Lions Clubs Awareness Week - October 11th week

Redditch Lions Club is part of a world wide crusade to conquer blindness and are pleased to be part of the global Lions crusade to eliminate preventable blindness such as River Blindness and Cataracts.

"The World Health Orqanisation estimate that 40 million people around the world are blind", said Jill Stray President of Redditch Lions Club. "The Redditch Lions Club are working together with Lions Clubs around the world to educate millions of people on the importance of proper eye health care and to provide treatment for them.”

Redditch Lions are proud to have contributed over the years from local fund raising efforts, towards UK Lions sponsored Eye hospitals, the lastest being in Ghana.

The Ghanain hospital will not only treat patients locally, but train doctors from all over Central Africa, enabling some 100,000 more patients to be treated in the next five years.

If you are interested in finding out more about Lions Club International and in particular, your local Redditch Club, please contact, our Club Secretary on 0845 833 5914 or visit www.redditchlions.org.uk

Redditch Lions Club is one of 940 clubs in the British Isles and Ireland serving those who need help both here locally and around the world. World wide there are over 1.3 million Lions operating in 202 countries.

Redditch Lions will be out once again in the Kingfisher Centre this November, collecting for Children-in-Need on Friday 14th.

Editors note: Have a look at Redditch lions web site to see how they presented this article as well as sending it to the local press www.redditchlions.org.uk.