Unite For Sight
U.S. nonprofit organization
Unite for Sight is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2000 by Jennifer Staple-Clark specializing in healthcare delivery to communities around the world. The organization invests human and financial resources in local eye clinics in Ghana, Honduras, and India to eliminate patient barriers to care. As of January 2017, Unite for Sight has assisted more than 2.4 million people worldwide and provided over 97,000 vision-restoring surgeries.
Volunteer abroad program
The Global Impact Corps is a volunteer abroad program that places students and professionals with Unite For Sight's local eye clinic partners. After completing global health training, Global Impact Fellows travel to one of three country locations to support local clinicians as they deliver eye care to patients living in extreme poverty.
Global Impact Fellows can also work with Unite For Sight to design and implement a global health research study via the Global Impact Lab. Primarily students, these research volunteers work with Unite For Sight, the partner eye clinic, and a university mentor to develop a research question and methods; they also are required to receive Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval from their institution. Global Impact Fellows complete a Certificate in Global Health Research, preparing them for the challenges of conducting research in the developing world. Many Fellows go on to share their findings in academic journals or at research conferences.
In India, volunteers have the option of participating in Dhenkanal (Orissa), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), or in Patna (Bihar).
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