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Vision Problems inDeveloping Countries

Annie Lawn

Mr. Schurtz

AP English 12 Period 4/5

4 March 2011


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Thesis: Environmental factors,economic issues, and lack of healthcare

cause the rate of vision problems in

developing countries to increase

significantly.


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Factors

("UV Rays")


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Economic Issues

("Poverty")


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Healthcare

("Another Machine To)


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UV Ray Effects

("Rays")


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UV Rays Cont.

(Rays)


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Unsanitary Water

("Atmospheric Sundog Phenomenon")


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("River Blindness")


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Trachoma

("Flies Surround Eye")


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Trachoma Cont.

("Untitled")


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cont.

("Our research In)


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Building Dams

("Mossyrock Dam"


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Africa

("As the New ")


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Results

("As the New ")


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Deficiencies

("Felt Carrot")


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Effects

("Felt Carrot")


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Improvements?

("Vitamins")


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Lions Club International

Text

("Lions Clubs 4125")


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Worldwide

("I've Got The")


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History

("Chicago Skyline")


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What do they do?

("African village children, Madagascar ")


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Lions Leaders

("Leaders and Followers")


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SightFirst

Video


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Sight Programs

("Eyeglass")


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SightFirst cont.

("Eyeglass"


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All About SightFirst

("SightFirstII_06 ")


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Program

("Recycle Symbol-World ")


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Reasons to Recycle

("Eyeglasses Part 1")


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Glasses

(Journey of Eyeglasses)


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Campaign

Lawn


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Campaign

(Lawn)


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Location

(Lawn)


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"UV Rays." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Poverty." Flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Another Machine To Exam the Eyes." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Rays." flicker.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Atmospheric Sundog Phenomenon." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"River Blindness." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Our research in West Africa identified the cause of onchocerciasis, the widespread disease Sir John Wilson called 'river blindness'. In response, we pioneered treatment to control it.." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Mossyrock Dam." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"As the new millennium got underway, Sightsavers had completed: three million cataract operations; 50 million Mectizan treatments forriver blindness; and treatment of more than 12 million people for

potentially blinding conditions ." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Felt Carrot." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Vitamins." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Lions Clubs 4125." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"I've Got The World In My Hands." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Chicago Skyline." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"African village children, Madagascar ." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Leaders and Followers." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Eyeglass." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"SightFirstII_06 ." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Recycle Symbol-World map ." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Eyeglasses Part 1." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Flies Surround the Eye of a Young Boy." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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"Untitled." flickr.com. Web. 2 Mar 2011.

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Works CitedBarrett, Julia R. "Focusing On Vision Through An Environmental Lens."

Environmental Health Perspectives 113.12 (2005): A823-827. SIRS

Government Reporter. Web. 16 Feb. 2011.

Little, Mark P, et al. "Incindence ofBlindness during the Onchocerciasis

Control Programme in Western Africa." The Journal of Infectious Diseases

189.10 (2004): 1932-1941. JSTOR. Web. 16 Feb. 2011.

"Methods of Controlling Onchocerciasis." www.lifewater.org. Lifewater International, n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2011 a

href="http://www.lifewa ter.org/">

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Sommer, Alfred, and Keith P. West. "Vitamin A Deficiency: Health, Survival and

Vision." American Journal of Epidemiology 147.12 (1996): 1-2. Print.

International, Lions Clubs, comp. "About Lions." Lions Clubs International.

Lions Clubs International, 2011. Web. 2 Mar. 2011.

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Classroom Activities

1. Have students perform simple tasks

blindfolded.

2. Bring in glasses that make you feel

visually impaired and have students try

them on.

3. Have students identify certain items

blindfolded.

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