Rotarians Ophthalmic Initiative (ROI)
Contents & links
Launched internationally in late Summer of 2006, the ROI is a global humanitarian initiative designed to help Clubs save sight, life & the livelihood of millions in developing countries, simply.
To assist review you may find the following toolkit and information helpful.
Just click on any of the following underlined links:
Just click on any of the following underlined links:
Overview What’s this about, who benefits, how to donate & more
Download Video presentations or Fact sheets, leaflets & other material,
Order donation] form For use by email or post or use Paypal Gift aid form
Links to relevant eye care charities & interests
Press / web releases, and comment on the Initiative and /or product
Donor listing -
Recipients -
Insert for your Club web site -
Introductory email -
Need a speaker? Further details
Sponsors -
Extract from former UK Prime Minister, Sir John Major’s [Global Ambassador, VISION 2020: THE RIGHT TO SIGHT] address to the World Health Assembly May 2006
"Blindness prevents children from attending school and adults from joining the workforce. It traps them in a cycle of poverty and discrimination. And yet, 75% of blindness is avoidable: a pernicious evil that impacts on the individual, the family, the community and the wider economy.
The economic facts speak for themselves: if the WHO's member states take the recommended actions and intervene to prevent or cure the blindness of 100 million people, a conservative estimate of the savings, in lost productivity alone, is US $223 billion”
World Sight Day - in October 2008
£17 saved by agencies on equipment finances an eye operation. Each donation used in conjunction with Rotary Matching Grants will fund even more operations.
£17 saved by agencies on equipment finances an eye operation. Each donation used in conjunction with Rotary Matching Grants will fund even more operations.
