GLOBAL
MISSIONS

Number of People Ministered to

Carry out 274,178 sight-restoring cataract operations, provide training and support to 8,670 people who are irreversibly blind.

Events Performed

Your support enables Sightsavers to help people like Rosemary Kassim. Rosemary lives in Salima district, Malawi, an area known for an extremely high prevalence of trachoma, and she had spent years suffering from the infection. Rosemary, 40, had trachoma on and off since she was a young girl of 12 and recently developed trichiasis.

A Letter From Best Beginnings to Creflo Dollar Global Missions

Dear David,

Thank you for the wonderful gift sent on behalf of Creflo Dollar Ministries of £13259.45 to further the work of Sightsavers International. Please accept this letter as our official receipt.

Your gift will enable Sightsavers to provide eye care to men, women and children living in some of the world's poorest communities by restoring sight, preventing blindness and working with incurably blind people. Thousands of lives will be blessed as a result of this generous donation.

Your support enables Sightsavers to help people like Rosemary Kassim. Rosemary lives in Salima district, Malawi, an area known for extremely high prevalence of trachoma, and she had spent years suffering from the infection. Rosemary, 40, had trachoma on and off since she was a young girl of 12, and recently developed trichiasis. "I felt itching and had a headache at the time," she said. "My eyes hurt and I couldn't see very well." Although she was in constant pain and unable to see properly, Rosemary had to continue farming the family's two hectares of maize, potatoes and cassava in order to feed her four children.

Community eye health worker Elliot Phale visited Rosemary during a door-to-door survey to identify trachoma, and encouraged her to go for eyelid surgery. She was picked up and taken to hospital in a hospital vehicle, operated on, and returned home the following day.

Rosemay couldn't believe the improvement in how she felt. "My headache was gone, I could see, there were no more problems. Now I'm not struggling any more to do work, as I was in the past." Elliot also works in Rosemary's community to help implement a strategy among villagers, focusing on preventing trachoma through such things as face washing and improved sanitation.

I was very impressed after looking at your website how widespread your Ministry reaches and the wonderful work it funds.

I have enclosed a copy of our DVD. Do let me know if this is not suitable and I will arrange alternative film footage. You are of course very welcome to include Sightsavers web address on your website - www.sightsavers.org.

I am available to talk on behalf of Sightsavers at any services or meetings and would be delighted to send you further information about Sightsavers work at any time including specific projects that need funding.

With sincere thanks and wishing you and everyone at Creflo Dollar Ministries great blessings for all you do.

Russell Richards
Community Groups Manager

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