Know about LCIF and our foundation works from Lion Narsimha Raju Dichpally mjf FDI,320D,India.

1. Our Foundation
Presented by
Lion D Narsimha Raju mjf
FDI, 320D,India
Email Id: lionnarsimharajumjf@yahoo.in

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What is LCIF?
Lions Club International Foundation
(LCIF) is the charitable Trust of the Lions
Club International (LCI) and is a public, non-
profit corporation. Donated funds are
disbursed as grants for humanitarian
projects in local communities as well as for
projects that have global impact.

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What comes to mind when you think of LCIF?

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LCIF at a Glance ( History)
 Founded in 1968 - official foundation of Lions Clubs
International, giving support to clubs
 LCIF awards first grant of US$5,000 for flooding in South
Dakota, USA in 1972.
 In 1973The Melvin Jones Fellowship program is created as
a way for donors of US$1,000 to be recognized.
 Provides grant funding for large-scale projects
 Relies on donations
 International Humanitarian Grants for Lions Clubs
International, through more than 12,582 Foundation grants,
which have totaled more than US$950 million.

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LCIF
covers
Four Areas of
Service

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Saving Sight
Recognized leader in sight
initiatives
Recent sight projects include:
 Equip Lions sight center
 Expansion of services for
blind and low vision persons
 River blindness elimination
program
 Establish diabetic
retinopathy treatment
services

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Providing Disaster Relief
LCIF’s first grant awarded
was for flood relief
Grants provide short and
long term relief
disaster relief efforts:
 Philippines
 Japan
 Nepal
Turkey

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Supporting Youth
 Building or equipping youth
centers such as schools,
orphanages or day care
centers
 Supporting vocational
training for youth
 Providing life skills through
the Lions Quest program

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Meeting Humanitarian Needs
Empowering those with
disabilities
 Special Olympics
Opening Eyes
Partnership
 Playgrounds for
handicapped children
 Microenterprise
Addressing global health issues
 Measles vaccinations
 Diabetes prevention

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One Shot, One Life: Lions Measles Initiative
 400 people still die every
day from measles
 Lions provide physical
support through social
mobilization and advocacy
 Partnership with Gavi, The
Vaccine Alliance will raise
US$30 million for measles
vaccinations by 2017

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Ways to Give - Donations
 Melvin Jones Fellowship
(MJF) recognizes donations
of US$1,000
 Progressive Melvin Jones
Fellowship (PMJF)
extending upto 54 levels.

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Ways to Give - Donations
 Humanitarian Partner
program honors individuals
whose cumulative
donations exceed
US$100,000, $200,000,
$300,000 and $500,000,
 Names of partners also are
inscribed on the
Humanitarian Partner Wall
at international
headquarters.
Naresh Aggarwal, India
Aruna Oswal, India
M V RAGHUNATHAN, India
Murusupally Rao, India
G Ramaswamy, India
Vishnubhai Patel, India
Kishore Verma, India
V Venkata Krishna Reddy, India

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Ways to Give - Donations
 US$20 receive a bronze
Contributing Member lapel pin
 US$50 receive a silver
Contributing Member lapel pin
 US$100 receive a gold
Contributing Member lapel pin

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Grants

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LCIF Board of Trustees
• Trust Constitutes of 21 Trustees in the Board
• LCIF Chairperson ( Imm.Past International President)
• Representing all Constitutional Areas ( 7 Key members to
support Chairperson )
• Board of Trustees ensures LCIF’s Solvency and
Organizational integrity. Reviewing and evaluating each
project with genuines before funding awarded

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• Club Coordinator ( This year started)
• District Coordinator
• Multiple District Coordinator ( Appointed by International
President and LCIF Chairperson - 3 years position)
• LCIF Area Leader ( Appointed by International President
and LCIF Chairperson - 3 years position)
LCIF Coordinator

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Types of Grants
Types
of LCIF
Grants
Standard
Core 4
International
Assistance
Emergency
Major
Catastrophe
SightFirst

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Why should Lions support LCIF?
 LCIF is our Foundation
 Supports Lions’
humanitarian projects
locally and throughout the
world
 Help Lions’ carryout large-
scale projects or initiatives
 Play a unique role

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Our running Prestigious projects of our District
 Lions Bodhan Eye
Hospital , Bodhan
 Lions Eye Hospital,
Nizamabad

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Disaster Achievements
• Awarded a total of more than US$100 million in disaster
relief
• Mobilized US$15 million following the South Asia
tsunami, US$5 million for Hurricane Katrina projects in
four states, US$3 million for the China earthquake, US$6
million for the Haiti earthquake and US$21 million for the
Japan earthquake and tsunami

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Sight First Achievements
• Awarded 1,115 Sight First grants in 102 countries for a
total of more than US$275 million
• Restored sight to 7.67 million people through cataract
surgeries
• Prevented serious vision loss for more than 30 million
• Provided over 153 million treatments for river blindness
• Built or expanded 615 eye hospitals/clinics/wards
• Trained 664,000 eye care specialists
• Conducted more than 19 million vision screenings for
children through Sight for KidsRaised more than
US$200 million for Campaign SightFirst II, making it the
greatest fundraising effort in LCIF’s history

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Youth Achievements
• Engaged more than 13 million students in the youth
development program Lions Quest
• Trained more than 550,000 educators to implement Lions
Quest in school and community settings
• Implementing Lions Quest in 85 countries
• Curriculum translated and adapted into 36 languages

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Humanitarian Effort Achievements
• Provided vision screening for more than 350,000 Special
Olympics athletes from 85 countries through Opening Eyes
• Provided vaccinations to 41 million people in Africa for the
Lions-Measles Initiative pilot project
• Constructed more than 1,000 Habitat for Humanity homes
for people with disabilities

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Enriching Lives
WE ARE COMPASSIONATE
AND CARING
- enriching lives in communities
all over the world!

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Presented by
Lion D Narsimha Raju mjf
FDI Graduate
National Committee Member Swachh Bharat
District Coordinator Environment & Swachh Bharat
320D,india
Email Id: lionnarsimharajumjf@yahoo.in