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<font size=3>Dear all,<br><br>
Unite For Sight has several new volunteer opportunities during the
Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall of 2005 that will likely be of interest
to many people on this list. Unite For Sight volunteers prescribe
eyeglasses as well as screen for eye disease and coordinate and fund
diagnosis, treatment,and surgery by doctors. The volunteers also
implement Train the Trainer programs for teachers and educate children
and adults about eye health and ways to prevent blindness.
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All persons over the age of 18 are welcome to apply for these volunteer
opportunities, including premedical students, medical students, public
health professionals, doctors, corporate professionals, nurses, graduate
students, retired professionals, and others. Short and Long Term
volunteer opportunities for physicians and optometrists are available as
well.<br><br>
If you are interested in the volunteer opportunities listed below, please
contact JStaple@uniteforsight.org and consult
<a href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/" eudora="autourl">www.uniteforsight.org<br><br>
</a><b>Africa, Asian, Eastern European, and Latin American Country
Opportunities<br><br>
<u>Winter 2005<br>
</u></b>China: December 28 - January 10<br>
Morogoro, Tanzania: December 28 - January 10<br><br>
<b><u>Spring 2005<br><br>
</u>Latin America<br>
</b>Xela, Guatemala: Flexible Dates Between January and October
2005<br><br>
<b>Africa<br>
</b>Buduburam Refugee Camp, Ghana: December 28 - February 28; February 15
- May 15; May 15 - August 15<br>
Nyamuswa, Tanzania: January 15 - March 15<br>
Pobe, Benin: January 15 - May 15<br><br>
<b>India<br>
</b>Bihar, India: March 6 - March 16 (SPRING BREAK INTERNSHIP)<br>
Chennai, India: February 10 - March 1 (SPRING BREAK INTERNSHIP)<br><br>
<b>Eastern Europe<br>
</b>Stepanavan and Tashir, Armenia: April 1 - June 1<br><br>
<b><u>Summer 2005<br><br>
</u>Latin America<br>
</b>San Salvador, El Salvador: May 1 - May 30<br>
Xela, Guatemala: Flexible Dates through October 2005<br><br>
<b>India<br>
</b>Punjab, India: May 1 - May 30<br>
Alwar, Rajasthan, India: June 1 - June 30<br>
Pradesh, India: June 15 - June 30<br>
New Delhi, India: July 1 - July 30<br>
Kolkata, India: July 1 - August 10<br>
Chandigarh, India: August 15 - September 20<br><br>
<b>Africa<br>
</b>Buduburam Refugee Camp, Ghana: May 10 - August 15<br>
Humjibre, Ghana: June 1 - July 30<br>
Pobe, Benin: June 15 - July 30<br>
Kenya: June 1 - July 30<br>
Iringa Region, Uganda: June 2 - July 15<br>
Nyamuswa, Tanzania: July 1 - August 20<br>
Buea, Cameroon: August 1 - August 20<br><br>
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