G-2036

From Blind to Sight

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Project Description

Region: South America

Country: Brazil

Location: Ribeirao Preto

Total Budget: $32,500

Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment



Project: From blind to sight

Rotary Club of Ribeirão Preto - District 4540

Ribeirao Preto - SP

Brazil

Name of the project: Sight to blind

Focus Area: HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS / DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

The objective is to recover vision of 250 blind and / or low vision eyes due to corneal changes in 200 patients. The cornea is the first interface between light from the external environment and the eye. The diseased cornea can be quite irregular leading the patient to blindness. However, it is a type of REVERSIBLE blindness. Currently, we can treat these irregular corneas using special contact lenses. In the vast majority of cases, the patient regains 100% of his vision, changing his life from a highly vulnerable social condition to a normal person. We will recover the sight of 250 eyes of needy, visually impaired patients from the region of Ribeirão Preto - SP. They are awaiting medical attention at the HC-FMRP-USP Ophthalmology Outpatient Clinic. As such, we will benefit hundreds of blind patients and provide training to 57 medical residents during the project to perform these same procedures later throughout Brazil.

Primary Host Partner

District: 4540

Rotary Club of: Ribeirão Preto

Primary Contact: Daniel Cecchetti

Email: dcecchetti@yahoo.com

Primary International Partner

District: 3240

Rotary Club of: Greater Tezpur

Primary Contact: Ramesh Garodia

Email: rkgarodia@hotmail.com

Project Status

Dropped
This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped.

Project listed for the 2019-20 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

There are no contributions yet for this project.

Remaining Amount to Raise

Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution

$21,667

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$21,667

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

$10,833

$0

$10,833

Total

$32,500

Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

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History Log Entries

4-Jun-19

System Entry

System Entry: Creation of project page.

2-Sep-20

System Entry

System Entry: Project dropped per lack of response to the carry-over notification emails.

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