Eye Care Charity Working to Prevent Blindness and Low-Vision

April & May are Yoga for Sight Months!

This fun, high-energy event raises awareness and support for Seva's international efforts to prevent blindness and low vision.

Field of Vision:
Edina Mboje's Story

There in the doctor's makeshift examination room in a village in rural Tanzania, unable to see the ophthalmologist who was telling her the good news, Edina smiled.

Sing out for Sight a Smashing Success!

On March 4th, Joan Baez, Jackson Browne and more than twelve hundred Seva supporters joined together in Maui to celebrate our beloved co-founder Ram Dass.

Seva Welcomes our New Executive Director, Kate Moynihan

Kate brings two decades of executive-level experience having overseen major humanitarian programs for development organizations in the U.S. and abroad.

Celebrating 25 Years of Aurolab

The synthetic intraocular lens created a revolution in cataract surgery but the high cost kept them from patients in the developing world. Then came Aurolab.

Lumbini Eye Institute's Surgical Team is 70% Female!

In Nepal, like much of the world, the surgical profession has traditionally been male dominated. Women face cultural and financial obstacles that make becoming a surgeon much harder.

Regaining Sight and Hope in Myanmar

Sixty-five-year-old Daw Ei Zin lost sight in her left eye over a year ago. She grew very worried as her right eye began to cloud over and lose vision too.

Bio Eyes is Providing Comprehensive Eye Care to 200,000 School Children in India

Seva is excited to announce the launch of our new Buy a Frame, Help a Child to See program in partnership with the eyewear brand Bio Eyes.

Nikolas Toocheck Achieves His Record Breaking Goal To Save The Eyesight of Children In Need

14-year old Nikolas has run a marathon in each US State to support of Seva's pediatric programs!

She Can See Her Future

For a Chance to See

Meet Dr. Neal Shorstein

Dr. Neal Shorstein is one of Seva's most dedicated volunteer ophthalmologists. Over the past 10 years, Dr. Shorstein has generously donated his time, traveling abroad regularly to lead surgical trainings in Nepal, Tibet and Myanmar.

Seeing is Believing

Approximately 285 million people around the world today are blind or suffer from visual impairment; most live in developing countries. To reach the many people in need of eye care, Seva has been awarded two exciting grants from Standard Chartered Bank's Seeing is Believing Initiative.