Eye Health Opportunity in Ghana

[UniteForSight]

Hi everyone,

I'm writing to inform you about an international volunteer opportunity to help restore eyesight and prevent blindness in a remote village in Ghana.

Apply for the Ghana Health and Education Initiative/Unite for Sight Volunteer Program! Contact JStaple@uniteforsight.org and www.uniteforsight.org for details.

Dates: November 1, 2004 - December 20, 2004 with optional extension until January 15, 2005.

Volunteers will receive training and will then screen patients for operable cataracts, arrange for cataract surgeries, distribute eyeglasses and conduct eye health education in local schools. This program is a continuation of a very successful Unite For Sight cataract surgery program in Humjibre during Summer 2004.

We are recruiting for a team of four participants.

“Unite For Sight’s volunteers announced the eye clinic at church and beat the gong gong to spread the word. As the clinic went on for the second week, word spread to other communities, and patients came to the clinic from as far away as two hours. Even after the clinic ended, people brought blind relatives from long distances.” ­Unite For Sight Volunteer, Summer 2004,
Humjibre, Ghana

Sincerely,
Jennifer Staple
Founder, President & CEO
Unite For Sight
www.uniteforsight.org

[UniteForSight]

Last call for applications. Please contact JStaple@uniteforsight.org