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ANNUAL REPORT 20
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A collection of pictures throughout this report showcases both Sight
For All’s work in-country and events held to fund our sight-saving
work. Persons pictured in this annual report have consented to their
images being used.
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FABOUT US
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S REPORT
OPHTHALMIC COUNTRY OFFICERS
VISIONARIES
PROJECTS
RESEARCH REPORT
MEIKTILA II REPORT
VISION 1000
VISION 1000 SUPPORTERS
EVENTS
OUR COMMITTEES
AMBASSADORS
YOUTH AMBASSADOR
JUNIOR OPHTHALMOLOGIST BOARD POSITION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OUR SUPPORTERS
ACCOUNTABILITY
TREASURER'S REPORT
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
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What we doSight For All delivers eye health care projects free of charge to our partner countries and
communities, with the ultimate aim of reducing vision impairment and blindness.
Identifying and prioritising areas of need for developing countries.
Establishing or upgrading equipment and facilities at training and regional eye centres.
Coordinating educational programs in developing countries and providing opportunities where
doctors travel to Australia for educational courses or intensive, year-long training fellowships.
Informing communities of the importance of eye health and the ophthalmic services that are
available.
WE FOCUS ON FILLING THE GAPS IN EYE HEALTH THROUGH:
Collaborative Research
Infrastructure Support
Sustainable Education
Eye Health Awareness
To create a world where everyone can see.
Our Vision
Sight For All empowers communities to deliver comprehensive, evidence-based, high quality eye
health care through the provision of research, education and equipment.
Our Mission
Our ValuesEncouraging participation of all stakeholders.
Fostering self-reliance through comprehensive evidence-based projects.
Promoting human rights in all dealings.
Collaboration
Sustainability
Respect
DR JAMES MUECKE AM
Chairman's Report
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Without doubt, the highlight of the past year was to secure accreditation with the Australian Government’s Department of
Foreign Affairs & Trade. We founded Sight For All in 2008, with one of our primary goals being to reach this critical
milestone. It’s been a long time coming, and an enormous body of work, however it has resulted in the lifting of our
organisation to a whole new level, from financial, risk and project management through to governance and marketing. It
was a joyous moment, with a few tears shed and a collective sigh of relief when we received the positive verdict - we
could now get on with our core business of restoring sight, saving lives and alleviating poverty. We immediately and
enthusiastically began to prepare for our first Australian NGO Cooperation Program funded projects and look forward to
launching them in July, and sharing the results with you in 2018.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved, but in particular, our Executive Officer Judy Bickmore and her
crack staff team of Cesar Carillo, Leanne Harms and Beth Rackham. The Board has been phenomenally helpful and
supportive throughout the year, and the incredible efforts of our various voluntary committees have been instrumental in
our success. Of course, our broad range of donors and supporters, and especially our Vision 1000 Members, have given
us the fuel to run this well-oiled machine that is Sight For All.
Despite the intense preparation for accreditation, we’ve continued to run our sight-saving projects at a high level. With
the appointment of Ophthalmic Officers in several of our partner countries, we will be having an even bigger impact on
blindness in the years to come. The backbone of Sight For All is undoubtedly our Visionaries, now amounting to more
than 120 specialists from across Australia and New Zealand, who so generously give of their time to train our colleagues
throughout Asia. I applaud their generosity of spirit, their dedication and the sharing of their bountiful expertise.
There are literally hundreds of eye diseases. Many are blinding and some are deadly. Our colleagues in Asia are
embracing our efforts to comprehensively and sustainably assist them in the fight against all forms of eye disease. It’s a
monumental battle, however we also cherish their commitment to creating a world where everyone can see. It’s heart-
warming to know that our combined efforts are currently impacting on the lives of roughly half a million people each
year. We look forward to celebrating more of our achievements with you as we head toward 2020. Thank you, thank you to
all, from the bottom of my heart.
Best wishes,
Dr James Muecke AM
The past year has been one of many highlights for Sight For All and achieving accreditation with the Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) was certainly one of the greatest.
For a number of years, we have been developing and consolidating our work activities to ensure we have robust
strategies, policies and practices in place to apply for and be successful in achieving DFAT accreditation. Following a
successful organisational review in December 2016 and formal approval in March 2017, we are proud to say that Sight
For All is now an accredited agency with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This accreditation provides us with
Australian Government funding and in addition, provides us with credibility and recognition as a reputable international
non-government organisation. The achievement of accreditation was a culmination of many years of hard work and
dedication by our Board and staff team and I offer my sincere thanks for a tremendous effort by everyone involved.
Through our accreditation we are now able to coordinate activities using funds from the Australian NGO Cooperation
Program (ANCP). These funds have allowed us to develop two sustainable projects in Myanmar that will be undertaken in
the 2017-2018 Financial Year.
I was honoured to be elected as a member of the ACFID Code of Conduct Committee in November 2016. Sight For All is a
Member of ACFID and highly values the incredible work that they do in setting the standards for international
development by Australian NGOs. The new Code of Conduct released in mid-2017 is a reflection of ACFID’s leadership
and I am proud to be a member of the Code of Conduct Committee and in particular, being the voice of small NGOs.
Another of the many highlights of this past year was the appointment of our Youth Ambassador, Chris Pennington. The
position of Youth Ambassador is new for Sight For All and enables a young person under the age of 30 to be appointed for
a two-year term to develop their own mission while also raising funds for Sight For All’s childhood blindness initiatives.
As our first Youth Ambassador, Chris is an inspiring young man who in mid-2018 will embark on an 8,000km journey from
the most western tip of Australia via the coastline to the most eastern tip of Australia – all on a one gear bike! We are
excited to support Chris on this great adventure.
Events are such a fun and important part of the Sight For All calendar each year, coordinated by our inspiring Volunteer
Events Director Mena Muecke and the dedicated Events Committee. In August 2016 we held our third The Very Slow Long
Lunch at a new venue, the Old Ram Shed at the Adelaide Showgrounds. Some events leave a lasting memory and this one
has certainly done that for me and for many of our guests in attendance. With close to three hundred people, sitting at
long tables enjoying delicious food and wine, followed by G&Ts at the Hains and Co Bar created just for us, it really was a
special day. In addition, the 2016 The Very Slow Long Lunch raised over $95,000 which was used for projects including the
Cambodia Contact Lens Training Project and the Lao Paediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship.
JUDY BICKMORE
Executive Officer'sReport
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The Very Slow Long Lunch was followed by our first ever Golf Day, Golf For Sight in late October. We were fortunate to
have perfect spring weather for a morning of golf and our thanks go to all of those involved in sponsoring and
coordinating this new Sight For All event that now has a permanent position on the Sight For All calendar.
We are most grateful to those who coordinated events for us throughout the year. Our thanks to George and Alison
McKenzie for holding an Open Garden in October 2016, BAPëA Art School for hosting a wonderful Music and Art Concert,
and Oscar Wylee for holding a ‘Dinner in the Dark’ in Sydney for World Sight Day 2016. These events assist us in raising
funds for projects and in raising the profile of Sight For All amongst a variety of networks. We also thank Atkins
Technicolour and Optos, a Nikon Company, for supporting this year’s One Day For Sight Photographic Challenge. Finalists
from One Day For Sight had their photographs on display at both the Adelaide Festival Centre and Adelaide Airport for a
number of weeks.
