Help Me See Inc.

“The form 990 was reviewed by the chairman/treasurer and president and ceo and approved by the same. For this year, the ceo (mohan jacob thazhatu) will sign the form 990 and mengfang madge bian will sign as custodian of the books. The form 990 was discussed by the board and approved through appropriate resolution before being filed with the irs.”

“The board of helpmesee reviews the conflict of interest policy and signs the form annually.”

“The chairman/treasurer in consultation with the board and with independent external input and auditors determines the compensation of the president, ceo and key employees.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“An estimated 20 million people are bilaterally blind due to cataract, and 167 million suffer from visual impairment caused by cataract. They could get their sight restored thanks to a surgery that takes as little as 5 minutes for an adult and 15 minutes for a child. Unfortunately, 99% of them will never receive this surgery and remain blind because they are too poor to afford the cost of surgery and/or they live in remote communities with no access to treatment. The helpmesee campaign was created to address these specific disparities by making this essential surgery available to every blind child and adult in the world who needs it regardless of where they live or how poor they may be. The vast majority of the blind live in developing countries, where a lack of access to high-quality service prevents them from undergoing a quick, yet safe surgery that could restore their vision. According to a recently published rand corporation health study, cataract blindness will increase to 32 million by 2020, costing the world gdp approximately $1 trillion each year. The helpmesee goal is to deliver very low-cost, high-quality manual small incision cataract surgery (msics) to millions of adults and children in the developing world. As of april 2014, working with 149 practicing partner msic surgeons in china, india, nepal, sierra leone and togo, helpmesee has restored sight to more than 150,000 blind persons, with a projected increase to surpass 250,000 by the end of 2014. Building on this momentum of success, the helpmesee campaign will expand to include 35 countries throughout africa, asia, and latin america, over the next five years. Additionally, by creating and implementing simulation-based surgical instruction systems, helpmesee expects to train 1,680 msics specialists by 2017, enabling them to successfully perform 1 million surgical procedures with helpmesee support. In 20 years, helpmesee expects to train 30,000 msics-dedicated specialists to deliver 60-70 million surgeries required to permanently eliminate the backlog of cataract blindness.”

“During 2013, helpmesee generated $14,311,968 in revenue and support, spent $14,650,943 in total expenses, resulting in a decrease in net assets of $338,975 as of december 31, 2013. In 2013, helpmesee launched a joint fundraising campaign with helpage india to eliminate cataract blindness in india. As of december 31, 2013, the campaign raised $82,645 and, together, expects to raise $887,160 by the end of 2014. Al ueltschi foundation and the bill & melinda gates foundation continue to support helpmesee through unrestricted grants. Additionally, helpmesee received $2,716,240 from individual donors in 2013. Helpmesee's program expenses ratio in 2013 is 77%, as compared to 69% in 2012. For 2013, the management and general expenses are 7% and fundraising costs 16% respecitively. The surgical program support expenses increased significantly to $3,513,101 in 2013 as compared to $1,350,708 in 2012.”