It’s a stark fact. By the time you finish reading
this page, one child somewhere in the world will have gone blind. One
goes blind every minute. Half-a-million will have lost
their sight by the end of the year.
Childhood blindness is only
one part of the global vision crisis. If nothing is done, experts say
that the world’s blind population could double from 37 million to 74
million by 2020.
But Lions will not allow
“nothing to be done.” True to their commitment to be “knights of the
blind,” Lions have launched Campaign SightFirst II to prevent this
tragedy. CSFII has set
out to raise at least US$150 million to continue and expand the
extraordinary work of SightFirst, Lions worldwide program to combat
preventable blindness.
The SightFirst Program
Since 1990, Lions have done
more to prevent blindness and restore sight than in their previous 65
years as “knights of the blind.” In a decade-and-a-half, Lions have
prevented severe vision loss or restored sight to 27 million people
– more than the combined populations of New York and Tokyo.
