International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS)
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IRIS was established in 1995 to respond to the lack of eye care facilities and services available to the poor in Cambodia. In 1996, IRIS resourced an annual outreach eye care program that sent eye doctors and nurses into remote rural areas to provide surgery on individuals who had become unnecessarily blind as a result of cataracts or other eye conditions. In 1998, IRIS built, equipped and staffed Cambodia's first provincial eye clinic, in Kampong Cham town, Kampong Cham province. Since 1996, IRIS has conducted eye screening of 59,000 people and performed over 11,000 eye operations. From January 2004, in an effort to promote the localization of services, IRIS will hand over the management and operation of its activities to …
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#86 of 1,524 community development charities in Cambodia on integrity score
41/100 puts it in the top 7% of the cohort, tied with 37 others. Positions are competition ranks: ties share a position. Cohorts are the tightest local peer set with at least 30 comparable organizations; a metric is left out where the cohort is too small or nearly uniform.
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International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS) is a community development nonprofit based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. GiveRadar lists it from public charity directories and does not hold an official government registration record for it. It was founded in 1996 and has been operating for 30 years. Its registration number is KH-CCC-162. GiveRadar's Integrity Assessment for the organization is 41/100, which reflects how much public information is available, not whether the charity is legitimate.
IRIS was established in 1995 to respond to the lack of eye care facilities and services available to the poor in Cambodia. In 1996, IRIS resourced an annual outreach eye care program that sent eye doctors and nurses into remote rural areas to provide surgery on individuals who had become unnecessarily blind as a result of cataracts or other eye conditions. In 1998, IRIS built, equipped and staffed Cambodia's first provincial eye clinic, in Kampong Cham town, Kampong Cham province. Since 1996, IRIS has conducted eye screening of 59,000 people and performed over 11,000 eye operations. From January 2004, in an effort to promote the localization of services, IRIS will... International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS) is a community development organization based in Cambodia. The organization was founded in 1996.
International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS) is located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The organization was established in 1996 and has been active for 30 years.
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Quick facts about International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS)
- What is International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS)?
- International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS) is a community development ngo based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. IRIS was established in 1995 to respond to the lack of eye care facilities and services available to the poor in Cambodia. In 1996, IRIS resourced an annual outreach eye care program that sent eye doctors and nurses into remote rural areas to provide surgery on individuals who had become unnecessarily blind as a result of cataracts or other eye conditions. In 1998, IRIS built, equipped and staffed Cambodia's first provincial eye clinic, in Kampong Cham town, Kampong Cham province. Since 1996, IRIS has conducted eye screening of 59,000 people and performed over 11,000 eye operations. From January 2004, in an effort to promote the localization of services, IRIS will hand over the management and operation of its activities to the Ministry of Health. IRIS will continue to tackle the prevention of blindness and restoration of sight in Cambodia through subsidizing 1500 eye operations every year, by resourcing an outreach eye screening program in Kampong Cham Province and through traning health centre staff and village health volunteers in primary eye care education. IRIS works in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health's National Sub-Committee for the Prevention of Blindness. IRIS was established in response to eye care needs identified amongst the poor in Cambodia. Over the years, financial support has been extended to eye care development programs in Nepal, Lao PDR and Sri Lanka and to programs administered by other charities in Northern India and border camps in Thailand. The organization is a part of VISION 2020, a global initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), for the elimination of avoidable blindness. IRIS also has links with ‘Association Ganesha Suisse-Nepal’ (www.associationganesha.org) which is developing education programs in Barmaghiya, Saptari District, and with ‘Vision for All’ (www.visionforall.ch), a Swiss-based Foundation that has been developing eye care servi
- When was International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS) founded?
- International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS) was founded in 1996.
- Where is International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS) located?
- Headquartered in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- Is International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS) trustworthy?
- International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS) has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 41 out of 100 (Partial transparency). The score reflects public-data transparency: registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and how recently data was refreshed. It does not measure program impact.
- What is International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS)'s registration number?
- Registration: KH-CCC-162 (Cambodia).
- What is International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS)'s website?
- http://www.irisasia.org
- Are donations to International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS) tax-deductible?
- Donations may be tax-deductible for residents of Cambodia under local rules. US donors should check whether the charity has an equivalency-determination letter or a US-based fiscal sponsor before claiming a deduction.