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IEF: Preventing Blindness and Restoring Sight in the Developing World
In Guatemala, the woman pictured above before her cataract treatment was helped at an IEF partner outreach clinic in Peten, where IEF's SightReach® Management program is helping to bring eye care services into the community. Our blindness prevention and treatment programs help adults and children everyday in the developing world.
IEF Celebrates 50 Years Saving Sight Worldwide
For half a century IEF has been fufilling it's mission of restoring sight and preventing blindness worldwide. Dr. John Harry King, Jr. founded IEF in 1961. To learn more about the early years...
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History of IEF - The Beginning
Saving Sight for a Lifetime
Make a difference - help restore the vision of a child, a grandparent or a parent around the world. Here are some examples of what a small amount of money can do:
- $5 will sponsor 1 pair of glasses for a needy child
- $50 will sponsor 10 pairs of glasses
- $50 will sponsor 1 cataract operation
- $100 will sponsor cataract operation on both eyes
- $345 will sponsor a cataract surgery instrument set
- Give Now
Make a gift in tribute to someone special. Honoring a friend, family member, or colleague with a gift to the International Eye Foundation is a wonderful way to recognize a significant achievement or a milestone. You will be helping others with the gift of sight as you pay tribute to that special person. IEF will send an acknowledgement card in your name to the person(s) being honored.
Contact Calvin Baerveldt at 240-290-0263 ext 118 or by email at info@iefusa.org for more information.
World Sight Day 2011 was commemorated in Washington, DC October 13, 2011 with a Capitol Hill briefing in the House Rayburn Building. Featured speaker Dr. Kevin Frick discussed groundbreaking, cost-effective health interventions that have prevented vision loss, such as vitamin A supplementation and cataract surgery. Dr. Frick is Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management at the Center for Global Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The briefing was hosted by Dr. Louis Pizzarello, Chair of Vision 2020/USA.
International Eye Foundation is a founding member of Vision2020/USA and was a co-sponsor for the World Sight Day briefing. World Sight Day is an international day of awareness held annually on the second Thursday of October to focus attention on the global issue of avoidable blindness and visual impairment.
Pictured above are leaders of Vision 2020/USA organizations.
Check out:
IEF's July 2011 e-newsletter for the latest news July 2011 enewsletter
2010 Annual Report to learn about our programs
2010 Annual Report [2.7Mb Nitro PDF]
2010 Audit Report for financial information
2010 Audit Report [1.26Mb Nitro PDF]
2010 IRS Form 990 for tax filing information
2010 IRS Form 990 [2.5Mb Nitro PDF]
You may contribute through your workplace giving campaign by designating IEF. Our number for the CFC is 12080 and for United Way is 0318.[Give Now]
Dr. Paul Steinkuller Honored with Peace and Vision Award
The International Eye Foundation honored Dr. Paul Steinkuller of Houston with the 2011 Promotion of Peace and Vision Award for an ophthalmologist on Sunday, October 23 in Orlando. The presentation was made by Dr. Larry Schwab, a prior recipient of the Award and an IEF Board member, and IEF President & CEO Victoria Sheffield at a reception held during the annual American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting. Recognizing the enduring legacy of Dr. King's vision of "...the promotion of peace through the prevention of blindness" the Award honors dedication and commitment to international blindness prevention. For more than three decades, Dr. Steinkuller has worked tirelessly providing eye care for the underserved and needy around the world. In the 1980s, he and his family worked in Kenya on behalf of the International Eye Foundation. His life work stands as testament to his commitment to the ideals behind the Promotion of Peace and Vision Award.