOverland Park, Kansas – 2013
SightFirst: Vision for All
LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONLIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
Dr. Tracy WilliamsSightFirst Technical Advisor
Gina PrendkiSight 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
We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.
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
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
We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.
Cataract
Childhood Blindness
Trachoma
Education & Rehab for People Who are Blind or Have Low Vision
Eye Health Education
Low Vision
URE
Comprehensive Regional Training
Diabetic Retinopathy
River Blindness
Research
SightFirst Materials
• Brochure
• Policy papers
• Application
www.lcif.org
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
Help Along the Way
We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.
Steps to SuccessConcept paper
Conference calls
Site visits
Application
Personnel Support for RegionGina 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
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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