Lions Clubs International

Lions and LCIF are leaders in the restoration and preservation of sight. The world’s largest and most efficient blindness-prevention program, SightFirst, is LCIF’s flagship sight initiative. SightFirst is the only service activity that Lions do worldwide, making it a critical and well-known part of our Foundation. Through the SightFirst program, Lions restore vision through cataract surgeries, prevent blindness through the distribution of medication, improve and expand eye-care facilities, train eye-care workers and support low-vision centers. Lions Eye Health Program prevents vision loss caused by diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma by promoting eye-health awareness in developed countries. The accomplishments of SightFirst are numerous, including the prevention of vision loss for 30 million people and the improvement of eye-care services for hundreds of millions more.

Additionally, other LCIF sight programs fund local eye banks and eye-care foundations, provide pre-school vision screenings and support Lions’ well-known spectacle collection and recycling programs. Through partnerships with Merck, Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer, The Carter Center, the World Health Organisation and other powerful corporations and organisations, LCIF has been established as a global leader in the battle for sight.