Media Coverage

• West Virginia Medical Journal Guest Editorial: Unite For Sight in India (PDF)
• Unite For Sight Founder Named Hero By Elle Girl
• Preventing Blindness in India
• Unite For Sight Associated with United Nations DPI
• Starting a Unite For Sight Chapter at Case Western Reserve University
• MSU Student Volunteers in Ghana
• Komal Patel's Internship Abroad Changed Her Views about Health Care
• 7,000 Receive Eye Care in Keta, Ghana
• Ghanaian Ophthalmologists To Speak at U.S. Universities
• Summer 2008: 973 Surgeries in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana
• Unite For Sight Programs in Orissa During Summer 2008
• CNN Vlog: Supporting India School For Blind Girls
• Voice of America Video: Unite For Sight
• Social Entrepreneurs Changing the World One Person at a Time
• CNN Vlog: Volunteers Of The Year
• Social Entrepreneurship Spreads Around The World
• Indiana University Student Travels to Africa with Unite For Sight
• CNN Vlog: A Volunteer's Story in Chennai
• CNN Vlog: Interview With Dr. Jeffrey Sachs
• CNN Vlog: Meet Unite For Sight Interns
• Warren Resident Volunteering For Unite For Sight
• CNN Vlog: Eye Care For All
• Eye Opening Project For Newtown Students And Educators
• Volunteer Jessica DiVanno Setting Her Sights On Ghana
• CNN Vlog: Eye on Ghana with Volunteer Jackie Madison
• Students Unite For Sight
• CNN Vlog: The Screening Program
• CNN Vlog: Dr. James Clarke Provides Eye Care in Ghana
• Unite For Sight Volunteer of the Year Karen King in _The Liberian Connection_
• British Medical Journal: Unite For Sight Conference
• Making a Difference in Public Health
• CNN Vlog: Unite For Sight Conference
• Unite for Sight Helping Thousands from Going Blind
• Organization Founder's Vision For Change
• Dr. James Clarke Speaks at Emory University
• Unite For Sight Sets Global Goals
• CNN Vlog: Pen Pals in Ghana and Connecticut
• CNN Vlog: Yale Supports Unite For Sight
• CNN Vlog: From Small Town To Big Change
• CNN Vlog: Educating Refugees at Buduburam Refugee Camp
• Unite For Sight Provides 1915 Surgeries in Ghana in Fall and Winter
• Winter Update: Unite For Sight Provides 325 Surgeries in Chennai
• CNN Vlog: Working With Dr. Baah in Asikuma, Ghana
• Making A Real Difference
• CNN Vlog: Teaching Dr. Rose
• They're Not Running For President, But They're Changing The World Too
• CNN Vlog: A Volunteer's Eye View
• Unite For Sight in NY Times: The Age Of Ambition
• CNN Vlog: Buduburam Refugee Camp Program in Ghana
• 2007 Annual Summary Report
• CNN Vlog: Jennifer's 4-Month Review of Unite For Sight Project With CNN
• Unite For Sight Reached Goal: 10,000 Surgeries in 2006 and 2007
• CNN Blog: Eye Care in Ghana's Refugee Camp
• CNN Vlog: Unite For Sight Patient Feedback
• CNN Vlog: Eye Diseases Overlooked
• CNN Vlog: Eye Screenings in Ghana
• CNN Blog: Unite For Sight in Africa
• Bridgewater Family Restores Sight of Cataract Patients in Ghana
• CNN Vlog: Volunteering Around The World
• New CNN International Series Profiles YouthActionNet Leaders
• CNN Vlog: Capturing Clear Sight
• Making A Difference Half A World Away
• CNN Video Profile About Unite For Sight
• Unite For Sight: A Global Endeavor to Prevent Blindness
• Chilean Volunteer in Jodhpur
• Unite For Sight and Jennifer Staple in Ghana and India
• Unite For Sight Featured On CNN
• Unite For Sight To Be Featured Weekly on CNN International
• Ghana Trip Opens Eyes
• 1418 Patients Receive Sight-Restoring Surgery in Ghana
• Unite For Sight Provides 800 Surgeries in Chennai
• Clements Grad To Spend Summer in Africa
