SUPPORT THE GIFT OF SIGHT CAMPAIGN
Drs Sanduk Ruit and Geoff Tabin are Genius 100 visionaries and co-founders of the Himalayan Cataract Project. Their mission is to restore eyesight to people who are unnecessarily blind.
Campaign Description
The Gift of Sight Campaign is intended to raise $3 Million USD to continue to provide education and services to visually impaired persons – as well as strengthen and grow eye care systems (education and training) in low resource settings around the globe. To date, HCP, working with its local implementing partners has:
● served more than 1.6 million people annually through examinations and basic treatment, including the provision each year of over 123,000 sight-restoring surgeries and hundreds of training opportunities for eye care personnel.
● has performed over one million sight-restoring surgeries, screened, and provided basic treatment for over 12 million people, trained 18,000 eye care professionals from 43 countries.
The goal of this campaign is to raise the funds necessary to make possible what seemed impossible for people in need.
Impact Goal:
• 24,000 sight restoring surgeries over 3 years
Fundraising Goal
The fundraising goal is $3 Million USD
Impact Region:
South Asia + Sub-Saharan Africa
How YOU can help:
Pledge to support one or more life-changing eye surgeries. Please note, your support will also cover the material costs of the surgery, the medical staff as well as meals for patients and staff.
Option 1: $150 USD for ONE eye surgery
Option 2: $750 USD for FIVE eye surgeries
Option 3: $1500 USD for TEN eye surgeries
Option 4: $15000 USD for a FULL DAY of surgeries that will restore eye-sight to 100 PEOPLE
Make your impact. Click HERE to GIVE THE GIFT OF SIGHT