Unite For Sight

(A) Unite For Sight volunteer opportunities

Hi all,

Unite For Sight has many new volunteer opportunities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe for the Fall, Winter, and Spring. Some opportunities are still available for the Summer, too. Opportunities are available in rural villages, urban locations, and refugee camps (including in the tsunami region). You can read about all of the opportunities at http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/

Unite For Sight volunteers implement outreach programs to prescribe eyeglasses, implement eye health education, and screen for cataracts, pterygium, and other eye diseases. All patients with eye disease are referred to the closest quality eye clinic for diagnosis, treatment, and surgery. This new form of delivery enables sustainable programs while simultaneously reducing all of the barriers to health care, including financial, transportation, and education hindrances. Unite For Sight's model also reduces costs and expands the ability of all people to "Unite For Sight" and help in the fight against blindness.

The Unite For Sight programs are open to individuals 18 years and older, and there is no upper age limit. Undergraduate and medical students, public health professionals, nurses, educators, optometrists, and ophthalmologists are especially encouraged to apply.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Staple
Founder, President & CEO
Unite For Sight
www.uniteforsight.org

(B) Unite For Sight's 3rd Annual International Health Conference

April 1-2, 2006
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS -
Unite For Sight's 3rd Annual International Health Conference
"Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"

Unite For Sight encourages you to submit a proposal for a poster presentation at the 2006 Unite For Sight Third Annual International Health Conference, April 2-3, 2005, at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Unite for Sight's conference is for all professionals and students involved in medicine, health education, health promotion, public health, and international service. Its purpose is to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas about original health and medical research and international service.

Instructions For Submitting Unite For Sight Conference Abstracts

1. All abstract submissions must be submitted electronically by August 15, 2005 to JStaple@uniteforsight.org with Subject Line ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
2. Proposals must include: Title, 1-2 learning objectives, 250-word abstract, and biosketch of all authors
3. All persons submitting an abstract must first register and submit payment to attend the Unite For Sight Conference.
4. All abstracts selected for poster session presentation will be published in the Conference Program for distribution to conference attendees. By submitting an abstract, authors agree to have their abstract published in the program.
5. Applicants will be notified by e-mail whether their proposal was accepted by September 1, 2005.

Details about the conference are available at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php

IMPORTANT NOTE: Posters do NOT need to be related to eye care. Topics may focus generally on medicine and/or bridging health divides.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Staple
Founder, President & CEO
Unite For Sight
www.uniteforsight.org