Raising Visibility for an International Vision Care Organization
Photo: Ellen Crystal
Raising Visibility for an International Vision Care Organization
An estimated 36 million people in the world are blind, most of them in developing countries, and an additional 217 million are moderately to severely vision-impaired. Seventy-five percent of blindness and low-vision problems can be prevented or cured. The Seva Foundation has been working for 40 years to provide affordable access to quality eye care in poor and remote communities, internationally and on Native American reservations in the U.S. Seva builds local capacity by training and funding providers to perform cataract surgery and provide eye exams and other vision care. Preserving or restoring sight allows those suffering from blindness to return to school, work and caring for family members. Seva has restored sight to four million people around the world.