[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26946]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        CHRISTIAN BLIND MISSION

  (Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in 
recognition of World Sight Day and the tireless leadership of 
organizations like the Christian Blind Mission headquartered in 
Greenville, South Carolina.
  Christian Blind Mission is an international aid organization that 
specializes in improving the quality of life for the blind in the 
world's poorest countries.
  Each year, organizations like Christian Blind Mission recognize World 
Sight Day as a time to focus global attention on vision and blindness. 
This year, World Sight Day will take place tomorrow, October 11, and 
will emphasize the tragedy of blindness in children. There are an 
estimated 1.4 million blind children in the world, the majority of whom 
live in Third World countries. Remarkably, 75 percent of all major 
blinding conditions are preventable or curable, and the Christian Blind 
Mission has taken the lead in performing over one-half million cataract 
surgeries and distributing over one-half million tubes of tetracycline 
eye ointment to combat trachoma.
  Once again, it's an honor to recognize Christian Blind Mission-USA 
for their humanitarian efforts worldwide. Every day, thousands of 
children receive the gift of sight because of the hard work and 
initiative that organizations like the Christian Blind Mission provide.

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