"Gift of Sight"
Special Projects in Sri Lanka
- We visited Sri Lanka several times to
- donate eye glasses to villagers in rural Sri Lanka
- organize mobile eye clinics
- organize a Diabetes, Drug, Alcohol and Breast Cancer awareness program
  
  
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 44% of men, women, and children in developing countries need, but do not have eye glasses. We can support to our reading program providing eyeglasses to children in need.
According to the reports, over 4 million pairs of eyeglasses are thrown away each year in North America. According to research published in the international public health journal, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization; huge economic gains could be made if eyeglasses were provided to approximately 150 million people in developing countries need eyeglasses but cannot afford them. In many African countries, the price for new glasses can exceed three months' average salary. Half of all children in institutions for the blind in Africa would be able to read normal or large print if they had eyeglasses. Donated eyeglasses are the only feasible way to bring sight to many visually impaired.
Before tossing out your drawer of old eyeglasses, consider their potential value to others. Instead of ending up in landfills, they can be repaired and given to needy individuals throughout the world. You can make a huge difference in someone's life simply by donating your unworn eyeglasses.
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