2007 Annual Summary Report

During 2007, Unite For Sight provided eye care for more than 200,000 patients while coordinating and funding 6,032 surgeries. Combined in 2006 and 20007, Unite For Sight restored sight to 10,062 previously blind patients.

Summary of 2007 International Program Services

  • 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; 5,377 days of volunteer service
  • 2,896 surgeries coordinated and funded in India
    • 1,271 surgeries for patients living in the Chennai region
    • 684 surgeries for patients living in the New Delhi region
    • 266 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
  • 3,265 surgeries coordinated and funded in Ghana
    • 1,594 surgeries for patients living in the Tamale region
    • 1,671 surgeries for patients living in the Accra region
  • 30 surgeries coordinated and funded in Thailand
  • 68,000 eyeglasses distributed by Unite For Sight's partner eye clinics in Ghana and India

Summary of 2007 North America Program Services

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

Summary of 2007 Annual International Health & Development Conference at Stanford University

  • 1,500 conference attendees from 41 countries and 48 states
  • 300+ speakers

Noteworthy News

Summary of July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007 Fiscal Year

Total Revenues: $1,132,956

Contributions: $499,810Contributions-In-Kind: $633,146

Total Expenses

97%Program Services: $1,097,498
3%Management & General: $38,181
0%Fundraising: $0

Unite For Sight's total revenues doubled from Fiscal Year 2005 to Fiscal Year 2006.

These numbers are drawn from audited financial statements. To obtain copies of our audited financial statement, please contact donations@uniteforsight.org

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The Unite For Sight Program has come to reduce the burden, not only for the patient but also for the ophthalmologist who sometimes had to stay for two months without performing any eye surgery just because the patients could not pay to get their cataract removed.
—Dr. Seth Wanye, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner