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At the January 2008 SightFirst Advisory Committee Meeting there were 9 grants approved totaling US$9,554,378 of which US$3,580,708 represents grants from undesignated SightFirst funds.
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Grant Number |
Country |
Project Name/Desrcitption |
US$ Amount |
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SF 1399 |
Undistricted |
Lions-WHO Project for the Elimination of Avoidable Childhood Blindness (Brigde Grant) |
879,000 |
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SF 1292 |
MD 104,Norway |
Comprehensive Eye Care Project |
0 *1 |
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SF 1357 |
MD 105, United Kingdom |
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra |
1,500,000 *2 |
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SF 1391 |
MD M, Paraguay |
Construct and Equip the Lions SightFirst Latin America Institute of Community Health, Fundacion Vision Hospital, Asuncion |
647,150 |
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SF 1389 |
District 321-A2, India |
Upgrade Late Dr.Chowdhary Lions Eye Hospital, Shahabad |
66,666 |
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SF 1332 |
District 322-A, India |
Upgrade Eye Wing at Lions Club of Ranchi East Niramaya Hospital |
35,092 |
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SF 1402 |
MD 323, India |
Mutiple District Cataract Surgery Program (5 years) |
0 *3 |
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SF 1386 |
District 325-A, Nepal |
200708 Cataract Surgery Program (Supplemental) |
230,000 |
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SF 1387 |
District 325-B, Nepal |
2007-08 Cataract Surgery Program (Supplemental) |
222,800 |
*1 The project will be funded through a US$1,373,670 designated Campaign SightFirst II contribution from the Lions of Norway & the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.
*2 The project will also be funded through a US$4.5 million designated Campaign SightFirst II contribution from the Lions of the British Isles and Ireland and Moorfields Eye Hospital Trust.
*3 The project will be funded through a US$100,000 designated Campaign SightFirst II contribution from Lion Kanak Singh Babla.
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