SightFirst's accomplishments since 1990 are astounding:

• Awarded US$211 million for 896 projects in 90 countries
  
• Provided 7.3 million cataract surgeries
  
• Prevented serious vision loss for 27 million
  
• Improved eye care services for hundreds of millions
  
• Provided 114.1 million treatments for river blindness
  
• Built or expanded 300 eye hospitals/clinics/wards
  
• Upgraded 337 eye centers with equipment
  
• Provided management training for 115 facilities
  
• Trained 345,000 ophthalmologists, ophthalmic nurses, other professional eye care workers and village health workers
  
• Launched world's first-ever initiative to combat childhood blindness in partnership with the World Health Organization. The 30 pediatric eye care centers established or strengthened have impacted the lives of 71 million children