Trusts and Foundations assist us greatly in funding specific projects and activities. The Wood Foundation, Lang
Foundation, Geok Hua Wong Charitable Trust and Thyne Reid Foundation have all supported us immensely over the past
12 months and we thank them sincerely for their significant contributions.
We welcomed some of our international friends to Australia at different times throughout the year. From August to
September 2016 Dr Phayvanh, our Lao Paediatric Ophthalmology Fellow was in Melbourne for a three-month enhanced
observership with Professor James Elder. Dr Phayvanh was given a truly remarkable opportunity to learn with Prof Elder
at the Royal Children’s Hospital and experience life in Australia by residing with Prof Elder and his wife Kate. In
September 2016 Dr Aye Moe Htet from Myanmar embarked on her 12-month Anterior Segment Fellowship in Adelaide
with Dr Mark Chehade and in March 2017 we welcomed A/Prof Than Htun Aung and Ms Thinn Thinn Swe to Adelaide for a
4-week Low Vision Course coordinated in conjunction with the Royal Society for the Blind and the South Australian School
for Vision Impaired. We are grateful to all those organisations and individuals who have gone above and beyond to support
the teaching of these Fellows in Australia over the past year.
We continue to be grateful to over 120 Visionaries, the wonderful ophthalmic volunteers who give their time and expertise
throughout the year to enable our sustainable teaching model in-country to be so effective. Behind the scenes are our
dedicated staff team, passionate Board, and our committed volunteers who make Sight For All the inspiring and impactful
organisation that we are. I thank the Board of Directors, led by our Chairman Dr James Muecke, for their vision and
leadership; members of our voluntary committees for their dedication and our small but very efficient staff team of Cesar
Carrillo, Leanne Harms and Beth Rackham for their incredible efforts over the past 12 months. Being the Executive
Officer of Sight For All continues to be a tremendous privilege and I look forward to many wonderful highlights in the
2017-2018 year.
Kind regards,
Judy Bickmore
RANZCO Conference 2016 Golf For Sight 2016
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OPHTHALMIC
COUNTRY
OFFICERS
In 2016, Sight For All introduced new voluntary positions within our
partner countries, Ophthalmic Country Officers.
Our Ophthalmic Country Officers in Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri
Lanka and Vietnam are all Sight For All trained fellows that were
identified and selected in conjunction with the Directors of our partner
hospitals.
The role of an Ophthalmic Country Officer is to be the key liaison
person between Sight For All in Australia and our colleagues in-
country. Ophthalmic Country Officers assist in coordinating teaching
trips, facilitate the donation of equipment, liaise with Ministries of
Health, and attend important National eye health meetings. The
development of the Ophthalmic Country Officer roles has added great
value to the Sight For All team and we look forward to the number
increasing in other partner countries over the coming years.
CAMBODIA
MYANMAR
NEPAL
VIETNAM
SRI LANKA
A/Prof Than Htun Aung,
Paediatric Ophthalmologist
Dr Tavisha Uduphille,
Paediatric Ophthalmologist
Dr Gulshan Shrestha,
Oculoplastics Specialist
Dr Tran Khanh Sam,
Corneal Specialist
Dr Sok Kheng,
Paediatric Ophthalmologist
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VISIONARIES We thank the following
Visionaries who have
supported Sight For All
over the past 12 monthsSight For All’s team of Visionaries are an integral part of our
sustainable teaching model. We now have over 120 Visionaries
consisting of ophthalmologists, optometrists, scientists,
ophthalmic nurses and orthoptists as part of our valuable team.
Dr Brian Ang
Dr Stephen Best
Dr Mark Chehade
Prof John Crompton
Dr Craig Donaldson
Dr Shane Durkin
Prof James Elder
Mr Damon Ezekiel
Dr Glen Gole
Mr Alan Hoare
Dr Tim Isaacs
Dr Graham Lee
Mr Richard Lindsay
Dr Dennis Lowe
Dr Christian Lueck
Dr Stephen McGovern
Dr Todd Maddock
A/Prof Henry Newland
Mr Gavin O’Callaghan
Dr Mark Paine
Dr Simon Phipps
Dr George Pietris
Dr Melissa Shields
Dr Neil Shuey
Dr Sumu Simon
Dr Brian Sloan
Dr Hughie Tsang
Dr James Walker
Dr Andrew White
Dr Megan Wood
This team of experts donate on
average 10,000 hours and over $2 million
worth of skills and knowledge each year.
BANGLADESHAfter much planning, Dr Mahmooda Rahman, from OSB Hospital in Dhaka, will be
undertaking a paediatric ophthalmology fellowship at Dr Schroff’s Hospital in India
commencing early 2018. We are delighted that this valuable opportunity is available for
Dr Rahman.
BHUTANPlans have commenced to launch Trek For Sight, a six-day trek through the Himalayas in
Bhutan in April 2018. The trek is in support of educational initiatives in Bhutan and
includes the purchase of a Heidelberg OCT-FFA device, advanced technology needed for
retinal imaging and analysis, that provides critical information for the management of
glaucoma and diseases of the retina.
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Dr Mark Chehade undertook the final assessment of the Vietnam Corneal In-
Country Fellowship at Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) and shared
details of the fellowship with VNIO's Directors. Three Fellows, Drs Sam, Thuy and Phuong
were all trained as part of this very successful initiative.
VIETNAM
"There is no surprise that the intensive in-country corneal fellowship was immensely
helpful to these three capable doctors. However, the real benefit is the flow-on effect to
the entire country through the action of these new corneal specialists and the
generations of doctors who will now gain further training at their hands."
- Dr Mark Chehade
CAMBODIAThe Glaucoma In-Country Fellowship for Drs Tharath and Sophal has continued throughout the 2016/2017 year at
the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital (KSFH) in Phnom Penh. A total of 14 one-week trips have been undertaken
overall for what has been a very comprehensive and sustainable teaching program.
To support the teaching, Sight For All has facilitated the provision of and teaching in the use of, vital equipment for
KSFH, including a new cyclodiode laser, a new Heidelberg OCT, a Zeiss operating microscope with retinal viewing
system and a slit lamp video camera, all to support the Glaucoma and Retinal Fellowships.
I gained a lot of experience on diagnosis and management of glaucoma
patients especially the challenging and complicated cases. Because of
the training with Sight For All, we are successfully diagnosing and treating
more and more Cambodian glaucoma patients. After completing
the Glaucoma Fellowship, I will be able to lead the development and
implementation of education, training and professional standards for
glaucoma in Cambodia.
- Dr Ny Tharath, Glaucoma Fellow
I worked with Dr Tharath and Dr Sophal at the Khmer Soviet Friendship
Hospital. Their surgical skills were evident immediately but they were still
very receptive to the structured teaching. Proof of how valuable this teaching
relationship is to them is that I receive requests every few weeks from them
to discuss difficult clinical cases and the best way to proceed. I look forward
to seeing them again to see how far they have progressed.
