At Christmas I took my daughter and nieces to see the film Madagascar 2. After watching it, I couldn't help but think of the kids in Madagascar who can't see Madagascar and by that I mean not the film but the country. The reason they can't see their own country (or anything else for that matter) is because they are blind. One of those children is 8-year-old Andoniaina. She suffers from extreme myopia (nearsightedness) and is unable to see beyond her nose. For those of you who understand these things, her eyesight is OD: -27.0 DS, OS: -23.50 DS. There were no lenses available in all of Madagascar to help her so Seva Canada got a request to lend a hand. Dr. Larry Louie, an optometrist and Seva donor in Edmonton, sprang into action and he and his colleague made a very special pair of glasses. Representatives from Sherritt Mining, who have a nickel mine in Madagascar, carried the glasses there in time for Christmas. So Andoniaina has glasses now and can, for the first time in ages, see Madagascar. Amazing.