A note from Seva's Executive Director about COVID-19

We are weathering a storm together. The COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping the world and our lives every single day. We want you to know that in these difficult and uncertain times, our resolve to end avoidable blindness remains steadfast.

We are working with our partners worldwide to ensure that they have the support they need for their own safety as well as their staff and patients as they provide urgently needed emergency eye care. We are focused on resuming the full range of eye services: surgeries, glasses, medications and other care to meet local needs when it is safe to do so.

Today and everyday, Seva's work does not stop during this challenging time. Our teams world-wide are working tirelessly and remotely so that when this difficult time has passed, we are ready. Ready to transform lives by restoring sight.

It is our responsibility as individuals to flatten the curve and slow the spread of the virus. We encourage you to take the extra precautions necessary to safeguard your own health as well as the well being of those around you.

Yours in Service,

Kate Moynihan
Executive Director

About Us: What is Seva?

Photo of Abdul from West Bengal, India by Joe Raffanti.

Seva is a global nonprofit eye care organization that works with local communities around the world to develop self-sustaining programs that preserve and restore sight.

Your $50 donation restores sight with a 15-minute cataract surgery that changes someone's life forever.

Our Vision: A world free of blindness.

We train local eye care providers and develop self-sustaining eye programs around the world.

Together we provide critical eye care to underserved communities, especially women, children, and indigenous peoples.

Seva has provided surgeries, eyeglasses, medicine, and other eye care services to over 40 million people in more than 20 countries.

Restoring sight is one of the most effective ways to relieve suffering and reduce poverty.

36 million people in the world are blind and 217 million have moderate to severe visual impairment.

Thankfully, 80% of all vision impairment can be prevented or cured with your help.

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Where does the name "Seva" come from?

Seva (pronounced Say-Va) is a Sanskrit word meaning "selfless service to others" and came to represent for us the dream of relieving suffering and reducing poverty in the most effective ways possible.