- Dr Andrew White, Visionary Cambodia Glaucoma Fellowship
A total of 13 training visits have continued for the Paediatric Ophthalmology Fellowships for Drs Kheng and
Solaephy at KSFH and has enabled the establishment of the first Paediatric Ophthalmology Unit in Phnom Penh.
In October 2016, we commenced the Contact Lens Teaching Program, headed by our Board Director and
optometrist Mr Gavin O’Callaghan. The teaching of paediatric ophthalmologist Dr Kheng and optometrist Mr
Koeung at KSFH involves training in the fitting of contact lenses to babies and infants with congenital cataracts.
After cataract removal, most adults and children receive a permanent artificial intraocular lens. However, for
infants under 12 months of age, the use of contact lenses for several years and an eventual lens implant is
recommended. Contact lenses are a superior means of refractive correction for aphakics (children without a
natural lens) compared to spectacles, because contact lenses provide increased visual field and depth perception,
and reduce other distortions such as magnification and curvature effects.
A cyclodiode laser was donated by The Wood Foundation for the treatment of patients with glaucoma at KSFH.
With support from the Lang Foundation, One Night For Sight 2016 and Vision 1000 funds, we were able to purchase
a Heidelberg OCT to be used for the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with glaucoma and retinal conditions at
KSFH.
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LAOSDr Phayvanh, Sight For All's Paediatric Ophthalmologist,
spent three months at the Royal Children’s Hospital in
Melbourne, undertaking an enhanced observership with
Professor James Elder. The observership assisted in
cementing information and skills gained by Dr Phayvanh
throughout her two year in-country fellowship at the
National Ophthalmology Centre in Vientiane. Dr Phayvanh’s
time in Australia concluded with attending the RANZCO
Congress in November. A huge thanks must go to our
wonderful Visionary Prof Elder and his wife Kate, for their
tremendous support, including hosting Dr Phayvanh at
their home for the three-month period.
"After I had undertaken the Paediatric Ophthalmology
Fellowship, I learnt and know more about how to check and
treat eye diseases and eye disorders in children. During
three months I have attended the training at hospital in
Melbourne with Dr James Elder and his team.
It was a great time in my life. It is not only Dr James Elder who always helped and supported me, but also
everyone in the team who helped teach me different treatment and surgical techniques for different kinds
of eye diseases. Also, it makes me know how to be a very good team worker.
I would like to thank Sight For All for giving me a great chance, many thanks to all professors, nurses for giving
me plenty of knowledge. I will bring it to use and develop the treatment in my country, and I am confident this will
be beneficial and helpful to people in my country.
Lastly, thank you so much to Professor Dr James Elder and his family for warmly welcoming me and taking care
of me while I stayed with them in Melbourne. I appreciated everything they have done for me."
- Dr Phayvanh, Paediatric Ophthalmology Fellow
"The opportunity to undertake an observership underlies the fact that learning is lifelong. During Dr Phayvanh's
observership in Melbourne from August to November 2016, she was able to observe the workings of the
Department of Ophthalmology at the Royal Children’s Hospital and participate in its academic activities.
Translating these learnings to the care of her patients in Laos was Dr Phayvanh's challenge. In January 2017, it
was evident that in both the care of premature infants in Vientiane and in surgical procedures at Mahosot
Hospital there had been real change. Ongoing support with resources and Visionary visits to Laos is vital to
maintain and improve the provision of paediatric eye care throughout Laos."
- Professor James Elder, Visionary Lao Paediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship
Funds raised through the hugely successful The Very Slow Long Lunch, held in August 2016, enabled the
purchase of two Ellex retinal lasers to be used in the regional eye centres of Savanakhet and Champasak in
southern Lao. Adelaide-based Visionary, Dr Jim Runciman, travelled to these centres in early December 2016 to
set up the lasers and provide training to the local ophthalmologists in the management of retinal vascular
diseases.
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MYANMARIn October 2016, we commenced our first In-country Fellowship in Myanmar, in the subspecialty field of Neuro-
Ophthalmology. This involved training three fellows, Drs Yin New Win, Aye Kyaw Maung and Mon Mon Yi, at the
Yangon Eye Hospital over a 12-month period.
Professor John Crompton is the lead Visionary for this Fellowship, providing assistance to the Sight For All team
in selecting the Visionaries and developing the roster and curriculum. The Fellowship will continue throughout
2017, with the final examination being conducted in October 2017. Our sincere thanks to Prof Tin Win Director of
the Yangon Eye Hospital, our Visionaries and the Geok Hua Wong Charitable Trust, without whom this
Fellowship would not be possible.
In a country with a population of over 80 million, whilst there are large numbers of well-trained generalist eye
surgeons, there are no trained Neuro-Ophthalmologists. Hence in 2016, with the assistance of senior staff of the
Yangon Eye Hospital, three Fellows were selected, one each from Yangon Eye Hospital, Mandalay Eye & Ear
Hospital and University of Medicine 2, Yangon.
A detailed syllabus was drawn up by Professor John Crompton, and 11 other consultant Neuro-Ophthalmologists
from Australia and New Zealand were recruited to teach their preselected topics for one week per month.
Three of these consultants were Neurologists and the rest were Ophthalmologists.
Teaching included methods of history taking and detailed examination techniques, plus arriving at a differential
diagnosis, focussed investigations and final diagnoses and management plans.
Each morning, referred patients were 'worked up' and discussed and then the afternoons were busy with
tutorials and formal lectures.
At the commencement of the course, an entrance exam was held to ascertain the knowledge level. At the end of
each visit, a searching test was composed on the relevant topics to be held at the next visit, giving time for
individual study and revision. Prof Crompton returned to Yangon in October 2017 to run the Final Exit
Examination. The successful Fellows were each provided with a 'Certificate of Fellowship Completion'.
The advantages of 'in-house' fellowship training is that
the clinical skills of the Fellows are not lost to the host
country for a year - they are taught on their own patients
using their own equipment, investigations and treatment
methods.
It also means that the Fellows do not have to
get 'acclimatised' to our way of life and also that there is
much less in the way of language and cultural problems.
- Prof John Crompton,
Lead Visionary, Myanmar Neuro-Ophthalmology
Fellowship
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In September 2016 we welcomed Dr Aye Moe Htet to Adelaide to commence her 12-month Anterior Segment
Fellowship at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Under the guidance of Dr Mark Chehade, Dr Anchal and Dr Nadia
Whittles, Dr Htet has been trained in the diagnosis and treatment of complex ocular surface diseases such as
corneal disorders. Dr Htet has taken advantage of many opportunities during her time in Australia, including
attending the RANZCO Congress in November 2016 and planning a four-week observership at the Vision Eye
Institute in Sydney with Professor Gerard Sutton.
"My Anterior Segment Fellowship at RAH gave me confidence in managing corneal and anterior segment
problems in my home country.
I am really glad because my knowledge and skills can contribute to reducing corneal blindness in Myanmar.
I am very appreciative of this great help from Sight For All."
- Dr Aye Moe Htet
Prof Henry Newland, Professor David Lightman and Dr George Pietris spent a week at Yangon Eye
Hospital (YEH) in December 2016 as part of the ongoing support to the hospital’s Vitreo-retinal Unit. During this
visit it was decided that the current vitreo-retinal surgeons at YEH, trained by Sight For All, are ready to
continue training their own fellows in Myanmar.
