Twenty-two grants were
approved at the August SightFirst Advisory Committee meeting, totaling
US$4,748,351. As part of the grants awarded, SightFirst is expanding into new areas of blindness
prevention with the addition of research projects. These projects focus on
causes of blindness and visual impairment in Indonesia and Bolivia, while focusing on trachoma and
trichiasis surgery in Ethiopia and
Tanzania.
The Lions Quest Advisory Committee also met last month and awarded
13 grants totaling US$699,750. Through these grants, Lions Quest programs will be able to positively
impact more than 50,000 students in Bulgaria, India, Poland and other countries.
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