{"id":310,"date":"2019-08-28T19:19:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T19:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medicaleyecenter.com\/?page_id=310"},"modified":"2019-11-05T23:03:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T23:03:35","slug":"volunteering-abroad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.medicaleyecenter.com\/about-us\/giving-back\/volunteering-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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People in developing countries often lack access to eye care. That\u2019s why U.S. ophthalmologists are stepping-up to participate in medical missions which provide important eye care services to poor communities around the world. Medical Eye Center\u2019s surgeons have traveled far and wide to perform cataract and other vision-restoring eye procedures, choosing to donate their time because their efforts have such a significant impact.\u00a0Click on map links (or on the links at the right) to learn about our doctors\u2019 efforts abroad.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The number of blind people in the world is expected to double In the next 20 years, with 90% living in developing countries. The impact of blindness is profound. The cost of losing a productive member of the community is compounded by the cost of caring for them, all of which contributes to the vicious circle of poverty. Four out of five of these cases, however, are treatable. Because supplies are donated, foreign exchange rates are leveraged, and U.S. doctors volunteer their time, successful cataract surgeries are being made available to the desperately poor people of Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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All the charitable organizations mentioned in this section welcome donations. The money raised goes primarily to supplies, because doctors and other volunteers cover their own travel costs. For more information, visit these websites:<\/p>