Our Expertise
1.1 billion people worldwide live with vision loss, 90% of which is preventable or treatable.
In collaboration with our partners and donors, we’re dedicated to providing access to high-quality eye care to those in need around the world.
Each year, Seva-funded programs provide eye care services to 1 million people in some of the most challenging places with the greatest need in the world.
Eye Care for All
Everyone, everywhere deserves access to high-quality, low-cost eye care. All our community-based programs are designed to help people overcome cultural, economic and geographic barriers to accessing care.
Sight for Women and Girls
Women and girls constitute the majority of people worldwide living with blindness and vision loss due to cultural and economic barriers to access- not genetics. We support gender equity by creating programs that overcome the barriers women and girls face accessing eye care.
Sight for Children
An estimated 2 million children worldwide are blind, with another 88 million living with vision loss. Poor vision can severely impact a child’s education, contribute to low self-esteem and their future opportunities. Our donors and partners are helping kids see clearly so they can reach their potential.
Training
Sustainable eye care programs can only develop if there are skilled eye care professionals at every level to meet the needs of their communities today and in the long-term. Seva Canada funds strategic training initiatives to increase the number of people available to treat causes of vision loss and blindness in the countries where we work.
Research
Evidence-based decision making is central to our eye care programs. All our programs actively invest in the tools, training and strategies to support research and data to inform decision-making and to share promising practices with the global eye care community.
