Regional Capacity Building Workshop
Program Design for Pediatric Eye Care Interventions
Prepared by: Kelly C. Josiah
A2Z Child Blindness Program Manager

Background: USAID Child Blindness Program
1991
 Program originates through
Congressional directive
 $20m to 25
NGOs implementing activities in 58 countries
2005 2011
 Child Blindness Program managed under A2Z: The
USAID Micronutrient and Child
Blindness Project at the
Academy for Educational
Development (AED)

USAID/A2Z Child Blindness & Eye Health Grants Fund:
2005-2011
 Six competitive cycles have been coordinated
 $6.9 million in total grant awards
 4 Types of Grants:
 Organizational Development (OD) –
1 year grant, from $25,000 – $50,000
Fred Hollows Foundation - Vietnam
 Service Delivery (SD) – 2 year grant, from $100,000 -
$500,000
 Refugee Service Delivery (RSD)
– 2 year grant, $200,000
 Operations Research (OR) – 9 month grant, $50,000-
$100,000

 Grants Fund Management
 Results Reporting

Cumulative summary of quarterly activities
 M&E
 Financial status
 Documentation & Communication
 Case studies

Website features
– www.a2zproject.org
 Workshops – Program Design
 Partners Meetings

USAID/A2Z Child Blindness & Eye Health Grants Fund
As of March 2011:
41 grants awarded to 24 organizations working in 29 countries throughout Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia.
Grant Activities have been/are being conducted in:
Asia – India (6), Nepal (3), Philippines (2), Cambodia (2), Vietnam (1),
Bangladesh (1), Thailand (3), Laos (1) and Indonesia (1)
Africa – South Africa (1), Nigeria (1), Malawi (3), Tanzania (4), Niger
(1), Uganda (2), Ghana (1), Rwanda (1), Kenya (2), Ethiopia (3),
Madagascar (1) and Zambia (1)
Latin America – Bolivia (2), Haiti (1), Guatemala (1), Ecuador (1),
Mexico (1), Dominican Republic (1), El Salvador (1) and Peru (1)

USAID/A2Z Child Blindness & Eye Health Grants Fund

Child Blindness & Eye Health Grants Fund: Priorities
International Eye Foundation - Malawi
1) Expand delivery of highimpact direct services
(screening, treatment, and rehabilitation)
2) Scale-up innovative approaches to service provision and project implementation
3) Contribute to global knowledge base on effective approaches to large-scale pediatric eye care projects

Overall Program Activities
Personnel trained to perform screenings and/or refract…
Himalayan Cataract Project - Nepal
28,810
HKI - Niger

Overall Program Activities
Individuals received vision screening
CSRA - Bolivia
2,536,463
VisionSpring - India

Overall Program Activities
Children referred by screening for additional services
(refraction, medical or surgical treatment)
Fred Hollows Foundation - Vietnam
100,459
FUDEM – El Salvador

Overall Program Activities
Children have their refractive error corrected
(received eyeglasses)
ICEE – South Africa
42,595

Overall Program Activities
Children received cataract surgery
Fred Hollows Foundation - Vietnam
6,712
Fred Hollows Foundation - Vietnam

Overall Program Activities
Children who are blind or with low vision have received therapies and/or low vision devices
Perkins - Philippines
Perkins - Guatemala
4,580 ICEE – South Africa

Overall Program Activities
Awareness raising and policy/advocacy…
Child Sight Foundation - Bangladesh
Fred Hollows Foundation - Vietnam

Overall Program Results
Provision of essential equipment
• Perkins Braillers
• Ophthalmoscopes
• Retinoscopes
• Autorefractometers
• Tonometers
• Operating microscopes
• Slit lamps
• Also: Yag laser; pediatric anesthesia equipment;
Diode laser; B-Scans

A2Z is ending September 30, 2011
• Managing 12 remaining active grants
• Conducting Regional Capacity Building
Workshops
– Africa – KCCO, Tanzania (April 7-8)
– Asia – Aravind, India (April 29-30)
– Latin America – IRO, Peru (July 13-14)
• Hosting Final Partners Meeting – July 25-26
• Evaluation and Final Reporting to USAID