COMBAT BLINDNESS INTERNATIONAL INC

Pediatric eye care - cbi supports programs in india and paraguay to screen children and provide free pediatric eye surgeries and glasses. In addition, cbi funds a school screening program in madison, wisconsin for four- and five-year-old kindergarten students. During 2024, cbi helped fund over 260,000 pediatric screenings and 139 surgeries.for the pediatric program, cbi collaborates with hospitals in india (shree jalaram eye hospital - gujarat, india; usha kiran eye hospital - mysore, india) and paraguay (fundacion vision) to organize and fund programs to screen children for glasses and ophthalmic surgery for the poor. In addition, cbi collaborates with the madison metropolitan school district in madison, wisconsin, to organize and fund school screening for all 4k and 5k students.

Eye care infrastructure and equipment - cbi supports the building of eye care centers and the donation of equipment to increase access to high-quality, sight-restoring eye care.during 2024, cbi provided funding for an eye care center at shree jalaram eye hospital in gujarat, india, purchased equipment for a vision van program in madison, wisconsin, and donated surgical equipment to dr. Shroff's charity eye hospital.