Seva Canada is an international eye-care nonprofit based in Vancouver, Canada that has been preventing blindness and restoring sight in the developing world for over 27 years. Seva works with local partners in 7 countries -- Nepal, Tibet, India, Tanzania, Guatemala, Cambodia and Egypt -- to train local eye care specialists and create sustainable eye-care programs to serve communities for generations to come. A 15-minute cataract surgery costing $50 Cdn will restore someone's sight and change that person's life forever. It's a quick fix in a world of complex problems and is one of the most cost-effective health interventions. We hope this blog will be a place where our overseas partners and travelling Seva Canada folks can share their stories of Seva's sight programs. I'm Heather Wardle and I have the great privilege to work for Seva Canada. I'm off to Tanzania on September 24th where I'll be attending a major conference on Childhood Blindness and seeing the programs at our amazing partner, the Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology. Here's a few photos of their work.

Eye patients registering at a Direct Referral Site 

This little baby had bilateral cataract surgery

Here's KCCO's Resource Centre where I'll be typing my updates

Heather