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Vision Treatment
There are countless individuals worldwide whose lives are impacted by the loss of sight. Many of these vision problems could be addressed with simple medical procedures. The objective of the Church’s vision treatment training program is to assist local medical care providers with training and equipment to treat vision problems.
Using ophthalmologists who volunteer their time, the Church has served 30,000 individuals since 2003 at a cost of $1.7 million (USD).
In 2006, the Church provided vision treatment in 16 locations, including Cambodia, Chile, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Guyana, Jamaica, Kiribati, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Paraguay, and Thailand. |