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Hi all,
Unite For Sight is a a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness. Unite For Sight is working with refugees at Buduburam Refugee Camp, who are making eyeglass cases that Unite For Sight is selling to support the women and the Buduburam community. If you would like to help provide income to Esther and Lucy and also fund eye care expenses at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana, please purchase their vibrant handmade eyeglass cases.
http://www.uniteforsight.org/ordercase.php
Purchase eyeglass cases for $8 each by June 1. Photos of the cases are at http://www.uniteforsight.org/ordercase.php
Unite For Sight promotes the financial success of communities by linking them to world markets. 100% of the revenues support the local community through income generation and eye care projects.
As female heads of household with limited or no income, Esther and Lucy were invited by Unite For Sight to participate in a unique microenterprise program. Esther and Lucy are creating beautiful, vibrant eyeglass cases at Buduburam Refugee Camp, and they are earning an income when Unite For Sight buys each case. Unite For Sight then introduces the eyeglass cases to world markets.
100% of the proceeds directly fund eye care expenses at Buduburam Refugee Camp. This microenterprise program will therefore help to create a sustainable program in which the local community can fund its own eye care expenses.
Esther says she is happy for the opportunity to help the community and support the eye clinic. Prior to arriving in Buduburam, Lucy's home was destroyed in the Liberia war, leaving her and her children with nothing. Since her arrival in Ghana, she has been supporting her family by taking in a neighbor's laundry.
"This project once it takes off, will give these women a real chance at a decent income, a real chance to help their families. It will really make a difference for these women," acknowledged Jeremiah Burgess, Executive Director of the local NGO called Self Help Initiative For Sustainable Development (SHIFSD)
Immediately, it was obvious that Esther and Lucy were also making a difference for others in their community as they began to contribute to sustaining the success of Unite For Sight's Buduburam eye care program. "With my new reading glasses, I can see the smaller print. The glasses are helping me to read. The glasses are helping me to keep straighter lines in the sewing," said Esther. "The eye clinic is doing such a good job here. I'm ready to do my best work here sewing, to help them to help my community."
Sincerely,
Jennifer Staple
Founder, President & CEO
Unite For Sight
www.uniteforsight.org
Unite For Sight is a a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness. Unite For Sight is working with refugees at Buduburam Refugee Camp, who are making eyeglass cases that Unite For Sight is selling to support the women and the Buduburam community. If you would like to help provide income to Esther and Lucy and also fund eye care expenses at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana, please purchase their vibrant handmade eyeglass cases.
http://www.uniteforsight.org/ordercase.php
Purchase eyeglass cases for $8 each by June 1. Photos of the cases are at http://www.uniteforsight.org/ordercase.php
Unite For Sight promotes the financial success of communities by linking them to world markets. 100% of the revenues support the local community through income generation and eye care projects.
As female heads of household with limited or no income, Esther and Lucy were invited by Unite For Sight to participate in a unique microenterprise program. Esther and Lucy are creating beautiful, vibrant eyeglass cases at Buduburam Refugee Camp, and they are earning an income when Unite For Sight buys each case. Unite For Sight then introduces the eyeglass cases to world markets.
100% of the proceeds directly fund eye care expenses at Buduburam Refugee Camp. This microenterprise program will therefore help to create a sustainable program in which the local community can fund its own eye care expenses.
Esther says she is happy for the opportunity to help the community and support the eye clinic. Prior to arriving in Buduburam, Lucy's home was destroyed in the Liberia war, leaving her and her children with nothing. Since her arrival in Ghana, she has been supporting her family by taking in a neighbor's laundry.
"This project once it takes off, will give these women a real chance at a decent income, a real chance to help their families. It will really make a difference for these women," acknowledged Jeremiah Burgess, Executive Director of the local NGO called Self Help Initiative For Sustainable Development (SHIFSD)
Immediately, it was obvious that Esther and Lucy were also making a difference for others in their community as they began to contribute to sustaining the success of Unite For Sight's Buduburam eye care program. "With my new reading glasses, I can see the smaller print. The glasses are helping me to read. The glasses are helping me to keep straighter lines in the sewing," said Esther. "The eye clinic is doing such a good job here. I'm ready to do my best work here sewing, to help them to help my community."
Sincerely,
Jennifer Staple
Founder, President & CEO
Unite For Sight
www.uniteforsight.org
