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"I am a foot soldier, front line of the battle, against preventable blindness in Africa. I am happy working with others who are likely to make my work easier."
– Thomas Tontie Baah, MD
– Ghana, Africa

Expedition Calendar

Below is the calendar of our upcoming expeditions. If you are interested in signing up, please contact our Programs Department! For further opportunities, please check back later as additional expeditions are added throughout the year.

Please note that the calendar reflects available opportunities as of March 2, 2010. Some of the openings listed below might have been closed since the most recent update.

  Availability for a new or repeat SEE Affiliate traveler

Country/Site Clinic Date Host Team Leader Team Member Collaborating Organization Cases
MARCH
Honduras, La Ceiba Mar 20-27 Ponce Weisenthal Bersani ECCE
Bolivia, Montero Mar 1-14 Gallardo Markoff MSICS
The Gambia, Banjul Apr 16-25 Kaniy Ravishankar Ravishankar MSICS/Peds
Dominican Republic, La Romana* Mar 6-13 Morla Brown Bekendam VOI MSICS
Peru, Lima Mar 18-28 Escobedo Shulman J. Shah VOSH NY MSICS
St. Vincent, Grenadines Mar 13-20 Onu Dagianis MSICS
Yemen, Sana'a Mar 24-27 Qamhan Shah DFI MSICS
Cambodia, Phnom Penh Mar 12-27 Sophanny Newman Thorn&Roo CSC Peds
Nicaragua, Granada Mar 26-Apr 1 Silva Roholt VOI MSICS
Honduras, El Progreso Mar 22-26 Rivera Higginbotham Abroms Rotary Grover Beach Phaco
Mexico, Tecate 20-Mar Godinez Rutgard MSICS
Pakistan, Karachi Mar 27-Apr 1 Rizvi Salahuddin LRBT MSICS
Mexico, Ensenada Mar 27-28 Barrera Kozak Giebel ECCE/Retina
Mexico, Jalisco Pending Rodriguez M. Lopez MSICS
Haiti, Lascahobas Mar 22-26 Maingrette Westfield Carr FLCH ECCE/Oculo
Nigeria, Calabar* March 26 - April 9 Nkanga Umana ECCE/MSICS
Ecuador, Cuenca* March Ponce Duran MSICS
APRIL
Haiti, Cap Haitien April 17-24 Roney Shelley Dominique ECCE
Vietnam, Hue April 5-9 Tuyen Nathan ECCE/MSICS
India, Jodphur April 6-8 Desai Dean MSICS
Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City April 5-8 Ho Khong Tam Luc ECCE/MSICS
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar Pending Muugii Glaucoma
India, Bhavnagar Apr. 9-11 Shah Peds
St. Vincent, Grenadines Apr 10-Apr 18 Onu Bass Carroll MSICS
Paraguay, Encarnacion Apr-Sept Duerksen Silva VOI MSICS
Honduras, El Progreso Apr 18-22 Rivera Cady CCSHH MSICS
Mexico, Celaya Apr 23-24 Irusteta Rutgard MSICS
Guatemala, Guatemala City Apr 25-28 Yee Newman Peds (Strab)
Honduras, San Pedro Sula Apr 25-May 1 Mejia Newman Peds (Strab)
Honduras, El Progreso May 1-May 8 Rivera Newman CCSHH Peds (Strab)
Mexico, Mexicali Pending Barrera MSICS
India, Howrah April 1-5 S. Gupta N. Gupta Phaco/Ptery
Nigeria, Orlu Apr 23-May 1 Obiudu Umezurike IMO ECCE
Nigeria, Sagamu April 1-11 Onabolu ECCE
MAY
Micronesa, Chuuk May 13-28 Pending Ing Bainer CB ECCE/MSICS
Mexico, Guaymas Pending Barrera       MSICS
El Salvador, Santa Tecla May 15-24 De Burgos Matteuci Cameron PazSalud MSICS
Mexico, Tijuana May 22-23 Femat Rutgard     MSICS
Peru, Lima May 15-22 Perez-Martinot Bucci     MSICS
Mexico, Chilapa de Alvarez* May 27-Jun 5 Balanzar Gorman   VOSH-NY MSICS
Lebanon, Beirut May 2-5 Shah Y. Khan   DFI MSICS
Lebanon, Saida May 6-7 Manana Nathan     MSICS
Syria, Damascus* May 8-11 Shah Y. Khan   DFI MSICS
Nigeria, Uromi* May 31-Jun 4 Waziri   Mercy Fnd. ECCE/MSICS
Tibet, Menzikhang & Nyitri Pending Jiangdran Newman Lee   Peds
Fiji Islands May 20 - ? Rauto? Rutgard   Marine Reach MSICS
Mexico, Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa May 22-29 Berdeja Conahan     MSICS
Ghana, Pending Baah     Unite for Sight MSICS
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar Last week May-First week June Muugii Elahi Liu   Oculo/MSICS
Namibia, Kavango* May 31-Jun 4 Ndume Armburst     ECCE/MSICS
St. Vincent, Grenadines May 22-31 Onu Purdy Moskowitz   ECCE/MSICS
Haiti, Milot May 23-30 Lucian Kelly   VOSH-Del ECCE/Glauc
