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Global Sight Solutions

The Rotary Club of Reading
Published by John & Fiona Miles in News · 13 June 2022
220607 Reading Rotary Meeting Global Sight Solutions Presentation by John & Fiona Miles

Global Sight Solutions is a Rotary charity to offer eye care to the poorest in a sustainable manner.  The care is free to the world’s poorest people.  The Charity was registered by Guildford in the 1990’s and has already set up eye hospitals at a typical cost of £40k.  The current target is 50 hospitals plus mobile hospitals (buses) in areas of need.  The cost of a typical for cataract operation is £15.

John and Fiona are behind the initiative and recognise that Rotarians are getting older which hampers fundraising as well as community work.  They are seeing the numerous Rotary Clubs’ centenaries as a vehicle for publicity. John has found that only 42% of the population has heard of Rotary and is therefore sending emails to all clubs.  He will be attending 53 clubs in 24 districts and encourage these to involve the media which will be interested in Rotary centenaries.  He further suggests to
- add quarterly reports to the media
- get the fundraising message across to local people
- integrate Rotary in the community and
- attract new Rotary members

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John further referred to Rotary Radio, an initiative which was taken 5 years ago and still rather unknown and underutilised.  He showed car stickers which are available to visualise Rotary presence as well as a Global Sight Solutions leaflet.  This material will be used for two cars, second hand Rolls Royce and a Mercedes, which will be auctioned after travelling a 6000km journey.  

John closed his talk by promoting a £5 booklet entitled Lovell’s Laughter Lines, another fundraising initiative, and giving our president a flag, some stickers and draft leaflets.



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