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\"Helping<\/a>Eyesight: it enables us to take in the world around us, navigate our daily lives with ease, and appreciate beauty. If your eyesight was taken from you tomorrow, would you be able to continue to function in your daily life?<\/p>\n

One of many non-profits that receive corporate philanthropic support from Yardi Systems, Inc. is Surgical Eye Expeditions International<\/a>, (SEE) a Santa Barbara, Calif. based global organization that sends doctors to assist those in need of eye surgeries around the world.<\/p>\n

Since 1974, SEE\u2019s eye surgeons have examined more than 3.2 million patients and performed over 400,000 sight-restoring operations.<\/p>\n

SEE International\u2019s volunteer eye surgeons donate their time and pay for all their own travel expenses. During each clinic (approximately five days long), sight is typically restored to 50 to 200 people.<\/p>\n

\u201cSEE has been thrilled with Yardi\u2019s responsiveness and willingness to support our mission of restoring vision around the world,\u201d said Rachel Johnston, Grants Coordinator for SEE International. To date, the company\u2019s donations have aided more than 300 vision restoration patients in India.<\/p>\n

\"Surgical<\/a>The patients who benefit from SEE\u2019s clinics are adults and children. \u00a0Nearly all live in developing countries, and 48% are blind because of cataracts. Thanks to SEE, they are often able to achieve vision restoration – 80% of the cases are avoidable or treatable.<\/p>\n

SEE also works in its home community of Santa Barbara. The Santa Barbara Vision Care Program<\/a> was created to fill the need in Santa Barbara County for those who cannot afford vision care and have no medical insurance. Over 51,000 patients have received free eye screening in this local program.<\/p>\n

Yardi Systems encourages you to make a donation to the non-profit of your choice this year.<\/p>\n

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