• "An Unlikely Hero" in Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today
• "Students Unite For Sight" in Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today
• Mshale Newspaper Article About Unite For Sight Conference
• New York Institute of Technology Chapter Receives Campus Awards
• Emirates Airline Foundation - Skywards Members Win Award
• Golden Brick Award Will Allow Jennifer Staple To Keep Her Focus On Preventing Blindness
• 6-Year Old Tyler Gordon Honored At Unite For Sight Conference as Youngest Volunteer
• Unite For Sight and Jennifer Staple Awarded Golden BRICK Award on National TV
• Eyesight Project Wins Award To Fund Service
• New York Institute of Technology Chapter Receives Chapter of the Year and Humanitarian Service Awards
• Gabe Rosen, Youngest Volunteer To Make A Great Difference
• Emirates Airline Foundation Awarded Unite For Sight Corporate Humanitarian Service Award
• Volunteers of the Year Honored at Unite For Sight Conference
• Unite For Sight Discussed By Trump University
• A Conference Attendee's Blog About Unite For Sight's Conference
• Sharing A Vision With Those Who Need It Most
• Unite For Sight Featured on Doritos
• Unite For Sight Awarded Golden BRICK Award
• New York Institute of Technology Cahpter Giving Sight to the Blind
• Unite For Sight, BRICK Awards� Winner, to Appear on The CW Network April 12th
• How Stuff Works: 2007 BRICK Award Winner: Jennifer Staple
• Medical Student Wins Award To Fight Blindness
• CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR UNITE FOR SIGHT ON YAHOO. Help Us Make A Difference!
• CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR UNITE FOR SIGHT ON YAHOO. Help Us Make A Difference!
• Stanford Student Helps Fight Blindness - ABC7
• Medical Student is the Visionary Behind a Global Effort to Conquer Blindness
• Stanford Medical Student is Visionary Behind Global Fight Against Blindness
• Ohio State Buckeye Blast To Beat Blindness
• Unite For Sight Celebrates Two Year Anniversary at Buduburam Refugee Camp
• BU Student Group A Real Eye-Opener For Families Without Insurance
• Boston University Chapter Delivers Much More Than Eye Candy
• Unite For Sight Educates Girls' School on Eye Health
• Unite For Sight Volunteer In The Spotlight
• Unite For Sight Sets Example for 'Everyday Activists'
• Unite For Sight's Jennifer Staple Awarded BRICK Award, "The Oscars Of Youth Service Awards"
• Unite For Sight Profiled on TNT TV
• Skywards Miles for Sight
• Cote d'Ivoire Chapter Screens over 500 to End 2006
• Unite For Sight Sponsors School Teachers at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana
• Training Local Communities to Eliminate Blindness in Ghana
• 667 Sight-Restoring Surgeries in Chennai During 2006
• 784 Cataract Surgeries in Alwar During 2006
• Restoring Sight and Engaging Local University Students in Vision 2020 Initiatives in Tamale Ghana
• Unite For Sight Bangladesh Chapter Making Great Impact
• Nepal's Tribhuvan University Chapter of Unite For Sight Screens 200 In School Health Program
• Unite For Sight on TBS Television - Movie and a Makeover
• Vizio Optic Eyewear Boutique Donates to Unite For Sight
• Stanford Magazine: Must-See TV
• NYU Chapter Receives American Medical Association Foundation Fund for Better Health Seed Grant
• Letter From Optometrist Volunteer in Thailand
• Sally Ong Receives Student Service Award
• Ghana Eye Care Professionals Encourage Volunteer Service
• Unite For Sight Volunteers Inspired To Humanitarian Action