“I am Dr Yin Nwe Win, one of the
Neuro- Ophthalmology fellows from
Myanmar, supported by Sight For All.
Thanks Sight For All and all my mentors
involved in this program. I hope from my
fellowship I can do in every possible way to
educate the importance of taking care of the
eyes and timely and proper treatment.
Gaining new knowledge and experience which
enables me to share and give a helping hand
to those who need.”
- Dr Yin Nwe Win,
Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellow
"Sight For All conducted 12 months neuro-
ophthalmology in country fellowship program
in Yangon Eye Hospital from July 2016 to
October 2017. Three Myanmar
ophthalmologists from various medical
universities completed successfully.
I found this reverse fellowship program is
very useful for Myanmar.”
- Professor Tin Win,
Director Yangon Eye Hospital
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In March 2017, A/Prof Than Htun Aung, Paediatric Ophthalmologist trained by Sight For All in 2010, and Ms
Thinn Thinn Swe, optometrist, both from Yangon Eye Hospital, spent four weeks in Adelaide undertaking a Low
Vision Training Course. Together with our partners, Royal Society for the Blind (RSB) and the South Australian
School for Vision Impaired, A/Prof Aung and Ms Swe have learnt how to assist people with poor vision when they
return home to Myanmar. The course included training with the RSB's experienced team, including their guide
dog assistance services, and visiting various schools for vision impaired across Adelaide, to see first-hand how
children are benefiting from specialised learning tools and equipment. To quote A/Prof Aung, "RSB Guide &
Assistance Dog Service is an amazing place providing excellent support for people with very poor vision to live
life with confidence!"
With support from the Australian Government’s Direct Aid Program, Sight For All was able to purchase a
portable autorefractor-keratometer along with an iCare tonometer and infant gonioscopy lens for the Paediatric
Eye Unit at the Sirimavo Bamdaranaike Specialised Children’s Hospital in Kandy that was established by Sight
For All in 2011. This equipment will support the diagnosis and treatment of children with diverse ophthalmic
conditions including congenital glaucoma.
Dr James Muecke undertook training in the management of retinoblastoma in February 2017.
SRI LANKA
Dr Robert Casson
THE VIENTIANE EYE SURVEY
RESEARCH REPORT
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The Vientiane Eye Survey is a large-scale population-based survey of the
prevalence and causes of visual impairment in the capital city of the Lao
People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR).
Lao PDR is the most rapidly urbanising country in Asia. Our clinical and
research team has a long-standing relationship with the eye care health
workers in this country and we have recently conducted a pilot study of the
prevalence and causes of visual impairment in the capital city, Vientiane.
In this pilot study, we noted signs of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in approximately
5% of the random sample. No participants had been previously diagnosed with
diabetes. These data suggest an emerging, previously unrecognised, major
public health concern in this population. Currently, there are no robust
ophthalmic epidemiological data from this region. Accurate data is urgently
needed to plan and allocate health care resources.
The study is continuing in December 2017, and is expected to have a major
clinical impact on health care delivery. The study will be the first to capture
robust data on the prevalence and severity of DR in an urbanised population of
Lao PDR. We expect to find a significant burden of DR already established in
this population. In addition, we expect to be the first to report age-related
macular degeneration in this population. This will motivate screening
programs and inform policy decision making. In collaboration with our Lao
ophthalmic colleagues, we aim to bring modern DR awareness and treatment
programs to this country.
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Vice Chairman of Sight for All, Professor Robert Casson is a Collaborator on the World Health Organization’s Vision
Loss Expert Group, which recently performed a meta-analysis of the global visual impairment data.
Global and regional prevalence estimates for blindness and vision impairment are important for the development of
public health policies. This research aimed to provide global estimates, trends, and projections of global blindness
and vision impairment.
We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based datasets relevant to global vision impairment and
blindness that were published between 1980 and 2015.
FINDINGS: Globally, of the 7.33 billion people alive in 2015, an estimated 36.0 million were blind, 216.6 million people
had moderate to severe visual impairment and 188.5 million (80% UI 64.5-350.2) had mild visual impairment. The
estimated number of blind people increased by 17.6%, from 30·6 million in 1990 to 36.0 million in 2015. This change
was attributable to three factors, namely an increase because of population growth (38.4%), population ageing after
accounting for population growth (34.6%), and reduction in age-specific prevalence (-36.7%).
INTERPRETATION: There is an ongoing reduction in the age-standardised prevalence of blindness and visual
impairment, yet the growth and ageing of the world's population is causing a substantial increase in number of people
affected. These observations highlight the need to scale up vision impairment alleviation efforts at all levels.
NEW GLOBAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT DATA
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As part of our organisation’s commitment to collaborative research in the fight against blindness in our partner
countries, the Meiktila Incidence of Visual Impairment Study (MIVIS) was conducted by Sight For All in Myanmar, in
February-March 2017. This 12 year follow-up study revisited the participants of the original Meiktila Eye Study (MES),
carried out by Sight For All in 2005 in the Meiktila District of central Myanmar. The original MES was a highly
successful, population-based, cross-sectional ophthalmic survey of inhabitants of rural villages in central Myanmar,
which produced the first robust ophthalmic epidemiologic data from this country. The published data clarified the
prevalence and determinants of the leading causes of blindness in this region as being cataracts and glaucoma. It has
been used by the World Health Organization to update visual impairment prevalence estimates in South East Asia, and
resulted in the identification and funding of many programs, subsequently carried out by Sight For All, to address the
causes of blindness in this country.
The Meiktila Incidence of Visual Impairment Study (MIVIS) of 2017 revisited the Meiktila District to re-examine the
participants of the original Meiktila Eye Study. It was carried out by Sight For All's volunteer ophthalmologists
(Visionaries) Drs. Stephen McGovern and Megan Wood, and ophthalmic photographer Alan Hoare, in collaboration with
Sight For All-trained paediatric ophthalmologist, A/Prof. Than Htun Aung and colleagues from Yangon Eye Hospital.
Over one thousand original MES participants were re-examined over a four-week period and the data collected is
currently being evaluated by Sight For All’s Principal Investigator, Prof. Robert Casson before publication. It is hoped
that this follow-up study will provide landmark data about the incidence of progression to visual impairment and
progression rates of cataract and angle-closure glaucoma in this region, and provide invaluable information about the
rate of ophthalmic disease burden and the risk factors associated with progression.
Our great appreciation goes to our collaborating colleagues in Myanmar, especially Meiktila Ophthalmologist Dr
Maung Maung Myo Win and his staff, A/Prof Than Htun Aung and colleagues from the YEH, Dr Kaythi Myo Myint, Dr Hla
Mar La and the Myanmar Ministry of Health for their invaluable assistance in conducting this study.
MEIKTILA II REPORT
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“Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that
ever has.” - Margaret Mead
This quote encapsulates Sight For All’s Vision 1000 initiative which is based on the premise that collectively a group
of people can make a difference to the lives of many others.
At the end of the 2016-2017 Financial Year, Sight For All was fortunate to have 112 Vision 1000, 8 Vision 100 and 1
Vision 10 Members.
