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ROTARY – FUDEM COOPERATION JULY 2013

ROTARY – FUDEM COOPERATION JULY 2013. Global need for vision care services. 1B people worldwide live with impaired vision 90% in low income 3 rd world with no support structure for health care 80% of vision impairment is avoidable or treatable. Types of vision problems.

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ROTARY – FUDEM COOPERATION JULY 2013

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  1. ROTARY – FUDEM COOPERATION JULY 2013

  2. Global need for vision care services • 1B people worldwide live with impaired vision • 90% in low income 3rd world with no support structure for health care • 80% of vision impairment is avoidable or treatable

  3. Types of vision problems • Cataracts, glaucoma, trachoma • “uncorrected refractive error” = 1/3 to ½ of vision impairment cases in underdeveloped nations

  4. Visual Health Challenges in El Salvador 42% of the population lives in poverty conditions 60% of them live in the rural areas 63% of the people in poverty conditions live on $2.00 a day 70% of the public hospitals don’t have visual health services 80% of the 180 ophthalmologists in the country practice in San Salvador • Source: 2do informe sobre Salud Visual en Centro América, Cátedra Unesco, 2009 • Mapa de Pobreza de El Salvador, FISDL, 2005

  5. “FUDEM” vision care model • 4 main centres in urban locations • Services based on ability to pay (sliding scale) • Main centres fund rural outreach • Accessing rural areas is challenging

  6. PROJECTS FOR 2013 1- Two new vehicles for the Ventanitas de Luz program for children in public schools. 2- Sponsoring the cost of operation of 1 mobile team. 3- Purchasing diagnostics equipment for our rural outreach programs and the Santa Ana optometry clinic. 4- On-site training of FUDEM`s optometry staff

  7. 1- MOBILE UNITS

  8. 1- MOBILE UNITS • Price of each vehicle with vinyl wrap = $18,500 Total for 2 = $37,000 • All maintenance, insurance and operative expenses run on Fudem`s expense

  9. 2- MOBILE TEAM BREAKDOWN • 3 Steps for a Rural Campaign: • Coordination with local community leaders, strategic location and dates • Actual Visual Campaign • Delivery of prescription glasses manufactured in our own laboratory Each Mobile Team consists of: Cost of performing a Rural Campaign (all 3 Steps): Cost of performing 110 Rural Campaigns (4 months, all 3 Steps): 110 x $367.56 = $40,000

  10. 3- Equipment for the rural outreach program and Santa Ana

  11. 4- ON SITE TRAINING 1- On-site training of FUDEM`s optometry staff here in El Salvador. a) more people can be trained at the same time b) Canadian optometrists can live the «Fudem Experience» of humanitarian services. c) Canadian optometrists can give better ideas on how to improve our consultation. 2- On-site training of FUDEM`S optometry staff in Canada

  12. RESULTS What FUDEM guarantees: 1- Full Rotary International acknowledgement in every project. 2- Total transparency and honest use of the funds. 3- Extensive report of relevant information regarding statistics, coverage, refractions, pathologies , usage of the equipment, etc. 4- Funds destined to solve any visual health need of our most vulnerable population. 5- Funds will be used in on-going succesfull programs recognized nationally and internationally.

  13. Funding strategy • $16,000 from RCC, with $7,500 DDF • Match from TRF = $7,500 + $8,000 • Total = $39,000 • FUDEM resp. for ongoing operations expenses

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