Cambodia, Phnom Penh May 24-28th Sophanny Holzinger     ECCE/MSICS
Fiji, Rabi Island Pending Kalber-Matter Tooma   Tooma Family Foundation ECCE/MSICS
Georgia, Tbilisi Flex - May, July, Aug. Omiadze       Phaco/Oculo
JUNE
Nigeria, Orlu June 6-11 Obiudu Umezurike Imo ECCE
Ngieria, Amichi* June 7-11 Onyekwe Mercy Fnd. ECCE/MSICS
India, Siliguri Jun 24-27 Shah Reshef MSICS
Mexico, Oaxaca Jun 7-11 Luz FEI MSICS
Peru, Piura Jun 12-19 Sotomayor Rottman TBD VHI MSICS/Strab
Mexico, San Juanico* Pending Pending Rutgard MSICS
Vietnam, Hue June Tuyen Corboy  Rutgard HEF MSICS
India, * Kolkata June Bhattacharya MSICS
Ethiopia, Mekelle Flexible late June/early July Meshesha MSICS/ECCE
JULY
India, Bhavnagar July 9-11 Shah   Peds
Panama, Canal Zone, Balboa Jul 23-31 TBD TBD MOST MSICS
Mexico, Jerez Pending Rodriguez M. Lopez MSICS
Lesotho, Maluti July/August Penniecook ECCE
Ethiopia, Sendafa July 3-12 Gebretsadik LWCC ECCE/MSICS
Peru, Huamachuco Jul 3-14 Burga   Weaver VOSH-MI, Rotary ECCE
Peru, Cajabamba* Jul17-28 Burga   VOSH-MI, Rotary ECCE
Ghana, Flexible Baah Unite for Sight MSICS
Namibia, Oshana/Omusati* July 5-9 Ndume Faschinger & Aust Team ECCE/MSICS
El Salvador, TBD July 1-7 Pending SOSH ECCE/MSICS
Nigeria, Plateau State* July 5-9 Gobgab ECCE/MSICS
Ghana, July 26-30 Baah Young Campo Unite for Sight MSICS
Peru, Lima July 31-Aug 7 Perez-Martinot Bucci MSICS
Kenya, Nairobi* Pending Joshi KRBEP ECCE
AUGUST
Paraguay, Encarnacion Aug 9-13 Duerksen Millin Rotary MSICS/Phaco
Ecuador, Guayaquil Aug 1-5 Icaza Freeman Funcrisa Oculo
Mexico, Oaxaca Aug 9-13 Luz FEI MSICS
India, Kandla (Bhojay) August 20-22 Shah Peds
Ghana, Accra Aug. 9-16 Baah Agadzi Unite for Sight MSICS
Papua New Guinea* Pending Pending Marine Reach ECCE/MSICS
Namibia, Ohangwena* Aug. 23-27 Ndume Colvard Larsen ECCE/MSICS
Haiti, Milot Aug. 22-29 Lucian Roney VOSH-Del ECCE/Glauc
 Palau*  Aug. Rutgard HEF MSICS
SEPTEMBER
Mexico, Tijuana Sept 18-19 Femat Rutgard     MSICS
Ecuador, Guayaquil Sept 20-24 Icaza Saravitz Ianchulev Funcrisa Phaco
Costa Rica, TBD Pending Pending Rottman TBD VHI TBD
Thailand, Chiang Rai Sept. 5-7 Watacacho Corboy Rutgard HEF ECCE
Vietnam, Hue Sept. 6-10 Tuyen Sondheimer   ECCE/MSICS
India, Mahableshwar* Sept. 17-19 Shah       MSICS
Syria, Damascus Sept. 3-7 Shah       MSICS
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar Pending Muugii       Cornea/Retina
Papua New Guinea Pending Pending     Marine Reach ECCE/MSICS
Ghana, Flexible Baah     Unite for Sight MSICS
Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City Pending Ho Wan   Tam Luc ECCE/MSICS
Mexico, Ensenada Pending Barrera Kozak     MSICS
Namibia, Oshikoto Sep. 20-24 Ndume Joseph Kindermann   ECCE/MSICS
OCTOBER
India, Bhavnagar Oct 1-3 Shah       Peds
India, Khambhatt Oct. 14-17 Shah       MSICS
Ghana, Flexible Baah     Unite for Sight MSICS
Vietnam, Binh Duong Pending Pending Westfield Duong   ECCE
Mexico, Juchitan* Oct 18-22 Luz     FEI MSICS
Mexico, Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Pending Berdeja Conahan     MSICS
Mexico, Mexicali Pending Barrera       MSICS
NOVEMBER
Yemen, Sana'a Nov 6-9 Qamhan Shah MSICS
India, Jodhpur Nov. 15-22 Desai ECCE
Lebanon, Beirut Nov 21-24 Yaseer Shah DFI MSICS
Ghana, Flexible Baah Unite for Sight MSICS
Mexico, Guaymas Pending Barrera MSICS
Ecuador, Guayaquil Flexible Icaza Funcrisa Phaco
Peru, Lima Nov 6-14 Perez-Martinot Bucci MSICS
Tibet, Menzikhang & Nyitri Pending Jiangdran Newman Lee Peds
DECEMBER
India, Siliguri Dec 23-26 Shah   Willer (Moses) MSICS
India, Bhavnagar Dec. 10-12 Shah Peds
India, Jodhpur Dec. 15-22 Desai ECCE
Ghana, Flexible Baah Unite for Sight MSICS
Nigeria, Orlu Dec. 3-18 Obiudu Umezurike IMO ECCE
FLEXIBLE DATES
Marshall Island, Kosrae*  Pending Pending     CB ECCE/MSICS
Micronesia, * Kosrae Pending Pending     CB ECCE/MSICS
Honduras, El Progreso Flexible Rivera   CCSHH Retina
Ecuador, Guayaquil Flexible Icaza   Funcrisa Retina
Paraguay, Encarnacion Flexible Duerksen   VOI ECCE/MSICS