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At the January 2008 SightFirst Advisory Committee Meeting there were 19 grants approved totaling US$5,350,441 of which US$3,550,189 represents grants from undesignated SightFirst funds.
| Country |
Project |
US$ Amount |
| Mexico |
Cataract Screening and Surgery Program, Veracruz State |
162,000 |
| Brazil |
Cataract Screening and Surgery Program, Mato Grosso |
108,000 |
| Brazil |
Diabetic Retinopathy Project, Minas Gerais |
59,000 |
| India |
Compreshensive Eye Care Program at Lions Karnavati Eye Hospital and District 323-B Lions Eye Hospitals |
248,773 (1) |
| India |
Equip Lions Juhu Specialty Eyecare Centre, Bhartiya Arogya Nidhi Hospital |
296,192 (2) |
| India |
Upgrade Lions Club of Karimnagar Charitable Eye Hospital |
32,025 |
| India |
Upgrade R.R. Lions Eye Hospital, Palakol |
17,375 |
| India |
Upgrade Siliguri Lions Netralaya Eye Hospital |
28,294 |
| India |
Equip Lion Netralaya Eye Hospital, Solapur |
88,293 |
| India |
Manpower & Management Training for the Lions Asansol East Lion Eye Hospital |
7,500 |
| India |
Manpower & Management Training for the Lions Eye Hospital, Surat North |
7,500 |
| India |
Manpower & Management Training for the Lions Eye Hospital, Jalgaon |
7,500 |
| Tunisia |
Upgrade Sidi Bouzid Regional Hospital's Eye Unit |
98,800 |
| Kenya |
Cataract Screening and Surgery Campaign- Lions Eye & Blood Centre, Mombasa |
170,000 (3) |
| Tanzania/Uganda |
Cataract Screening and Surgery Campaign |
650,000 |
| Thailand |
SightFirst Regional Course on the Prevention of Blindness and Eye Care Management, Korat Institute of Public Health Ophthalmology |
119,000 |
| Kenya |
Cataract Screening and Surgery Campaign, Lions SightFirst Eye Hospital- Loresho |
235,520 (4) |
| Tanzania |
Sub-Sahara Eye Facility Training Program, Moshi |
1,500,000 (5) |
| China |
Cataract Screening and Surgery Campaign- Guangdong |
1,514,669 (6) |
(1) The project will be funded in part through a US$100,000 designated Campaign SightFirst II contribution from Vishnubhai Patel
(2) The project will also be funded in part through a US$100,000 designated Campaign SightFirst II contribution from Lion Aruna Oswal.
(3) The project will be funded in part through a US$100,000 designated Campaign SightFirst II contribution from Lion Kanaksingh Babla.
(4) The project will be funded in part through a US$235,520 designated Campaign SightFirst II contribution from Lion Kanaksingh Babla.
(5) The project will be funded in part through a US$1,500,000 designated Campaign SightFirst II contribution from Multiple District 102, Switzerland.
(6) The project will be funded through a US$1,514,669 designated Campaign SightFirst II contribution from District 381, China.
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