Eversight International

PRESERVING AND RESTORING SIGHT ON A GLOBAL SCALE.

SURGICAL TISSUE PROVISION IN 2021, CONTINUED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND PANDEMIC WAVES DID NOT STOP EVERSIGHT INTERNATIONAL FROM PROVIDING TISSUE OR WORKING WITH SURGEONS IN 27 COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH KOREA TO PROVIDE 2,766 TISSUES FOR TRANSPLANTATION, MAKING POSSIBLE THE GIFT OF SIGHT FOR THOSE IN NEED. FROM OUR EYE BANK IN SOUTH KOREA, WE MAINTAINED UNINTERRUPTED SERVICES TO SURGEONS AND PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, TO PROVIDE FOR A RECORD 730 SIGHT-RESTORING CORNEA TRANSPLANTS FOR KOREAN PATIENTS. EVERSIGHT INTERNATIONAL IS FOCUSED ON MEETING THE HUMANITARIAN NEED FOR CORNEA TISSUES IN COUNTRIES WHERE SIGHT-RESTORING CORNEA TRANSPLANT PROCEDURES WOULD OTHERWISE BE COMPLETELY UNAVAILABLE. THE BENEFICIARIES OF EVERSIGHT INTERNATIONAL'S INITIATIVES INCLUDE THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM EYE INJURIES AND BLINDING EYE DISEASES THAT CAN BE TREATED THROUGH CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION. BLINDING EYE DISEASES AFFECT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS WORLDWIDE. THAT MEANS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CANNOT SEE THEIR LOVED ONES, LET ALONE WORK TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. VISION LOSS RESULTS IN SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT WORLDWIDE DUE TO THE INABILITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VISION IMPAIRED TO CONTRIBUTE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. EVERSIGHT INTERNATIONAL ENVISIONS A WORLD WITHOUT BLINDNESS-A WORLD WHERE ALL PEOPLE IN EVERY COMMUNITY CAN LEAD INDEPENDENT, PRODUCTIVE LIVES THROUGH THE GIFT OF SIGHT. EVERSIGHT INTERNATIONAL EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES TO TAKE MEANINGFUL STEPS EVERY DAY TO MAKE VISION A REALITY FOR ALL.

BUILDING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS GLOBALLY, AN ESTIMATED 285 MILLION PEOPLE ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED-MANY WITH TREATABLE CONDITIONS, BUT WITHOUT ACCESS TO CARE. AND 89 PERCENT OF VISION-IMPAIRED PEOPLE LIVE IN LOW- AND MIDDLE- INCOME COUNTRIES. EVERSIGHT INTERNATIONAL IS ONE OF THE FEW NONPROFIT EYE BANK NETWORKS WITH THE EXPERTISE, CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT TO HELP DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ESTABLISH THEIR OWN EYE BANKING INFRASTRUCTURE. WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SUSTAINABLE EYE BANKING, DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION A REALITY WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PAKISTAN AND SOUTH KOREA. PAKISTAN IS ONE SUCH COUNTRY WHERE MILLIONS SUFFER FROM PREVENTABLE BLINDNESS. IN 2019, WE WORKED WITH PAKISTAN TO OPEN ITS FIRST STATE-OF- THE-ART EYE BANKS AS PART OF A NEW NATIONAL EYE BANKING NETWORK. IT'S A PROJECT YEARS IN THE MAKING. THE PANDEMIC SUSPENDED MOST OF OUR PLANNED WORK FOR 2020 AND 2021 TO HELP PAKISTAN DEVELOP ITS EYE BANKING AND COMMUNITY DONATION PROGRAM. DESPITE THE CHALLENGES OF THE PANDEMIC, OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS IN PAKISTAN HAVE CONTINUED THE WORK OF PROMOTING DONATION, AND PREPARING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL DONATION SYSTEMS AS SOON AS CONDITIONS PERMIT. THE WORK CONTINUES-AND IT HAS GENERATED A NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR ORGAN, TISSUE AND EYE DONOR REGISTRATION LED BY LOCAL PROFESSIONALS WHO TIRELESSLY EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE GIFT OF SIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME, EVERSIGHT PROVIDED 671 TISSUES FOR TRANSPLANT IN PAKISTAN IN 2021. THROUGH ROBUST PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THIS, EVERSIGHT INTERNATIONAL ESTABLISHES LOCAL DONATION PROGRAMS AND CONDUCTS TECHNICAL LABORATORY TRAINING SO TISSUE CAN BE RECOVERED, PROCESSED AND DISTRIBUTED SAFELY, GIVING THOUSANDS MORE PEOPLE ACCESS TO LIFE-CHANGING CORNEAL TRANSPLANTS EVERY YEAR. ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON IMPROVING EYE HEALTH IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS GENERATES A FOUR-FOLD RETURN ON INVESTMENT. WHETHER IT'S DEVELOPING MEDICAL STANDARDS, CLINICAL STAFF TRAINING, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OR FACILITY DESIGN, EVERSIGHT PROVIDES THE KNOW-HOW FOR ALL ASPECTS OF EYE BANKING'S BEST PRACTICES. THESE TRANSFORMATIONAL EFFORTS ALSO RESULT IN THE INCREASED AVAILABILITY OF HUMAN EYE TISSUE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PURPOSES.