The support that Vision 1000 Members have made to Sight For All since the initiative was established in late 2014 is
extraordinary. Vision 1000 has provided the organisation with a solid foundation from which our sight-saving
programs in partner countries can be coordinated.
In addition to building the foundation, Vision 1000 has also contributed to a significant project each year and in the
2016-2017 Financial Year this was the Cambodia Retina Fellowship. This fellowship involves teaching two Fellows
from the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh, Drs Long and Leng.
In addition to their ongoing support of this initiative, a number of Vision 1000 Members have also coordinated their
own events to support the fundraising efforts of Sight For All. This contribution has also been incredibly valuable
for our organisation and we are so very grateful.
Vision 100 Membership provides an opportunity to travel to a partner country with Sight For All Chairman Dr James
Muecke or another of our Visionaries. This was taken up by Mr John Stokes, a valuable long term supporter of Sight
For All and Director of Inservio.
John experienced Sight For All's work in Cambodia
and, reflecting on his experience, said:
"I was lucky enough to be able to observe a
retinoblastoma clinic at Angkor Hospital for Children
with Sight for All Chairman Dr James Muecke, and
one of only two paediatric ophthalmologists in
Cambodia, Dr. Phara. Throughout the day, James
shared his vast experience in managing
retinoblastoma (a deadly form of children's eye
cancer) with Dr. Phara, who greatly appreciated the
opportunity. Each case highlighted various barriers
to achieving good outcomes, with patient follow-up
being the biggest challenge. In some cases, parents
were faced with the heartbreaking decision to
provide consent to the doctor to remove the second
eye in order to save their child’s life."
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VISION 1000 MEMBERS
Muecke, Dr James & Mena
Muecke, Dr James & Mena
Muecke, Dr James & Mena
Muecke, Dr James & Mena
Muecke, Dr James & Mena
Bickmore family (Judy, Sam, James)
Harms, Craig
Casson, Prof Robert
Saint, Arnold
McKee, David
McKee, David
McKee, David
McKee, David
McKee, David
Vass, John & Mary
Handley, Dr David
Smartsoft (Aust) Pty Ltd
Krishnan, Dr Suren
MDeyes Once Daily AREDS 2
DRYeye Forte
Martone, Jason
Hambour, Faye
Elder, Dr James
Hatch Creations Pty Ltd
Ingham, Dr Peter
Ingham, Dr Peter
Rogers, David & Karen
Davis, Dr Garry
Budenberg, Ian & Rosie
Lim, Dr Ridia
Elvish, Scott & Zoe
Jaquillard, Phil & Diana
Gehling, Dr Neil
Dracopoulos, Dr George & Melita
Scanoptics
Hazelbank, Carey
Britten-Jones, Mark & Lucy
Cavpower
Harley Eye Clinic
Su, Dr Charles
Lawson, Dr David
Dimarco, Angelo & Allie
Hoffman QC, Mark
Mora, Dr Justin & Helga
Economos, Dr Darcy
Karagiannis, Dr Arthur
Waples, Chris
Medibroker
Galanopoulos, Dr Anna & Vrodos, Dr Nikita
Galanopoulos, Dr Anna & Vrodos, Dr Nikita
Galanopoulos, Dr Anna & Vrodos, Dr Nikita
Galanopoulos, Dr Anna & Vrodos, Dr Nikita
Galanopoulos, Dr Anna & Vrodos, Dr Nikita
Weeks, Peter & Lisa
Sarah Constructions
Spectrum Surgical
Daw, Richard & Lisa
Emmett, Mark & Melissa
Kittikhoun, Malaty
Anonymous
Goldsworthy, Peter & Temple, Lisa
Giblin, Dr Michael
Fries, Vivienne
Aughey, Kent
Anonymous
Huynh, Dr Tess
Jones & Partners Medical Imaging
Taliangis. Paul & Thelma
Smith, Dr Jane
Smith, Dr Jane
Elia, A & S
Elia, S & K
Rogers, Dr Tony & Weiss, Dr Gillian
Rogers, Dr Tony & Weiss, Dr Gillian
Connor Consulting Pty. Ltd
McGovern, Dr Stephen
Perrymans General Insurance Brokers
U-Store-It Pty Ltd
Forrest, Dr Michael
Forrest, Dr Michael
Muscat, Paul
Muecke, Nick and Leah
Lewis & Turner Travel Associates
Heysen-Hicks, Kerry & Hicks, Scott
McKenzie, George & Alison
Crompton, Dr John
Paul Swain
Blackwell, Imelda
Penniment, Michael & Kathy
Lake, Stephen & Amber
ide Group
Slattery, Peter & Melissa
Anonymous
Fotheringham, Kirsty & Michael
Omnizar Pty Ltd
Heard, Nicholas & Heard Financial
Tardif, Robert & Russell, Julie
O'Callaghan, Gavin
Green, Gerry
Nygaard, Stephen &Nicole
Crowston, Prof. Jonathan
Grzeskowiak, Antony
Anonymous
Collins, Peter
Richard Lindsay & Associates
Anonymous
Anonymous
VISION 10 CORPORATE CLUB
Anonymous
VISION 100 BUSINESS CLUB
Lang Family Foundation
Wood Foundation
Inservio
Cura Day Hospitals Group
Anonymous
Spargo, Kate
Oliver Hume Property Funds
Oscar Wylee Eyewear
THANK YOU to our fantastic Vision 1000 members
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The Very Slow Long LunchSaturday 13 August was the date of our third The Very Slow Long Lunch, this time at a new Venue, The Old Ram Shed at The
Adelaide Showgrounds. Almost 300 guests enjoyed an afternoon of amazing food and wine and great entertainment. Our
Ambassador and Channel 7 Presenter Rosanna Mangiarelli was our Master of Ceremonies at the lunch which was made
possible through the support of many, including principal sponsor Inservio. In addition to being an incredible event, The Very
Slow Long Lunch raised over $95,000 which went towards funding a number of projects including a Contact Lens Training
Project in Cambodia and the Lao Paediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship.
ide Connect Product Design Challenge ide Connect generously donated proceeds from
their '2016 Building Better Futures For Health:
Product Design Challenge Event' to Sight For All.
We were delighted to discover that eye care
research and development group Ocureo were the
winners of the challenge with their biological
patch and low-powered laser for surgical eye
wound care.
BAPëA Music And Art EventPeter Bok and BAPëA hosted a special SALA event ‘Romantic Movements in Music and Art’, in
support of Sight For All. Guests enjoyed the stunning artwork, a fabulous Beethoven recital and
presentation by Sight For All Vice Chair, Professor Robert Casson.
Open GardenVision 1000 Members, George and Alison
McKenzie, hosted an Open Garden event to raise
funds for Sight For All. Their beautiful,
contemporary garden was open to the public over
a weekend for a small entry donation.
We thank George and Alison for their generosity
and applaud them for creating such a stunning
garden within only a few years.
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One Day For Sight Red ExhibitionOn 13 October 2016, World Sight Day, Sight For All’s photographic exhibition One Day For
Sight opened to the public. The theme for this year’s event was RED and was made possible
through the generosity of our event partners Atkins Photo Lab and Optos, a Nikon Company.
