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[/quote]I am writing to you on behalf of Unite for Sight, an IFMSA Transnational Project that is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with 75 chapters at universities throughout the world. Unite For Sight volunteers implement vision education and vision screening programs for the medically underserved. We would very much like to involve Romania students with Unite For Sight's programs, and I would appreciate it if you could please forward the announcement below to students who may be interested in participating in a new chapter.
UNITE FOR SIGHT: HELP START A NEW CHAPTER AND JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF STUDENTS WHO ARE IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH
Unite For Sight is a global humanitarian organization with more than 75 chapters at universities and medical schools throughout the world. The organization is dedicated to preventing blindness through vision screenings and vision education programs.
*Vision screenings and vision education programs are offered to children and adults at local community centers and schools. These screenings detect eye diseases such as lazy eye, strabismus, visual acuity problems, and others.
*All people who are screened by Unite For Sight are matched with free health coverage programs and informed about locations to receive free eye care by doctors.
*Additional health education initiatives include HIV/AIDS education and childhood immunization programs
Other Opportunities Include:
*Academic Year Internships, Winter Break Internships, and Summer Internships to improve eye health in African and Asian Countries
*Internship opportunity November 1, 2004 to January 15, 2005 in Ghana to screen for operable cataracts, coordinate the sight-restoring cataract surgeries, prescribe eyeglasses, and educate Ghanaians about the prevention of trachoma, river blindness, and vitamin A deficiency. Contact JStaple@uniteforsight.org for an application.
*Assisting Unite For Sight Field Teams in India, Thailand, China, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Uganda, Cameroon, Tanzania and Kenya during Spring and Summer 2005.
*Planning eye camps and eye health initiatives in African and Asian countries.
*Raising funds for sight-restoring cataract surgeries in African and Asian countries.
*Collecting eyeglasses to donate to the medically underserved
*Exciting International Health Conferences that are open to the public in New York City (October 2, 2004, http://www.uniteforsight.org/2004_symposium.shtml) and in Boston (April 2 and 3, 2005, http://www.uniteforsight.org/2005_a...onference.shtml)
If you would like to help start a chapter of Unite For Sight, contact Jennifer Staple at JStaple@uniteforsight.org. Additional information is on Unite For Sight's website: http://www.uniteforsight.org
Thank you,
Jennifer Staple
Founder, President & CEO
Unite For Sight
http://www.uniteforsight.org