Jamaica - September - October 2022


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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


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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


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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).

4
Days
37
Volunteers
3326
Vision Exams
942
Hypertension & Glucose Screenings
451
Prescription Glasses
3039
Sunglasses
2400
Reading Glasses
$867880
Goods and Services Delivered

Castries, St. Lucia - August 2021

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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

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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

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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

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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.

4
Days
30
Volunteers
3113
Vision Exams
550
Blood Pressure & Glucose Screenings
565
Prescription Glasses
3000
Sunglasses
1800
Reading Glasses
$480797
Goods and Services Delivered

Jamaica – October/November 2018


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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

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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.


Peru Trip - March 2018

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Our team of 27 volunteers served in Zorritos – Tumbes, Peru where we served 1,992 patients in 4 days of clinic from May 5 to May 8, 2018 with health screenings, full eye exams, reading glasses, sunglasses, and prescription glasses – all free of cost. The value of goods and services is over US$528,469. For more details, please see our Peru 2018 Mission Report.
4
Days
27
Volunteers
1992
Vision Exams
600
Blood Pressure & Glucose Screenings
590
Prescription Glasses
2600
Sunglasses
2000
Reading Glasses
$528469
Goods and Services Delivered

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