The RED exhibition was on show from December until the end of January at the Adelaide
Festival Centre and thereafter at the Adelaide Airport for an extended period.
Sydney Dinner In The DarkOur wonderful supporters Oscar Wylee conducted a Dinner in the Dark at their
premises in Sussex Street, Sydney, to raise awareness of Sight For All's work. In addition
to hosting the dinner, Oscar Wylee donated all proceeds from World Sight Day sales to
Sight For All. It was an incredible evening and we are so grateful to Oscar Wylee for their
tremendous support.
RANZCO CongressEvery two years, Sight For All takes the opportunity to
attend the annual Royal Australian and New Zealand
College of Ophthalmologists Congress. In 2016 the
Congress was held in Melbourne. Executive Officer Judy
Bickmore and Ophthalmic Public Health Officer Dr Cesar
Carrillo staffed the Sight For All display stand which
enabled the opportunity to meet up with Visionaries from
across Australia and New Zealand. Sight For All
Chairman Dr James Muecke was invited to present the
renowned Hollows Lecture at the Congress.
Golf For SightSight For All held its first Golf For Sight event on Friday 28 October, 2016
at Kooyonga Golf Course. Together, our speakers, attendees, sponsors and
volunteer organisers created an extremely successful first event and we
look forward to building on Golf For Sight in the future!
OUR COMMITTEESThe Sight For All Events Committee is a small specialised committee that works as a team to produce events of the
highest quality. The committee raises funds for specific projects while also increasing awareness of Sight For All.
Committee Members throughout the 2016/2017 Financial Year include:
Mena Muecke (Chair)
Judy Bickmore (Secretary)
Beth Rackham
Lisa Daw
Melissa Emmett
Sarah Hyde
Events Committee
Felicity Keeves
Jane McMahon
Joanne Rosa
Dawn Taylor
Sam Taylor
Susie Taylor
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The Sight For All Finance Committee assists the Sight For All Board of Directors in overseeing the organisation’s
financial performance, financial policies, capital structure and expenditure.
Finance Committee Members throughout the 2016/2017 Financial Year include:
Phil Jaquillard (Chair)
Leanne Harms (Secretary) Judy Bickmore
James Muecke
Finance Committee
The Sight For All Program Management Committee develops and implements program management plans, methods for
collecting and recording data and strategies for monitoring and evaluation. It reviews program needs, assessments,
reports and recommendations that have been made.
Program Management Committee Members throughout the 2016/2017 Financial Year include:
Bob Casson (Chair)
Cesar Carrillo (Secretary)
Paul Alyward
Judy Bickmore
James Muecke
Zeshi Fisher
Program Management Committee
The Sight For All Research Committee is a small group of committed professionals who develop and implement
research projects to construct an evidence base for, and assess the impact of, Sight For All and its partner countries.
Research Committee Members throughout the 2016/2017 Financial Year include:
Bob Casson (Chair)
Cesar Carrillo (Secretary) James Muecke
Stephen Nygaard
Research Committee
AMBASSADORSSight For All Ambassadors bring a range of experience, skills and expertise in various fields including media,
business, politics, governance, arts and sports. The role of an Ambassador is to support, promote and advocate for
Sight For All amongst personal networks and the wider community. Skills and characteristics of Ambassadors
include enthusiasm for our cause, a connection to Sight For All, a positive outlook, and an active professional and
social media presence.
Sight For All is honoured to be supported by over 20 Ambassadors who represent a range of experiences, but share
our vision for a world in which there is no blindness.
Darcy Bussell
Bob Carr
Graham Cornes OAM
Brian Cunningham
Alexander Downer
Jason Gillespie
Peter Goldsworthy AM
Richard Grills
Gill Hicks
Scott Hicks
Timothy Horton
Andrew McLeod
Rosanna Mangiarelli
Greg Moulton
Lowitja O’Donoghue AC
Raymond Spencer
Manny Stul
Steven Trigg
Francis Wong OAM
Poh Ling Yeow
Sia
David Paterson
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"My inspiration to participate as a Sight For All Ambassador was due to the amazing enthusiasm
of Dr James Muecke and his team. I had supported the organisation in a small way for a number
of years and when James visited me and outlined the scope of the program I immediately agreed
to be an Ambassador.
The various ophthalmic conditions and diseases managed by Sight For All enables treatments
never before addressed in the communities involved. I am particularly taken by the paediatric
program which has enormous potential to treat children with sight-threatening conditions which
do not occur in our society."
"My visit to remote areas of Myanmar with Sight For All showed me first-hand the positive
impact of the equipment and training provided by us to local medical facilities."
"The Sight for All team has an unrivalled level of
commitment and dedication. They are genuine about their
vision to give others the gift of sight and it's that
determination and passion that inspires me to support
such a unique charity."
- Rosanna Mangiarelli
- Richard Grills
- Scott Hicks
Sight For All’s Youth Ambassadors are appointed for a two-year
term and have the responsibility of developing and coordinating
their own mission to raise vital funds for Sight For All’s childhood
blindness initiatives in Australia and the developing world.
We are delighted to introduce Chris Pennington, an energetic and
passionate outdoor adventurer and commercial photographer from
Victoria. Here is what he has to say about his appointment...
YOUTH AMBASSADOR
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"I have always been passionate about adventuring in the great outdoors and enjoying the incredible nature around me.
My childhood was an active one, with many family holidays spent on skiing and camping expeditions. In recent years I
have nurtured and developed my interests to combine a degree in commercial photography with my love of outdoor
adventure. Helping children to restore sight and prevent blindness is a cause I feel strongly about, as without my sight I
would have been denied the beauty around me and the career path I have chosen.
As Youth Ambassador for Sight For All, my mission to raise funds for childhood blindness is 'One Gear, One Long Ride'.
'One Gear, One Long Ride' has been a lifelong dream and one which will see me pedal through some of Australia’s most
stunning scenery. This not-for-profit bicycle trip will raise vital funds and awareness for Sight For All.
My challenge will be to commence at Shark Bay, the western-most point of Australia, and ride all the way to the eastern
tip of the country on a single-speed bike. The long and beautiful 8,000km expedition will take me down the west coast of
Australia, across the Nullarbor Plain to Adelaide, along the Great Ocean Road, and up the east coast to the finishing line
at Cape Byron Lighthouse. I have calculated that it should take three months to complete throughout the winter months
of 2018.
I will be creating a documentary which will follow all the stages of my journey from the planning through to the trip
preparations and of course the ride itself. I am very excited about the journey and cannot wait to get underway and share
the experience with Sight For All supporters."
In November 2015, Dr Nick Andrew was appointed to the Board as a Junior Ophthalmologist. In November 2017, Dr
Andrew will hand over the position to another Junior Ophthalmologist, Dr Michelle Sun.
In reflecting on his role as a Board Director over the past two years, Dr Andrew had this to say…
JUNIOR OPHTHALMOLOGIST BOARD POSITION
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"I became involved with Sight For All several years ago when I travelled to Myanmar as a research assistant to collect
cataract surgical data following the donation of equipment and training by Sight For All. After commencing
ophthalmology training in 2014, I was delighted to be invited to join the Board of Directors.
