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New Directions in the SightFirst Program, Lions Clubs International FoundationLinda Romano-DerrRegional Program Specialist, South Asia
New Directions in the SightFirst Program, Lions Clubs International FoundationLinda Romano-DerrRegional Program Specialist, South Asia
September 17, 2012
• World’s largest voluntary service organizationo 1.35 million members worldwide, in 46,000 clubs
in 207 countries
• Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF)o Humanitarian arm of LCIo Established in 1968o Primary service aims:
• Humanitarian Services• Blindness prevention• Disaster relief and reconstruction• Children’s health and welfare
Lions Clubs International (LCI)and Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF)
SightFirst
• SightFirst is a global initiative with the purpose of eliminating avoidable blindness as a global public health concern
• Mission: To build comprehensive eye care systems to fight the major causes of blindness and care for people who are blind or visually impaired
• SightFirst builds on Lions’ historical concern for the blind and visually impaired (Knights of the Blind)
• 1,064 grants in 102 countries for a total of US$277 million since 1990
SightFirst Accomplishments
• Restored sight to 7.68 million people through cataract surgeries
• 30 million people saved from vision loss
• Provided 147 million treatments for river blindness
• Built or upgraded 702 eye-care facilities
• Trained 659,000 ophthalmologists, ophthalmic nurses, other professional eye care workers and village health workers
• Established 35 pediatric eye care centers, impacting the lives of 121 million children (in partnership with the WHO)
SightFirst Approach
• Controlling blinding diseases• Cataract• River blindness,• Trachoma• Diabetic retinopathy
• Training desperately needed human resources
• Strengthening eye care infrastructure
VISION FOR ALL
SightFirst II: A new direction
3 overarching goals:
1.Control and eliminate major causes of avoidable blindness
2.Combat emerging threats to sight
3.Provide “Vision for All” through research, rehabilitation, and outreach to vulnerable populations
SightFirst I versus SightFirst II
We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.
SF I:
• Less complex projects, with one or two activities
• Local situation considered in the development of a project, but little knowledge of the eye care priorities of the country or region
• Often weak engagement of the Ministry of Health and the national plan for the prevention of blindness
• Little collaboration with other partners working in blindness prevention
SF II:
•Large-scale projects reaching a larger target population
•Complex and comprehensive projects that include aspects of both prevention and treatment
•A well-developed support system in place at the district and regional levels to teach and aid clubs in the development of projects
•Projects consistently developed in partnership with the MOH and within the framework of the national plan; extensive and successful partnerships with many of the leading blindness prevention experts worldwide
Key Principles
1. Develop comprehensive eye care systems
2. Target underserved populations
3. Deliver high-quality eye care services
4. Create sustainable eye care services
5. Use data to identify and evaluate efforts
6. Hands-on Lions involvement
7. Emphasis on strategic partnerships with corporations,
governments and NGOs.
SightFirst Grants: 11 strategies & 5 objectives
We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.
Cataract
Childhood Blindness
Trachoma
Education & Rehabilitation for Blind & Low vision Persons
Eye Health Education
Low Vision
URE
Comprehensive Regional Training
Diabetic Retinopathy
River Blindness
Research
SightFirst portfolio
SightFirst Grants: 11 strategies & 5 objectives
We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.
Cataract
Childhood Blindness
Trachoma
Education & Rehabilitation for Blind & Low vision Persons
Eye Health Education
Low Vision
URE
Comprehensive Regional Training
Diabetic Retinopathy
River Blindness
Research
Service Delivery
Human Resource Development
Infrastructure Development
Prevention
Monitoring & Evaluation
Objectives
SightFirst Grants: 11 strategies & 5 objectives
We Care. We Serve. We Accomplish.
Cataract
Childhood Blindness
Trachoma
Education & Rehabilitation for Blind & Low vision Persons
Eye Health Education
Low Vision
URE
Comprehensive Regional Training
Diabetic Retinopathy
River Blindness
Research
Service Delivery
Human Resource Development
Infrastructure Development
Detection
Treatment
Rehabilitation
Survey
Eye Care Professionals
Community Health Workers
School Teachers
Prevention
Equipment
Expansion
Advocacy
Public Relations
Education MaterialsMonitoring & Evaluation
Getting involved in into new focus areas:
Research
Education and training for blind/VI
Outreach to vulnerable populations*