Vote today for ORBIS Kids for Sight program
Published September 27th, 2008 in General Interest, Health News, Life, PopularAre you an American Express cardholder? Do you want to help save children’s sight in India? ORBIS and “Kids for Sight” are asking for your help. ORBIS International is a major nonprofit organization, and Nyan and Lehka Pendyla, ages 9 and 7, launched a “Kids for Sight” initiative one year ago to help ORBIS establish a specialized pediatric eye care unit and training center in India. “Kids for Sight” has made it into the Top 25 of the American Express Members Project and now needs your help.
If enough AMEX cardholders vote for the “Kids for Sight” project by September 29, it will advance into the Top 5 and be eligible to win $1.5 million in funding. Nyan and Lehka have made it their goal to raise funds so that children in India can have access to quality eye care. ORBIS seeks to create 50 pediatric eye care centers in India by 2012.
There are only two days left for American Express cardmembers to vote for this project.
To vote for “Kids for Sight” and read more on the AMEX Members Project, go to