As the team at Sight For All were so accomplished already, my focus turned to thinking of ways that I could possibly
help! I decided that creating novel and sustainable fundraising initiatives would be a useful contribution. This led to One
Night For Sight, a ‘dining in the dark’ experience that has since raised over $40,000 and is being rolled out nationally.
Another exciting fundraising initiative is also in development and has great potential.
The Directors and staff at Sight For All are a terrific group of people to work with. I always look forward to Board
meetings as there is so much enthusiasm amongst the group and there is a real sense of energy in the room. Having
Board exposure has been a great experience for me and I have been privileged to be able to learn from everyone’s
collective expertise.
The future looks bright for Sight For All and progress is being
made at a terrific pace. I would encourage other junior
doctors to get involved – as a volunteer, through research, or
just attending one of the fundraising events, which are always
superb!
Many thanks to the Board of Directors for giving me the
opportunity to serve as a Director, and to the whole team at
Sight For All for a terrific few years. I look forward to
maintaining my connection with Sight For All throughout my
career."
DR JAMESMUECKE AM CHAIR
James is an eye surgeon based in Adelaide. He is a visiting
consultant and senior lecturer at the Royal Adelaide
Hospital and Women’s and Children’s Hospital. James has
a special interest in blindness prevention, ophthalmic
research and education in the developing world. James
was a co-founder and Director of the Vision Myanmar
Program.
He received an 'Outstanding Service in Prevention
of Blindness Award' by the Asia-Pacific Academy of
Ophthalmology in 2011. He was awarded a Member of the
Order of Australia in 2012 and received a South Australian
Community Achievement Award. In 2015 James was the
recipient of the Ernst Young Social Entrepreneur of the
Year Award.
MR PHILJAQUILLARD TREASURER
Phil Jaquillard is a partner of Jaquillard Minns Chartered
Accountants and a Director of SuperGuardian Pty Ltd.
He holds a B Ec from Flinders University and a Post Grad
Diploma in Accounting. Phil consults to business on a
wide range of matters including taxation, business
structures, information technology, wealth management
and offshore business. He is actively involved in charitable
projects, including until 2016, as Treasurer for the Mary
Potter Foundation in Adelaide, and is a volunteer and
advisor to Black Pencil Project in the Philippines.
Bob is an ophthalmic surgeon-scientist with particular
interest in glaucoma and ophthalmic epidemiology in the
developing world.
He is proud to be a founding Director of Sight For All,
where he has the role of Chief Scientific Adviser, with a
particular focus on the interface between ophthalmic
science and the elimination of preventable blindness in
the developing world.
PROF BOB CASSON VICE CHAIR
Melissa is the principal consultant for Emmett Marketing.
She has a business degree majoring in marketing from
the University of South Australia. For over 30 years her
career in marketing and brand management included
working with brands such as Snappy Tom, SAFCOL,
Balfours, Fauldings and SAFE. More recently as a
consultant she has worked with SMSF Association,
Dressed For Sale, Bedford, Optimistic Kids, Joust and
Hands On SA.
MS MELISSAEMMETT DIRECTOR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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DR NICK ANDREW DIRECTOR
Nick is an ophthalmology registrar and is also completing
a PhD in ophthalmology, with over 30 peer-reviewed
publications. Nick has accompanied Sight For All to
Myanmar on two occasions to collect post-intervention
cataract surgery data. Outside of ophthalmology, Nick is a
keen rower and has represented Australia three times.
Nick looks forward to advancing the cause of Sight For All
and is delighted to serve as a Board Director.
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Michael is a partner at Barry Nilsson Lawyers. He has a
Master of Laws majoring in Insurance Law and a Masters
of Business Administration. He specialises in professional
indemnity, directors and officers, casualty, public liability,
product liability, insurance, special risk and business
interruption claims. Michael regularly contributes articles
to various journals including the Insurance Law Journal.
As a Board Member. Michael continues to provide his legal
expertise since the formation of Sight For All.
MR MICHAELFOTHERINGHAM DIRECTOR
Jody Rowe is a specialist in the resources and energy
sector who has a strategic view of the market, its needs
and potential opportunities for growth. Jody’s career
includes executive roles at BG-QGC (Shell) and Santos on
mega projects GLNG and QCLNG. Jody is the founder and
Chief Executive Officer of Rowe Advisory.
As Chief Executive Officer of Rowe Advisory, Jody is a
subject matter expert for global business development,
services such as human resources and contracts and
procurement, mergers and acquisitions and business and
strategic advice. Jody is a Non-Executive Director of Strike
Energy, an ASX listed oil and gas exploration company and
is a shareholder and Director of companies such as CD
Power Pty Ltd, and iPIPE Pty Ltd working with MH
Carnegie. Jody is a member of the Safety Leadership
Group for the Coal Seam Gas industry Safer Together
group. She is a member of the Mining Industry
Participation Office Advisory Board for the South
Australian Government.
MS JODY ROWE DIRECTOR
Jonathan Crowston is the Ringland Anderson Professor of
Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, Managing
Director of the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA)
and a practising glaucoma specialist clinician at the Royal
Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. He gained his
ophthalmology training at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
and was awarded a PhD for work on ocular wound healing
at the Institute of Ophthalmology, University College
London (2000). Jonathan is a director on the CERA Board.
He is also a director on the ORIA Board, World Glaucoma
Association Board of Governors (2013+), CERA
Technologies Pty Ltd and Et Al Research Pty Ltd.
Jonathan’s research is currently focused around ageing
and neuroprotection of the optic nerve. In particular the
role of neuro-recovery and optic nerve vulnerability to
injury. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed
manuscripts and co-authored three books. Jonathan is the
inaugural recipient of 2016 Association for Research in
Vision and Ophthalmology Foundation for Eye Research,
David L Epstein Award and the 2016 Peter Watson Medal
from the Cambridge Ophthalmology Society.
PROF JONATHANCROWSTON DIRECTOR
MR GAVINO’CALLAGHAN DIRECTOR
Gavin is an optometrist in private practice, a Clinical
Senior Lecturer in Ophthalmology at the University of
Adelaide and has a visiting appointment at the Contact
Lens Clinic at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He is a
graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
and holds numerous Director positions. He is a member of
the Optometry Council of Australia and New
Zealand Examinations Committee, and a member of the
University of Melbourne Department of Optometry and
Vision Sciences Course Advisory Committee.