• Youth Action: 13-Year Old's Bar Mitzvah Project Raises $5,000 For Eye Care in Tamale, Ghana
• Unite For Sight Sponsors 290 Cataract Surgeries in Orissa India
• Volunteer Dave Southwood Raises Almost $ 5,000 For Unite For Sight
• Pikeville Native Does Externship in India
• Woman Going Prime Time For 'Extreme' Donations
• Effecting Change Around The World: NHS Valedictorian Is Living Up To, And Exceeding, Expectation
• Unite For Sight Restoring Sight at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana
• Free Airline Tickets For Optometrist and Ophthalmologist Volunteers in Unite For Sight Ghana and Thailand Programs
• Founder Jennifer Staple on ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition on September 17
• Students "Upgrade" Summer Overseas Through New Service Learning Grants
• Emirates Airline Foundation Restoring Sight Worldwide
• A Successful Summer of Eye Care in Ghana
• Sight For 384 in Alwar, India
• 400 With Restored Sight This Summer in Chennai, India
• Unite For Sight Volunteers in Nepal Impress Event Organizers
• Sangklaburi, Thailand: 4,000 Patients Receive Optometric Care in 5 Weeks
• After undergoing cornea transplant, Boonton Twp. girl wants to help others
• Unite For Sight Featured on Radio Station WKTU, The Beat of New York
• Flowers Bloom To Deliver Eye Health Education in Cameroon
• Connolly Consulting Raises $4,720 For Unite For Sight
• Unite For Sight Partners With Stanford's Pacific Free Clinic
• Sight Restoration in Patriensa and Kwabeng, Ghana
• Unite For Sight Restores Sight For 100 In Chennai
• Unite For Sight Sponsors 192 Cataract Surgeries in Alwar, India
• Once I Was Blind...Eye Care Needs and the Status of Vision2020 in Ghana
• African Jewelry and Eyeglass Cases Made By Refugees, Supporting Buduburam Refugee Camp
• Unite For Sight's Buduburam Chapter and Medical Advisory Board Member Dr. Clarke in USAID Publication
• Unite For Sight and Mercy Ships To Provide Eye Care in Ghana
• Optometry Volunteer Opportunities Available With Free Airfare To Provide Optometric Services in Thailand
• Ophthalmos and Rotary Club Donate 32 Optyse Ophthalmoscopes to Unite For Sight
• A Blog About Unite For Sight's Third Annual Conference
• Founder Jennifer Staple Profiled in Student British Medical Journal
• Al Jaber Optical Supports Unite For Sight
• ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition Donates to Unite For Sight
• UpClose Reading Glasses Donates 3,300 Glasses To California and Rwanda Patients
• UFS Chapter Unveils New Board Game
• Emirates Airlines Donates 10 Flights To Unite For Sight Eye Doctor Volunteers
• Youngest Volunteer Collects Eyeglasses For Ghana
• High School Student Joins Forces With Celebrities To Fundraise For Unite For Sight
• Benefit Concert Raises Funds For Eye Care in Ghana
• Article in PBS E-Newsletter: Dr. Al Sommer to Headline the Unite for Sight Conference at Yale University
• Unite for Sight supports Cataract Surgery for 154 persons
• Unite for Sight to Debut Film with Support of Key Celebrities
• Unite For Sight Chapter Serves Rural Nepal
• Connecticut Eye Bank Donates Gift of Sight to Medical Advisory Board Member in Ghana
• Range of global health issues will be explored in third annual Unite for Sight conference
• Unite For Sight in New York Times
• Volunteer's Experience Featured in Eye News Journal
• Brandeis Student Looks To Open Eyes
• Unite For Sight Volunteer Prepares For Thursday's Olympic Biathlon
• Sponsor Volunteers From Ghana to Attend Unite For Sight's Conference - Donate Frequent Flyer Miles or Funding!
