Sight Programs
Prevent Blindness, Saving Sight for Millions of People Around the World
For nearly 100 years, our members have worked on projects designed to prevent blindness, restore eyesight and improve eye health and eye care for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Lions volunteer to take part in sight projects that have:
- Saved the sight of more than 15 million children by providing eye screenings, glasses and other treatments through Sight for Kids.
- Established or strengthened pediatric eye care centers that have helped more than 120 million children.
- Helped halt the spread of trachoma in Ethiopia by providing 10 million doses of the sight-saving drug azithromycin annually.
- Prevented serious vision loss for more than 30 million people worldwide.
- Improved eye care for 100 million people by training more than 650,000 eye care professionals and building 315 eye hospitals.
- Distributed more than 147 million treatments for river blindness.
- Provided nearly 8 million cataract surgeries.
- Vaccinated 41 million children in Africa against measles – a leading cause of childhood blindness.
- Since 1990, Lions have raised US$415 million through two SightFirst fundraising campaigns to help provide vision for all.
"Knights of the Blind" Train Ride
The Lions Club of Honolulu was happy to participate in the District 50 “Knights of the Blind” train excursion. It was a pleasant day for a picnic lunch and casual train ride along the Ewa coast. We were joined by fellow District 50 Lions, blind vendors, members of the visually impaired community and friends. There […]Read More »Eyeglass Donations to Myanmar
This video link is from Sharyn Araki, whose husband goes to Myanmar as part of medical mission. The Lions Club of Honolulu donates glasses to this group each year, both near/far and sunglasses. Please know that the glasses are being used to provide sight to those in need.Read More »"iGetCane" - Oahu White Cane Walk
The Oahu White Cane Walk took place on Friday, October 16th starting at the State Capitol Rotunda and ended at Iolani Palace. The walk is held annually to make the public aware of the white cane and its significance for a blind person. The blind and visually impaired participants strolledRead More »Bowling Social for the Blind
This past weekend we sponsored a bowling social at Aiea Bowl. The bowlers and LCH members had a terrific time! “The Alley” was very helpful and accommodative. Big mahalos to Aiea Bowl and their staff!!Read More »4 day hike across Haleakala is a life-changer for blind teen
In 2006, Shannon Cantan joined four other blind teenagers and a pair of escorts from the state’s Hoopono Services for the Blind on a four-day hike across Haleakala Crater.Read More »
