Tag: Cataracts

It’s Like Coming Back to Life

Posted on by Seva Foundation

“It would be wonderful to regain my eyesight. I would like to give back to my family for all of this.”

These words belong to Oscar Rios, a 62-year-old proud father from Paraguay. For decades, Oscar was the person his family leaned on. When cataracts stole his sight, everything changed. Because a routine surgery was out of financial reach, he spent a full year in total blindness. 

Oscar didn’t just miss the light. More than anything, he missed being the pillar his family could count on, instead of having to rely on them to get by day to day.

You didn’t let his story end in the dark.

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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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May is Healthy Vision Month. This is how sight united three generations of women.

Posted on by Julie Nestingen

In Battambang, Cambodia, three generations of women run a family car wash. It’s a life built on grit, love, and long days, but for 20 years, there was a missing piece at the center of their home.

At 74, Phen Mao lived in a blur. After she lost her sight, her daughter, Lorb, carried the added weight of the business and her mother’s safety. “Almost 20 years ago, she lost her sight,” Lorb said. “I worried about her constantly.”

Last month, that 20-year wait ended in just 15 minutes.

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The Story of Riata, a 15-Year-Old Girl from Uganda

Posted on by Seva Foundation

In the small town of Apac, Uganda, Riata’s world began to fade when she was just eight years old. Her parents could tell something was wrong. She squinted more. Moved slower. Reached out cautiously in spaces she once knew by heart. Over time, Riata’s world dimmed until it disappeared completely. Cataracts in both eyes took her vision and, with it, her independence.

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