Letter from the CEO/Executive Director – Spring 2026

Posted on by Kate Moynihan

Something has shifted. After decades of restoring sight – one surgery, one pair of glasses, one village at a time, Seva has crossed a threshold and I want you to be the first to understand what that means.

The research coming out of Guatemala this year stopped me cold. When we gave coffee harvesters eyeglasses, productivity jumped 8% within days. Every dollar spent returned $30 in combined wages and farm income. That result didn’t come from a new technology or a capital campaign. It came from a systems approach we have been quietly perfecting for 47 years; the disciplined belief that if you build the right infrastructure, train the right people, and measure what actually matters, the returns compound in ways that surprise even us.

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Built to Last: Eye Care in Cambodia

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Photos of Cambodian patients by Joe Raffanti.

For more than 25 years, Seva Foundation has been steadily changing the view in Cambodia. Since 1999, Seva’s long-term partnerships with national ministries, hospitals, and local nonprofits have helped reduce the country’s blindness rate from 1.2% to just 0.37%.

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The Unsung Heroes of Sight 

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Photo: A medical sterilizer at Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology.

When we picture sight being restored, we imagine the big moment: a bandage lifted, a face coming into focus. What we don’t picture is the “Air Puff” machine quietly doing its job without protest. In eye care, that’s its own kind of miracle.

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Be Kind. Don’t Compromise.

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The Nepal Ophthalmic Society Recognizes Dr. Chundak Tenzing’s Career 

Dr. Binita Sharma (Seva’s Country Director, Nepal) with Dr. Chundak Tenzing (Seva’s Global Medical Director)

From leading eye camps in Nepal’s mountainous villages to performing hundreds of corneal transplants to advancing research on the causes of blindness, the work of Seva’s Global Medical Director, Dr. Chundak Tenzing, has always been grounded in service. 

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The Infinite Power of Love 

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Eric Braun doesn’t talk about philanthropy as a transaction. For him, it’s a frequency.

Eric’s connection to Seva began decades ago in New York, when he encountered Ram Dass and the teachings of Neem Karoli Baba. “A zing went through me,” he recalls, “a moment that felt like, bam! Recognition.” What drew him in wasn’t just the mission, but the consciousness behind it: the idea that doing good in the world starts with where you stand internally.

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A Friend We’re Grateful For

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Photo by Bob Minkin.
Photo by Jay Blakesberg.

We were saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Weir on January 10th. Bobby, as his friends knew him, was a co-founder of the Grateful Dead and one of the most generous spirits in American music. For more than 60 years, he took to the road, bringing people together through the sheer power of showing up and playing.

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May is Healthy Vision Month. May 10 is Mother’s Day. This is what it looks like to protect a child’s future.

Posted on by Julie Nestingen
Sahil and his mother. Photo by Apurva Shroff.

If you have children, or have ever been around a one-year-old, you know they are into everything. It is the age of eager discovery; of reaching, crawling, and finally finding your feet.

Sahil is no different. He has that same drive to explore, but for the first year of his life, he just couldn’t see the way forward.

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