It's time to write some happy news after all the recent Seva blogs about the earthquake in Yushu. The good news is that we have just learned that Cathay Pacific has kindly offered to waive the extra baggage costs for sending 4 large boxes of essential eye care equipment for Seva Canada’s sight restoration and blindness prevention programs in Nepal. Dr. Ken Bassett, Seva's program director, will be taking the equipment to Kathmandu in May. The instruments were donated to Seva Canada, a registered Canadian charity, by Vancouver ophthalmologist, Dr. Jesse Chew. Dr. Chew donated three lensometers and one keratometer and Seva is extremely grateful for his very kind and generous gift. Lensometers are some of the most used optical instruments in ophthalmology and are used for checking eyeglass lenses to make sure they are the right prescription. The keratometer is a device used to measure the curvature of the eye and to assist eye surgeons in certain surgical procedures such as cataract surgery. This is the second time in the last few years that Cathay Pacific has helped Seva send equipment overseas. About 4 years ago, Cathay Pacific helped Seva send a visual field analyzer to Lhasa, Tibet. Cathay Pacific's slogan is "Great service. Great people. Great fares." Based on our experience dealing with Sarra Gau of Cathay Pacific in Vancouver, that tag line sure fits. Helping Seva get our four boxes of eye equipment to Nepal may be a small gift from Cathay, but it is very big gift from our point of view. All we can say is a very big thank you on behalf of everyone at Seva Canada, Seva Nepal and on behalf of all those patients in Nepal who will have their eyesight improved or restored.