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	D-1837    Colombia - Medellín Auto Refractometer $30,000 This project is hosted in a Future Vision Pilot District and is in the process of being moved to the Global Grants Website. Non-Pilots Districts should stay in the current section of this website and work with Non-Pilot Districts only. You can search for projects without this warning message. Pilot Districts should go to the Global Grants Section and work with Pilot Districts only. This section is a new section of this website with projects only from Pilot Districts. Description the problem: Acquire a portable AUTO REFRACTOMETER to detect, prevent and correct visual problems that generate amblyopia in 2,300 children of low income families, This will help them in school and every day activities. This equipment will allow us to have an ongoing project that will help continuously a large number of children. Additionally we plan to provide 266 eyeglasses, 10 specialized treatments, and at least 6 surgeries. Evidence of the shortcomings have been identified to meet: In Medellin and its surroundings we have at least 1000000 persons in the very low income and at least another million in complete poverty conditions, among their unmet needs is the healthcare. We have an ongoing program to detect the refractive errors in children under this socioeconomic conditions, this is done manually and has the disadvantage of time and number of children that can be evaluated in every session. With the portable automatic autorefractometer we intend to increase the number of children at least in 100%, it will also be a more accurate evaluation and will give us more extra time per evaluation session so we can continue with the annex program of the Rotary Values introduction to the evaluated children and their families. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: Nuevo Medellín District: 4280 Primary Contact: Carlos Restrepo Email: carlosrestrepo@hotmail.com Check all projects from: [District 4280] [Nuevo Medellín Rotary Club] [Carlos Restrepo] Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country We are looking for a Club partner. Click here to pledge support for this project. Proposed Financing Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Nuevo Medellín $1,000 District 4280 DDF $1,000 Additional Rotary Clubs/Districts International Sponsor Club $17,667 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation $10,333 Total $30,000 Status and Progress Information Dropped This project has been dropped. This is probably due to the loss of contact with the Coordinating Club. Project listed for the 2010-11 Rotary Year. List of partner organizations or universities: Clínica de Oftalmología Santa Lucia Optica Santa Lucia Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Description of the beneficiary community participation in the proposed activities: Children of low income and poor families of Medellín and it’s surroundings. We will start evaluating 2600 children but the portable autorrefractometer will continue helping a lot of children through many years. <17-Jun-10> System Entry Creation of project page. <16-Jun-11> System Entry Project dropped because it is hosted by a Future Vision Pilot District.