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 (jacob mohan 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.”

“It is estimated that there are at least 20 million blind people and another 82 million visually impaired by cataract. Although sight can be restored by a short and inexpensive surgery, the procedure is not available to many because of the shortage of trained cataract specialists available to support treatment locally. Helpmesee is a u.s. Registered not-for-profit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable and training purposes. Helpmesee's mission is to eliminate cataract blindness in the developing world, which is the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. Helpmesee provides training solutions to vastly increase the number of qualified cataract specialists to assure access to treatment throughout the developing world. Helpmesee seeks to achieve this by developing, standardizing and delivering quality training in manual small incision cataract surgery (msics), which is a quick, high-quality and inexpensive procedure, ideal for use in the developing world. Msics training is accomplished through development of high-fidelity simulation-based training hardware, software, and courseware to enable realistic and immersive training. At the current stage of development, simulator hardware, learning systems, and accompanying e-book are ready for extensive testing and adoption. This training program is organized into multiple training modules for students to learn and practice the steps of msics. The first of the five modules, representing the major focus of training, is now ready for educational testing and deployment, which includes: a. Fundamentals of ophthalmologic micro surgery b. The tunnel incision, constituting the essential first step for training msics surgeons c. Interactive e-book containing the entire msics procedure in steps in addition, helpmesee has developed innovative solutions to support patient-centered care in developing countries. Helpmesee's reach app enables community health workers to canvas communities using a smartphone to identify prospective patients and refer them to local hospitals to receive treatment, even in the most rural regions where untreated cataracts are often highest. Using gps data, this census-based approach enables helpmesee to accurately deploy resources; for example, in 5 districts within india where helpmesee was able to eliminate the backlog of patients awaiting cataract treatment, data from helpmesee's reach app found that blindness was 33% higher than previously estimated. Once identified, patient information is entered into helpmesee's cloud-based reporting system, so that helpmesee can monitor patient results throughout the delivery of sight-restoring care. After a patient arrives at the hospital, their vision is tested and qualified patients can receive cataract treatment using helpmesee's pre-sterilized, single-use surgical kit. The kit provides a specialist with all the instruments needed to perform standardized msics procedure, reducing the risk of infection. Each single-use kit consumed is then recorded together with the patient data in our cloud-based reporting system to ensure high-quality outcomes for every patient. Thanks to the generous support from our donors and partners such as trafigura foundation,usaid, and the eye surgery fund, helpmesee has provided quality training and support for delivering cataract treatment to thousands of patients around the world. As of 2016, helpmesee is working with 293 partner surgeons in 11 developing countries. Since 2012, helpmesee has supported over 256,000 sight restoring surgeries, with plans to build on this success by training cataract specialists in developing countries across asia, africa, and latin america.”

“Foreign exchange loss -46,415.”

“During 2016, helpmesee generated $12,827,178 in revenue and support, and spent $14,294,854 in total expenses, resulting in a decrease in net assets of $1,442,110 as of december 31, 2016. The al ueltschi foundation continues to support helpmesee through unrestricted grants. Additionally, helpmesee received $1,718,532 from individual donors in 2016. Helpmesee's campaign (program) expenses ratio in 2016 is 70%. The management and general expenses ratio is 19% and fundraising expenses ratio is 11% respectively.”

“An amended form 990 is being filed for the year ended december 31, 2017. Changes have been made to the allocation of fees for services on lines 11b, 11c and 11g on part ix, statement of functional expenses. Also, the joint costs on line 26 were inadvertently omitted on the originally filed return are being reported on this amended return.”