USA/CANADA Leadership Forum Overland Park, Kansas – 2013 SightFirst: Vision for All

1. USA/CANADA Leadership ForumOverland Park, Kansas – 2013SightFirst: Vision for All LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

2. Dr. Tracy Williams SightFirst Technical Advisor Gina Prendki Sight Programs Department SightFirst History, How to Get a Grant, and Success Stories from Your Backyards

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. What This Means for You • 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.

7. 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.

8. Help Along the Way • Steps to Success • Concept paper • Conference calls • Site visits • Application • Personnel Support for Region • Gina Prendki, Gina.Prendki@lionsclubs.org • Dr. Tracy Williams, RTW_OD320@spectrios.org We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.

9. 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.

10. 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

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