Medical Opportunity in Ghana
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Dear all,
I'm writing to inform you about an international internship op-
portunity to help restore eyesight and prevent blindness in a
remote village in Ghana.
Apply for the Ghana Health and Education Initiative/Unite for
Sight Volunteer Program! Mailto:JStaple@uniteforsight.org and
see http://www.uniteforsight.org for details.
Dates: November 1, 2004 - December 20, 2004 with optional exten-
sion until January 15, 2005.
Volunteers will receive training and will then screen patients
for operable cataracts, coordinate cataract surgeries in an eye
clinic, distribute eyeglasses and conduct eye health education
in local schools. This program is a continuation of a very suc-
cessful 'Unite for Sight' cataract surgery program in Humjibre
during Summer 2004.
We are recruiting for a team of four participants.
"Unite For Sights volunteers announced the eye clinic at church
and beat the gong gong to spread the word. As the clinic went on
for the second week, word spread to other communities, and pa-
tients came to the clinic from as far away as two hours. Even
after the clinic ended, people brought blind relatives from long
distances." Unite For Sight Volunteer, Summer 2004, Humjibre,
Ghana
Sincerely,
Jennifer Staple
Founder, President & CEO
Unite For Sight
mailto:Jennifer.Staple@aya.yale.edu
http://www.uniteforsight.org