THANK YOUAndrew Hardy
Bill Botton
David Reid
IndividualsGeorge and Alison McKenzie
Joel Johnson
Keren Seelander
to our amazing supporters
Lara Merrington
Nicholas Uhlmann
Sam Scaffidi & Angelina Rossi
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2KW
Adelaide Airport
Adelaide Festival Centre
Adelaide Showgrounds
Amadio
Atkins Technicolour
BAPëA
Barry Nilsson Lawyers
Bickfords
Bird in Hand
Botanic Gardens Restaurant
Bottega Rotolo
Casso Light N Sound
Channel 7
Chapel Hill
China Shop
Commonwealth Bank
Coopers
Crafers Hotel
D’Arenberg Wines
Denim Iniquity
Deviation Road
Drakes Foodland
EMKHO
Emma Reeves Catering
Enzo’s
Feast
Fever Tree
Corporate SupportersOven Hire
Palas Jewellery
Peel Street
Petaluma
Primo Estate
Prohibition
Praxis Artspace
R.M. Williams
RANZCO
Revolution Roofing
Riposte
Ruby Red Flamingo
Simple Integrated Marketing
South Australian Institute of
Ophthalmology
Star of Greece
The Edinburgh Hotel
The Lane Vineyard
The Stirling Hotel
Think Films
Third Sector Management Services
Two Pairs
Underground Designs
Vickery Wines
Vittoria Coffee
Wallace Website Design and
Development
Will Taylor Wines
Y Partners
Garden Grove
Gemtree
Glasshouse Fragrances
Gliderol
Hains and Co
Henry the Label
Hesketh Wines
Hewitson Barossa Valley
HMPS
Hugh Hamilton Wines
Hybrid
ide Group
Inservio
Intercontinental Adelaide
JAKS
Jaquillard Minns Chartered
Accountants
Kangarilla Road
Lewis & Turner Travel
Associates
Lobethal Road Wines
Madam Hanoi
McMahon Services
Michels Warren PR
Mitolo Wines
One Rundle Trading Co.
Optos, A Nikon Companty
Oscar Wylee
Trusts and FoundationsGeok Hua Wong Charitable Trust
Lang Foundation
Thyne Reid Foundation
Wood Foundation
Australian Government
ACCOUNTABILITY
Sight For All is proud to be a member of the Australian Council
for International Development (ACFID).
As a member of ACFID, Sight For All adheres to the ACFID
Code of Conduct.
Sight For All’s financial statement included in this Annual
Report is prepared in accordance with the ACFID Code of
Conduct.
Australian Council For International Development
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Sight For All is committed to providing quality service to all individuals and organisations with which we are
associated and welcomes feedback from volunteers, partner organisations and associated businesses to play a role
in monitoring the service the organisation provides.
Individuals wishing to lodge a complaint with Sight For All can do so in the following ways:
- In writing to the Executive Officer
- In person with the Executive Officer
- Over the telephone with the Executive Officer
- In person with the Sight For All in-country or local area partner organisation medical officer.
Sight For All’s Executive Officer can be contacted via telephone +61 (0)8 8410 6855 or email
Sight For All’s Complaints Policy is available on the organisation’s website and is circulated to staff, volunteers and
partner organisations in-country.
Sight For All observes the ACFID Code of Conduct in all activities that are undertaken. individuals lodging complaints
with Sight For All who believe that the organisation has breached the Code are advised to notify the ACFID Code of
Conduct Committee.
ACFID can be contacted via telephone on +61 (0)2 6285 1816 or via www.acfid.asn.au/code-of-conduct/compaints
Complaints
Privacy
Sight For All recognises the importance of your privacy and personal information. To obtain a copy of our privacy
policy, please email [email protected].
MR PHILJAQUILLARD
Treasurer's Report
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Sight For All Limited achieved a comprehensive excess for the 2016/2017 financial year of $17,093 (2016: $105,660). This
result is lower than the surplus achieved in 2015/2016 for a number of reasons.
A significant effort was made during the year in preparing for and achieving accreditation with the Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for their Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP). While this was a substantial undertaking
in the 2016/2017 financial year, the funding available to Sight for All under the program, and the positive impact of being
compliant with, generates business and financial benefits for years to come.
The considerable undertaking required to achieve DFAT accreditation, along with the completion of successful projects
and planning for future projects, resulted in less overseas activities throughout this period.
The decline in surplus for 2017 was also influenced by falls in fundraising revenue to $106,754 (2016: $168,763) and in
donations, which fell by 8.5% to $220,075. The Board has reviewed its fundraising and marketing plans and has invested
in the future by employing a Marketing and Fundraising Officer to implement new activities commencing in the 2017/2018
Financial Year. These activities will grow future revenues.
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the financial year were a total of $609,837. Of this total, $278,238 is earmarked
for specific future projects as per Note 8 of the accounts.
The balance of total equity as at 30 June 2017 was $292,875, which is an increase of $17,093 from the previous year.
The income and expenditure statement demonstrates total revenue of $659,153 and total expenditure of $642,060, with an
excess of revenue over expenditure of $17,093 for 30 June 2017.
International Aid and Development Project Expenditure for the 2016/2017 Financial Year included $192,824 as Funds for
International Programs, which is a fall of $67,618 on the previous year. Total expenditure for International and Domestic
Aid and Development Programs was $642,060, compared to $737,382 in 2016.
Overview
Cash
Equity
Income and Expenditure Statement
Phil Jaquillard
Treasurer
FINANCIAL OVERVIEWWhere the money came from
Community and Corporate Support
Income received from the Australian
public and corporations in the form of
public donations.
$220,075
TOTAL SUPPORT $659,153
Other Australian Organisations
DFAT
Grants received from the Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Other Income
Income received from interest,
fundraising and sponsorship.
$113,604
$325,474
$0
33%
49%
17%
Community and
Corporate Support
Other Australian organisations
Other income
International Program Costs
Operating Costs
Fundraising Costs
Domestic Program Costs
Includes all expenses and support costs associated with our country programs.
International Program Costs
Operating Costs
Covers administrative and other costs inherent in running an organisation, including staff time in areas such as finance, program
coordination and administration, insurance premiums, office supplies, consultancy fees and other running costs. It includes
coordinating all aid programs and management of volunteers' travel and on-site engagement. Included are fundraising staff costs and
in-direct costs related to events and fundraising activities. Insurance, including travel, volunteer, medical malpractice, are included in
operating costs rather than international project costs and are a significant expense to enable in-country projects to be undertaken.
Fundraising CostsDirect costs associated with event running costs. Staff wages incurred in coordinating events are recorded under operating costs.
Domestic Program Costs
Costs associated with the coordination of projects in Australia.
TOTAL COSTS $642,060
$245,837
$239,665
$81,554
$75,004
Where the money was spent
13%
38%
12%
37%
Fundraising
costs
Domestic program costs
International
program costs
Operating
costs
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEWValue of volunteer services
TOTAL VALUE OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES $115,769.79
The value of volunteer services is not included in the accounts, however the following information has been prepared in
accordance with the rates approved by DFAT.
Volunteers for the year ended 30 June 2017:
22 ophthalmologists for a total of 186 days - Higher Professional
2 optometrists for a total of 14 days - Higher Professional
2 support people for a total of 35 days - Middle Professional Administration
$98,747.71
$7,432.62
$9,589.46
The real value is priceless...
Volunteer Services*
International Program Costs
Operating Costs
Fundraising Costs
Domestic Program Costs
$1,094,800
$245,837
$239,665
$81,554
$75,004
TOTAL $1,736,860
63%
14%
5%
14%
4% Domestic Program Costs
Volunteer Services*
Operating Costs
*Volunteer Services
The value of volunteer services based on rates determined by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is a significant
underestimation given the highly specialised nature of our volunteers. The above figure represents a more realistic, although still
conservative, value based on public sector rates. These figures are cal culated based on the average hourly rate of an ophthalmologist,
optometrist and middle professional administration position.
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Fundraising Costs
International Program Costs