Tibet has the highest rate of blindness in the world.  Most of this blindness is due to cataract. For $50 Cdn, a 15-minute cataract surgery can restore sight and completely change people's lives. helping Tibet through eye care www.seva.caSeva has been working in Tibet since 1995 and is the leading eye-care provider, responsible for two-thirds of the cataract surgeries in both the Tibetan Autonomous region and in Tibetan areas outside the TAR. In the Tibet Autonomous Region, Seva works in: •    Lhasa, through Menzikhang (we’ve set up a tertiary eye care program there with Tibetan eye specialists) •    Chamdo •    Nyiri •    Ngari in the far northwest In Amdo: •    Yushu In Kham: •    Dartsedo, where we are establishing the Kham Eye Centre •    Ngaba •    Liangsham Each year Seva runs up to 25 mobile eye camps and each camp serves between 300 and 400 people and does up to 300 sight-restoring cataract surgeries. To learn more about how you can help Seva help Tibet, visit http://www.seva.ca.

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