• Now Playing on Cameroon Radio
• UFS Volunteers Lead Lively Discussions in Indian Classroom
• Smith Optics Donates 700 Sunglasses to Sierra Leone
• Murals in Sierra Leone: An Eye Health Public Awareness Campaign
• Mount Holyoke To Support Unite For Sight Volunteer
• Pfizer Joins Forces With Unite For Sight For A National "Glaucoma and You" Church Tour in January
• Making A Difference and Restoring Sight in Chennai, India
• OptiCare Charity Golf Classic Raises Nearly $32,000 for Unite For Sight
• Concert in New York City Benefits Patients in Bihar, India
• Hopkins Chapter Partners with Maryland Society For Sight
• Yale University To Fund 20 Yale Student Unite For Sight Volunteers
• Unite For Sight Founder Profiled In "Our Time is Now: Young People Changing the World"
• Unite For Sight's Buduburam Refugee Camp Chapter Provides Eye Care In Local Community
• Unite For Sight Restores Sight to 80 in Tamale, Ghana
• Partnership In Orissa, India Restores Sight to Hundreds
• Unite For Sight Opens Its Eyes To Recyclying
• American Medical Association (AMA) Adopts Eye Care Policy
• Student returns to Ghana to volunteer at vision clinic
• Unite for Sight Cote d'Ivoire Program Shares Bright Future
• Unite for Sight Aids Educational Program in Cameroon
• Distance Runner brings Huge Rewards for Unite for Sight
• Uxbridge photographer takes sight to Africa
• Unite for Sight creates New Vision for Residents of Haryana, India
• Reaching Out To The Blind at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana
• Unite For Sight Completes Successful Program in Nyamuswa, Tanzania
• Unite For Sight Volunteer Reported to CV Rotarians
• Buduburam Goes Reading-Sunglasses Crazy
• Pelham Student Heading to Africa with Unite For Sight Program
• Unite For Sight's Karatu Program Finds High Rate of Impaired Vision
• Seeing Life Anew
• Unite for Sight Launches New Personal Donation Pages for Volunteers
• Free Sight-Restoring Surgeries Sponsored by Unite For Sight in Bihar
• Unite For Sight Steps In to Provide Eye Care Where There Was None
• A Unite For Sight Experience
• Unite For Sight Provides Free Eye Care in Chennai, India
• Powerful Commitment in Lome, Togo
• Unite For Sight Launches First Program in Peru
• 4,000 Children Participate in Unite For Sight's Education Program in Pobe
• Collective Vision
• Unite For Sight Opens Eyes in India
• 56 Patients in Benin Receive Sight-Restoring Surgery
• Unite For Sight and Medicovet Restore Sight in Nagpur, India
• Unite For Sight Resolution Adopted by American Medical Association
• Volunteer's Vision
• Director of Refugee Initiatives Appointed to National Institutes of Health Advisory Committee
• Penny Wars Earns $381 for Unite For Sight
• An Eye For Charity
• Cote d'Ivoire Children Show Up at School on Saturday for Vision Program
• Website Raises Over $1500 for Free Cataract Surgeries in India
• Sedan Loaded with Eyeglass Frames Makes its way to Connecticut
• Empowering Communities Worldwide through Innovative, Sustainable Programmes
• Sharing their Vision: Unite For Sight in Humjibre, Ghana
• Lessons From A Ghana Refugee Camp
• University of Manitoba Student Unites for Sight
• Unite For Sight Takes Sundog from Golf to Ghana
• What Some Thais will be Wearing this Summer
• Woman Jumps from Crane as Onlookers Cheer
• Brandenburg Eye Care and Battletown Post Office Unite for Sight
• Vision Program Speaks Directly to Bolifamba Villagers
• Unite For Sight Global Youth Event Well Received in Umuahia
• North Carolina Chapter Recognized for Service Excellence
• Eight-year-old boy helps children see worldwide
• Blind Man Resumes Work as Part of Unite For Sight Microcredit Program
• Unite For Sight Eyeglass Drive in Dubai
