it was made to Guatemala and Mexico together with the NGOs. There was participation in the mounting of a subregional network of national committees for blindness prevention in Saint Lucia, Dominica, St. Vincent, and Grenada, organized by the CCB and ORBIS. Projects for blindness prevention were presented by five countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Paraguay) to ONCE for consideration for financing. A meeting of coordinators of the AGFUND project was organized