Educates and rehabilitates incurably blind. Saves sight worldwide. Provides local health worker training, technology transfer, eye surgery, equipment, medicine. Provides aid through emergency relief, community and enterprise development solely on the basis of need. Health, water, food, shelter, education, and self-reliance programs in 28 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, United States.
Local partnerships help people meet emergency and long-term needs.
Grant programs promote savings and financial education resulting in affordable housing, better health care. Dedicated to helping people in the Middle East and Africa build better lives through technical assistance for agriculture, rural development and small business promotion. A nonprofit, international agency that funds long-term economic development and humanitarian assistance projects in 30 countries throughout Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Caribbean. Provides training, supplies and assistance to locally-managed family planning and educational programs to improve the lives of people in the poorest and most underserved countries. Ninety-three percent of revenues are spent on programs.