• Unite For Sight Provides Eye Care in Democratic Republic of Congo
• Unite For Sight Recieves Healthy Vision Community Award From National Eye Institute
• Yale To Fund Six Unite For Sight Volunteers in Ghana
• Ooh La-La de Paris Donates 3,100 Eyeglasses to Unite For Sight's International Programs
• USAID Grant For Unite For Sight's Buduburam Refugee Camp Program
• New Program in Armenia Funded By YouthActionNet Collaboration Fund
• Eight-year-old Sees Need, Finds Way to Help
• Giving The World An Opportunity To See More Clearly
• Focused on Eye Care: Newtown Woman's Non-Profit Brings Gift of Sight Around the World
• Unite For Sight Volunteer's Journal at the Buduburam Refugee Camp
• Interns Set Sights High, Hold Eyecare Education Workshop
• Unite For Sight Reaches Out to School Children in Niger-Delta, Nigeria
• For Local Optometrists in Nigeria it's Back to School
• Unite For Sight Conference Will Examine Global Health and Preventable Blindness
• Unite For Sight Selects "Volunteers of the Year" for 2004
• Unite For Sight Models Eye Health Program for Refugee Camps
• Volunteer Team Prescribes Eyeglasses in Rural Henan, China
• Salvation Army Praises Unite For Sight Program in Virginia
• Unite For Sight's Ghana Program Restores Sight, Hailed Great Success
• Unite For Sight Featured For Teens on Mary Kate and Ashley's Website
• Unite For Sight's Nigerian Success Story
• Group promotes eye care at D.C. public schools
• Group pushes for eyeglasses drive, vision screenings
• Unite For Sight Sees Success in Nepal
• Dedicated High School Student Raises $1,000 For Unite For Sight
• Unite For Sight Receives $5,000 Donation For Sight-Restoring Cataract Surgery Program
• Every Dollar Counts Twice For Unite For Sight Donations
• OptiCare Inaugural Charity Golf Classic Raises $30,000 for Unite for Sight
• Unite For Sight Founder Receives Global Youth in Action Award
• Unite For Sight Receives Join Hands Day Excellence Award
• Unite For Sight Founder Receives YouthActionNet Award, Money to Aid Cataract Patients In Ghana
• Check Yearly. See Clearly. And Unite For Sight Partner to Promote Vision Care in the Big Apple
• Unite For Sight Global Partners Symposium Raises $1,000 for Cataract Surgeries in Ghana
• Students Restore Sight To Blind Patients and Prescribe Eyeglasses to Thousands of Orphans and Children
• Unite For Sight Founder honored for her work promoting health care
• Unite For Sight Founder named Regional Winner in National Epidemiology Competition
• -Group Focuses on Eye Health and Education Western Kentucky University
• New CIO promotes vision care worldwide
• Sacramento Eyeglass Drive
• Unite for Sight: New Student organization Starts Eyeglass Drive
• Unite For Sight Featured at New York Medical College's Public Health Week
• Unite For Sight Health Festival Day: A National Event for Thousands of Children by a Thousand Student Volunteers
• Perspectives: Eyes on Public Health

Media Releases Fall 2000 through Spring 2003, Unite For Sight Initiatives in New Haven, Connecticut

• Jennifer Staple, the founder of Unite For Sight, appeared on WTNH Channel 8 News, 1/2001
• Jennifer Staple on FOX News, 1/2002
• Unite For Sight Featured in Glamour Magazine, 10/2002
• Unite For Sight Cited in Yale Daily News, 10/2002
• Unite For Sight Cited in Newtown Bee, 12/2002
• Unite For Sight in USA Today, 2/2003
• Unite For Sight cited in Yale Daily News, 2/2003
• Unite For Sight focusing attention on importance of preserving eyesight, 2/2001
• The eyes will be the focus of two events hosted by Unite For Sight, 3/2001
• "Unite For Sight": Undergraduates focus on educating others about eye care, 11/2000
• Yale organization Fights World Blindness, 10/2000
• Unite For Sight in Newtown, Connecticut, 7/2001