When you make a charitable gift for Mother's Day to Seva Canada, you truly change lives.
Here are some photos of mothers and children from some of the 9 countries where Seva provides eye care. Most of the world's blindness is either preventable or treatable. An estimated 200 million people could see tomorrow if they had access to care, such as a 15-minute cataract surgery costing just $50 or a $20 pair of prescription glasses to bring the world into focus. In a world of complex problems, giving someone sight is a quick fix with a profound impact that ripples through generations.
A happy mother in Tibet after her son received eye care. Without his glasses, his vision would not develop normally, he would be unable to succeed in school and his life would be very much harder.
"My grown children were looking for a gift that would express a mother's love. Through their donation, 25 children will receive eye exams in Nepal and $75 will go towards surgery. Knowing that these children will receive medical care and perhaps even prevent one child from going blind is a gift any mother would cherish,"
- Barbara H. in Qualicum Beach, BC.
This child in Cambodia received sight-restoring cataract surgery. Seva has trained 4 of the 9 Cambodian ophthalmologists now serving this country of 14 million. Photo courtesy of Karl Grobl,
Rose has cataracts in both eyes, as you can see in this photo. Before receiving eye surgery from Seva in Tanzania, she was blind and faced a future of poverty and missed potential.
A happy visitor at an eye centre in Tibet. When one family gets their sight restored, the whole family benefits. Best of all, Seva gives the fishing rod, not just the fish. Seva trains local eye care specialists so that our programs are sustainable and will serve local communities year round and for generations to come.
Seva donors have helped fight childhood blindness in eastern Africa by providing funds as well as the surgical supplies and children's glasses needed for pediatric eye care.
Mother's Day gifts to Seva don't just provide eye care to children, but also to mothers and grandmothers like these women in the photos below. Without the help of Seva donors, these women would have remained blind. Their children would have to care for them 24/7 and the families' slide deeper into poverty. The next day, when their eye patches were removed, these women could see their loved ones again. Many patients told Seva that, when they were blind, they felt like a horrible burden to their families and some wanted to die. One mother and grandmother said that when Seva restored her sight she felt reborn.
Three happy generations! This grandmother was blind and had her sight restored through cataract surgery by Seva at an eye camp in Nakchu, Tibet.
A happy son and mother at a Seva eye camp in Tibet. The mother was blind for many years and had eye surgery on both eyes. Her son is clearly delighted. He was her caregiver during all those years of blindness and he can now be free to work and live his own life again.
