by bkwatson | Oct 23, 2017 | News & Updates, SEI News
This week the Ride is taking a detour to St. Louis Church in Memphis TN, home of Feed My Flock. On October 21st approximately 800 Church volunteers assembled and packaged 150,000 meals including 100,000 meals that were donated to our patients and families in Serabu,...
by bkwatson | Oct 13, 2017 | SEI News
St. Anthony of Padua, Patron Saint of Portugal, was born in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal and the next city on our 4th Annual Ride for Sight. St. Anthony lived 800 years ago with his final years spent in and around Padua. For us, it was another case of good timing...
by bkwatson | Oct 11, 2017 | SEI News
Southern Eye Institute located in Sierra Leone West Africa in Serabu. Dr Cathy Schanzer and Tom Lewis and mission crew head to Africa every January and June. Southern Eye raises money for their mission during their Southern Eye Institute Ride for Sight. To help go to...
by bkwatson | Aug 11, 2017 | SEI News
The number of blind people across the world is set to triple within the next four decades, researchers suggest. Writing in Lancet Global Health, they predict cases will rise from 36 million to 115 million by 2050, if treatment is not improved by better funding. A...
by bkwatson | Jul 9, 2017 | SEI News
Rhodes college student Claire Levesque raised $5000 for Southern Eye and earned her place on the summer 2017 mission team. Here is a recap of her two week adventure. If you would like more information about how you can do the same thing and go on mission on us then...