You can make a difference in the lives of the blind poor in the Third World.
You can play a critical role in training, supplying, transporting, and supporting physicians and their teams as they travel to the world's neediest blind. How? By giving to VOI on a regular basis. VOI seeks those of you whom God would have partner with us by giving on a monthly basis. Please prayerfully consider how you might help at this time.
Millions and millions are blind?
Yes, 45,000,000 to 50,000,000 people worldwide are blind. Another 135,000,000 to 150,000,000 suffer impaired vision. Of these millions, cataracts--a completely treatable condition--account for half of the blind or vision-impaired around the world. *
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Vision Outreach International is Making a Difference!
Since our inception in 2002, VOI has mobilized the energies of over 250 voluteers on missions to 20 countries around the world. In all, several thousand cataracts have been removed by our teams. We also emphasize teaching the necessary skills to an ever-wider crossection of eye care professionals around the world, allowing us to reach out to the greatest number of blind in need.
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Prayer Request -
Pray that God would raise up other eye-care professionals to assist us in caring for the physical and spiritual needs of the blind poor.
Pray that God would give us wisdom on how to have a greater spiritual impact on the people we treat.
Pray that God would continue to provide the finances for travel, equipment, and the administrative cost of these endeavors.
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