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Lions Clubs International is the largest service club organization with nearly 1.35 million members in 196 countries
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ÅLAND ISLANDS       

ALBANIA      

ALGERIA       

AMERICAN SAMOA         

ANGOLA       

ANGUILLA   

ANTIGUA and BARBUDA     

ARGENTINA

ARMENIA     

ARUBA          

AUSTRALIA  

AUSTRIA       

BAHAMAS    

BAHRAIN      

BANGLADESH, REPUBLIC OF      

BARBADOS  

BELARUS REPUBLIC     

BELGIUM      

BELIZE

BENIN, PEOPLE¡¦S REPUBLIC OF      

BERMUDA    

BOLIVIA

BONAIRE 

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA     

BOTSWANA

BRAZIL

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS       

BRUNEI         

BULGARIA    

BURKINA FASO

BURUNDI, REPUBLIC OF      

CAMBODIA, KINGDOM OF      

CAMEROON, REPUBLIC OF      

CANADA                              

CAPE VERDE

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC     

CHAD, REPUBLIC OF      

CHANNEL ISLANDS

CHILE

CHINA  GUANGDONG        

CHINA  SHENZHEN   

CHINA HONG KONG             

CHINA MACAU         

COLOMBIA

COMORO ISLANDS       

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

CONGO, PEOPLE¡¦S REPUBLIC OF      

COOK ISLANDS       

COSTA RICA

CROATIA      

CYPRUS        

CZECH REPUBLIC     

DENMARK   

DJIBOUTI, REPUBLIC OF      

DOMINICA   

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC     

ECUADOR

EGYPT, ARAB REPUBLIC OF      

EL SALVADOR

ENGLAND    

EQUATORIAL GUINEA, REP. OF         

ESTONIA      

ETHIOPIA     

FAROE ISLANDS

FIJI ISLANDS            

FINLAND      

FRANCE        

FRENCH GUIANA

GABON REPUBLIC     

GAMBIA, REPUBLIC OF      

GEORGIA, REPUBLIC OF      

GERMANY    

GHANA, REP. OF      

GIBRALTAR

GRAND CAYMAN B.W.I.

GREECE        

GREENLAND            

GRENADA    

GUADELOUPE

GUAM           

GUATEMALA

GUINEA, REPUBLIC OF      

GUYANA      

HAITI

HONDURAS

HUNGARY    

ICELAND      

INDIA            

INDONESIA  

IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF      

ISLE OF MAN  

ISRAEL          

ITALY            

IVORY COAST, REPUBLIC OF THE          

JAMAICA      

JAPAN           

JORDAN
KAZAKHSTAN, REPUBLIC OF        

KENYA         

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF      

KYRGHYZSTAN, REPUBLIC OF

LATVIA

LEBANON    

LESOTHO     

LIBERIA        

LIECHTENSTEIN     

LITHUANIA  

LUXEMBOURG      

MACEDONIA

MADAGASGAR      

MALAWI       

MALAYSIA   

MALI, REPUBLIC OF

MALTA          

MARTINIQUE

MAURITANIA        

MAURITIUS  

MEXICO        

MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF   

MOLDOVA   

MONACO, PRINCIPALITY OF  

MONGOLIA  

MONTSERRAT, BVI, WI     

MOROCCO   

MOZAMBIQUE      

NAMIBIA      

NEPAL           

NETHERLANDS

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

NEW CALEDONIA

NEW ZEALAND     

NICARAGUA

NIGER, REPUBLIC OF      

NIGERIA       

NORFOLK ISLAND

NORTHERN IRELAND

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS SAIPAN, COMMONWEALTH OF THE 

NORWAY     

PAKISTAN    

PALAU ISLAND         

PANAMA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA        

PARAGUAY  

PERU

PHILIPPINES

POLAND       

PORTUGAL   

PRINCIPAT D¡¦ANDORRA            

PUERTO RICO  

REUNION

ROMANIA    

RUSSIA, REPUBLIC OF      

RWANDA, REPUBLIC OF      

SAN MARINO, REPUBLIC OF      

SCOTLAND  

SENEGAL, REPUBLIC OF      

SERBIA & MONTENEGRO

SIERRA LEONE          

SINGAPORE

SLOVAKIA   

SLOVENIA
SOMALIA    

SOUTH AFRICA, REPUBLIC OF      

SPAIN            

SRI LANKA, REPUBLIC OF      

ST. CHRISTOPHER¡XNEVIS     

ST. LUCIA     

ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON ISLANDS

ST. VINCENT            

STATE OF VATICAN CITY  

SUDAN, REPUBLIC OF THE          

SURINAM

SWAZILAND            

SWEDEN       

SWITZERLAND     

TAHITI           

TAIWAN, MD 300

TANZANIA   

THAILAND   

TIMOR LESTE

TOGO            

TONGA, KINGDOM OF      

TRINIDAD and TOBAGO, REPUBLIC OF      

TUNISIA        

TURKEY        

UGANDA      

UKRAINE      

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                             

URUGUAY

VANUATU    

VENEZUELA

VIRGIN ISLANDS       

WALES

WESTERN SAMOA         

ZAMBIA        

ZIMBABWE  

Membership

Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization with nearly 1.35 million members in approximately 45,000 clubs in 196 countries and geographical areas.

Lions are men and women who volunteer their time to humanitarian causes. Founded in 1917, the volunteer organization's motto is "We Serve."

Service To Others

Worldwide, Lions clubs are recognized for their service to the blind and visually impaired. This service began when Helen Keller challenged Lions to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness" during the 1925 Lions Clubs International Convention.

Today, Lions extend their commitment to sight conservation through countless local efforts, as well as through their international SightFirst Program and Lions World Sight Day, a global partnership of United Nations agencies, eye care and philanthropic organizations and health professionals, held the second Thursday of each October to increase awareness of the need to eradicate blindness. Lions also collect and recycle eyeglasses for distribution in developing countries year-round and especially during May, which is Lions Recycle for Sight Month.

In addition, Lions make a strong commitment to young people through youth outreach programs. Lions also work to improve the environment, build homes for the disabled, support diabetes education, conduct hearing programs and, through their foundation, provide disaster relief around the world.

Based on a recent report of Lions clubs worldwide, it is estimated that each year Lions clubs donate approximately US$506 million and 71 million hours, which is equivalent to 34,000 people working full time for a year.

Sight Programs

In 1990, Lions established SightFirst, a US$143.5 million global initiative to fight the major causes of preventable and reversible blindness. The unprecedented program joins Lions volunteers with blindness prevention experts and organizations and governments. SightFirst has:

Lions clubs support other sight-related activities.  Lions clubs and members: