Jamaica - September - October 2022
In partnership with Great Shape! Inc. iCARE we served 3,323 Jamaican patients in Belmont, Westmoreland and Springfield, St. James during 10 days of clinic – providing health screening, full eye exams, 2,064 reading glasses, 2,679 sunglasses, and 1,178 prescription glasses. The value of goods and services delivered is estimated at over US$1.154 million. Much respect to our two awesome teams of volunteers.
For more details, please see our iCARE Jamaica 2022 Report.
Barbados - August 2022
From the first day of clinic the patient turnout was impressive. Bajans queued from the early morning hours. Our team of 33 volunteers served with love, grace, and diligence to ensure as many as possible were treated each day to our services of full eye exams, glasses, medications, and hypertension/diabetes screening. The clinic days were long.
The population of Barbados is estimated at ~288,000, of which we served 1,833. We distributed 2,151 sunglasses, 1,295 reading glasses, and 139 premade prescription glasses. Custom prescription glasses will be manufactured in the U.S. for the 346 we could not accommodate in the clinic, for a total of 485 patient prescriptions – almost 27% of our patient total. The custom glasses will be hand delivered in the next three months.
For more details, please see our iCare Barbados 2022 Mission Report .
Yucatán - May 2022
37 of us from the US and Canada served the Yucatán maya communities of Valladolid, Tixcacalcupul, Tekom, Cuncunul, Chichimila, Chemax, Chikindzonot, and Chanchichimila for 4 days from May 16 to 19, 2022. We served, free of cost, a record 3,326 providing complete eye exams, medications, health screening, prescription glasses, reading glasses, and sunglasses.
The estimated value of goods and services delivered is US $867,880, with $72.15 in value for every project dollar spent. Our total overhead is 1.4% for goods and services delivered.
For more details, please see our Maya Vision 2022 Mission Report (english), Informe de la Misión Maya Visión 2022 (espanol).
Castries, St. Lucia - August 2021
In partnership with Great Shape! Inc, iCARE, we served 2,323 St. Lucian patients in Castries during 5 days of clinic – providing 1,036 health screenings, full eye exams, 870 reading glasses, 1,800 sunglasses, and 553 prescription glasses. We also performed 246 SLT laser procedures (for glaucoma), and 25 PRP laser procedures (for diabetic retinopathy). The value of goods and services delivered is estimated at over US$743,914. Much respect to our dedicated team of volunteers.
For more details, please see our iCARE 2021 St. Lucia Report.
Jamaica - October/November 2019
In partnership with Great Shape! Inc. we served 3,289 Jamaican patients in Mt. Carey, St. James and Ocho Rios, St. Ann 8 days of clinic – providing health screening, full eye exams, 1,390 reading glasses, 3,292 sunglasses, and 1,475 prescription glasses. We also performed 41 cataract surgeries, 22 MIG surgeries (for glaucoma), 291 SLT laser surgeries (for glaucoma), and 42 PRP laser surgeries (for diabetic retinopathy). The value of goods and services delivered is estimated at over US$1.89 million. Big up to our two amazing teams of volunteers.
For more details, please see our iCARE 2019 Jamaica Report.
Antigua - August 2019
In partnership with Great Shape! Inc., Sight is a Right supported iCARE Antigua 2019. We served 2,126 patients during 4.5 days – providing health screening, full eye exams, reading glasses, sunglasses, and over 320 custom, prescription glasses. The value of goods and services is estimated at over US$347,087.
For more details, please see our iCARE 2019 Antigua Report.Todos Santos, Mexico - April/May 2019
Our team of 30 volunteers served in the beautiful community of Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico for 4 days of clinic from April 29 to May 2, 2019. We served, free of cost, 3,113 in the community providing health screening, complete eye exams, prescription glasses, reading glasses, and sunglasses.
The value of goods and services is over US$480,797 delivered, with US$74.90 in value for every project dollar spent. Our total overhead is 1.4% for goods and services delivered. For more details, please see our Todos Santos 2019 Mission Report.
Jamaica – October/November 2018
In partnership with Great Shape! Inc. we served a total of 6391 Jamaican patients in Steer Town, St. Ann and Little London, Westmoreland during 9 days of clinic. Big up to our two amazing teams of volunteers.
Turks & Caicos - July 2018
In partnership with Great Shape! Inc we served 2482 patients, 9% of the island of Provodenciales - Turks & Caicos. All of these patients were seen in just 4.5 days by our great team of volunteers. For more details, see our Turks & Caicos Mission Report.