This past summer I volunteered in Ghana as a Unite For Sight "Global Impact Fellow". Unite For Sight is a nonprofit organization that provides high quality, cost-effective eye care to those who need it the most yet lack access to treatment or the means to afford it.
The Unite For Sight program is a world leader in socially responsible, effective volunteering and (as a Ghanaian-Canadian and a student of Health and Global Development studies) I was impressed by the fact that the program partners volunteers from abroad with local Ghanaian health professionals—a model that encourages sustainability, cultural sensitivity, and knowledge-sharing, while recognizing the agency and dedication of the Ghanaian health care providers.
Although Unite For Sight operates in Ghana, Honduras, and India, I chose to volunteer at an eye clinic in Ghana—the country of my birth. While in Ghana, I was able to document (through film and photography) the daily efforts of international volunteers and local ophthalmologists, optometrists, and ophthalmic nurses to eliminate patient barriers to care and to facilitate comprehensive, year-round eye care for patients living in extreme poverty.
Unite For Sight is a 501(c)(3) non-profit global health delivery organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness.
I could tell you more about it...but seeing is believing.
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