Brayden and Laura: Bihar India
Global Impact Fellows With Unite for Sight
We just returned from Bihar India with a group called Unite for Sight to volunteer at the AB Eye Institute in March 2010. Unite for Sight is a non-profit organization that aims to prevent blindness by applying best practices for health care. This program works with local ophthalmologists and optometrists to provide eye exams, eye surgery, and outreach to poverty stricken communities in developing countries like Ghana, India, and Honduras. While abroad, we screened patients for cataracts, glaucoma, and other eye diseases. We participated in sight restoring cataract surgeries. Thanks to the support of SO many people, we have raised more than $3200 to support 64 cataract surgeries! This blog is meant to keep all those who have contributed to this effort informed and help them see where their donations are going.
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We want to personally thank EVERYONE who has contributed to our fundraising effort for cataract surgeries in Patna, India.
Feel free to check out the success on our fundraising page!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

All our bags are packed, we're ready to go...

Wow! We can't believe it has finally arrived! We are heading out later today! :) We spent the evening finalizing our packing and getting everything to fit. Brayden printed out all of our different forms and flight plans and got us ready to go.We have two suitcases completely full of glasses, so we were able to smash all our stuff together into one! Way to go us! Now we just need to hope that it doesn't get lost on the way...that would be memorable! We've had so much fun preparing and looking forward to going, its amazing to think that it's finally here! Stay tuned, we'll keep you posted for each leg of the journey! (assuming the internet cooperates!)

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  1. MaryMarch 20, 2010 at 3:18 PM

    Yay!! have the BEST time! WE can't wait to hear all about it!! WE LOVE YOU!

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