2007 Fiscal Year Annual Summary Report

Financial Summary of July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008 Fiscal Year

These numbers are drawn from audited financial statements.

Total Revenues and support: $1.8 million

Contributions: $1,051,584
Donated Services and materials: $727,601
Investment income and other: $15,550

Total Expenses: 1.585 million (97.5% Program Services)

Program Services: $1,545,356 (97.5%)
Management & General: $39,935 (2.5%)

Summary of July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008 International Program Services

During FY2007,, Unite For Sight provided eye care for more than 200,000 patients while coordinating and funding 7,129 surgeries.

  • 200,000 Patients Received Eye Care Through Unite For Sight's Programs
  • International Volunteers Who Assisted Unite For Sight's Partner Eye Clinics in Ghana and India: 250 volunteers traveling abroad; 5,330 days of volunteer service
  • 3,148 surgeries coordinated and funded in India
    • 1,501 surgeries for patients living in the Chennai region
    • 600 surgeries for patients living in the New Delhi region
    • 436 surgeries for patients living in the Bihar region
    • 400 surgeries for patients living in the Bhubaneswar region
    • 211 surgeries for patients living in the Jodhpur region
  • 3,971 surgeries coordinated and funded in Ghana
    • 1,907 surgeries for patients living in the Tamale region
    • 1,959 surgeries for patients living in the Accra region
    • 105 surgeries for patients living in the Asikuma Breman region
  • 10 surgeries coordinated and funded in Thailand

Summary of 2008-2009 Academic Year North America Program Services

  • 80 university chapters in United States and Canada
  • 838 trained volunteers providing eye health services in their local communities

Summary of 2008 Annual International Health & Development Conference at Stanford University

  • 2,200 conference attendees from 60 countries and 50 states
  • 200 speakers

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About Us

My experience taught me that Ghanaian people are the friendliest people I have interacted with anywhere in the world, that ordinary people involved with Unite For Sight are making extraordinary differences, and that sitting in a classroom receiving a world-class education cannot match real life experiences while volunteering.
—Varun Verma, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Ghana