Seva Foundation

Sight services & restoration programseva is a global nonprofit eye care organization that transforms lives by restoring sight and preventing blindness. Since 1978, Seva has provided sight-saving surgeries, eyeglasses, medicine, and other eye care services to 57 million people in underserved communities around the world.globally, at least 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment, and of these, over 1.1 billion people have a vision impairment that could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed. Our programs have been instrumental in making eye care available to those who can't afford it. They are driven by 4 pillars - establishing self-sustaining vision centers, eye care for children, bringing the best in technology, and training & job creation.towards this aim, Seva created the global sight initiative (gsi), a network that increases the productivity of eye hospitals around the globe. Last year, 136 hospitals were part of the gsi network. Mentor eye care institutions located in india, nepal, guatemala, peru, and tanzania collaborated with mentee hospitals in 20 countries with training and consultancy services in ophthalmology, optometry, vision sciences and hospital management. During this report year, Seva's network of programs and partners provided eye care services to 6,576,441 people (more than 50% women and girls) and 867,489 sight saving surgeries. In addition, 59,005 children received eyeglasses. In asia, Seva made eye care services available to approximately 3 million people by establishing 25 primary eye care vision centers in bangladesh, cambodia, india, and nepal. In sub-saharan africa, cataract remains the biggest cause of blindness. This past year, Seva supported partner hospitals to provide 8,026 cataract surgeries and 128,836 eye exams and services. In the americas, Seva funded 2 vision centers and supported partner hospitals to provide 15,017 cataract surgeries and 159,897 eye exams and services. Globally, 4,719 doctors, nurses, allied health workers, hospital administrators, and teachers received training in eye health care provision and outreach. Specifically, Seva provided 16 high impact trainings, reaching 493 people to establish and improve training programs at their hospital. In all programs, Seva continually monitors program activities and outcomes to determine the evidence of impact as we go, and course correct as needed.seva believes that restoring sight is one of the most cost-effective ways to relieve suffering and reduce poverty. When a blind person gets her sight back, she can go back to work, earn and support her family.