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Unite for Sight Offers Overseas Volunteer Opportunities- 1/10/2005 |
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Unite For Sight has volunteer opportunities in Pobe, Benin during the Spring to prescribe eyeglasses, implement eye health education programs, and coordinate cataract surgery programs. With only five ophthalmologists in Benin, eye health services are of tremendous need in the country.
Short and long-term volunteer opportunities of 2 weeks or more are available in Benin from January 15 through February 15. Please contact JStaple@uniteforsight.org and consult www.uniteforsight.org if you are interested in participating.
Unite For Sight also has similar opportunities in numerous African, Asian, Eastern European, and Latin American countries. All persons over the age of 18 are welcome to apply for these volunteer opportunities, including pre-health students, medical students, optometry students, public health professionals, doctors, corporate professionals, nurses, graduate students, retired professionals, and others. Unite For Sight volunteers prescribe eyeglasses, screen for eye disease and coordinate and fund diagnosis, treatment, and surgery by doctors. Volunteers also implement Train the Trainer programs for teachers and educate children and adults about eye health and ways to prevent blindness.
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