Celebrating 35 Years of Evolution & Innovation
Thank you to everyone who attended Seva Canada’s 35th Anniversary Annual General Meeting (AGM) in December at the Creekside Community Recreation Centre. This year’s special guests were Dr. Asim Kumar Sil and Dr. Namrata Adulkar from India and Dr. Manisha Shrestha from Nepal. The evening began with a thank you from Board Chair Laura Spencer […]
Inspiring Seva Donors – Spring 2018 Edition
Amevie Anna Caracaleanu, Amevie’s founder. Amevie, a Canadian brand that designs bamboo sunglasses, has recently partnered with Seva Canada to provide children in low-income countries with prescription glasses through a buy–one-give-one program. “Even before I launched the business, I knew I wanted to tie-in my success with a charity endeavor. There is no greater satisfaction than that […]
Heroes in the Field: Malagasy Key Informant, Florette Ravonimalaca
In remote villages throughout Madagascar, many people are living with blindness and visual impairment. They are poor, scared, and unaware that their vision problems can be treated and that low-cost or free services are available. As a result, Seva’s Malagasy partners have been using an innovative outreach strategy whereby a network of community workers, called […]
Stories from the Field: Nepal’s Dr. Shrestha is Committed to Restoring Childen’s Sight
In Nepal, high proportions of children are blind from preventable causes. Unlike restoring the sight of adults, which has become relatively simple, providing high-quality care to children requires specialized staff and equipment, strong referral and follow-up systems, and an ophthalmologist with sub-specialty training in pediatric eye care. Canada has 1 ophthalmologist per 30,300 people, while […]
A Strategy for Equity
© Ellen Crystal Globally, the majority of people who are blind are women. Seva Canada and its partners have found that conducting outreach with the help of trained community members, particularly women, is the most effective strategy to achieve gender equity in eye care for adults. Even in remote, rural, impoverished settings, female community workers […]
