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Lions Club
Mission: "To encourage service minded people to serve their community without personal reward or gain and to serve their fellow men by giving their sympathy to those in distress, their aid to the weak and their substance to the needy."
International Contact:
Jacky Tsang
803-7 Dominion Centre 43-59 Queen's Road East
Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2520 0316
Fax: +852 2865 1117
The Lions Club (LION stands for 'Liberty, Intelligence and Our Nation's Safety) was founded in 1917 as a service organisation by a group of American businessmen. At a 1925 International Convention, Helen Keller challenged the Lions to be 'knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness'. Since, Lions Clubs, with over 1.5 million members in 185 countries, have supported services to blind and visually impaired people.
In 1990, Lions established SightFirst, a USD 140 million global initiative to eradicate preventable and reversible blindness. In 1993, Lions Clubs initiated their first 'SightFirst Action for China' with USD 620,000 for over 25,000 cataract operations. In 1997, a further USD 15 million was set aside to fund the 'SightFirst China Action' programme.
Links
http://www.lionsclubs.org.hk
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