For Janabai, the sixth floor had become a problem.
At 65, Janabai lived in Maharashtra, India, with her grandson, his wife, and their nine-month-old daughter. The apartment was home, but getting in and out of it had become increasingly difficult. Her vision was fading, and six flights of stairs are a long way down when you can’t make out where you’re going.
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If you’re looking for high-tech medical wizardry, complete with backup generators, sterile cleanrooms, and software engineers on speed dial, a Seva Vision Center might surprise you.
There are no titanium robotic arms or walls of blinking servers. Instead, you’ll find a trained local eye care worker, practical equipment, and a place where people can get care without traveling for hours, or even days, to reach a hospital. And that’s the innovation.
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The first airplane Jharna Roy ever boarded was taking her to a workshop in Bengaluru. This was not, strictly speaking, the most important thing that happened there. But it was a good place to begin.
Starting in 2013, Jharna worked as a Community Health Promoter, educating parents, children and patients in her community. When that program ended, Jharna spent most of her working life at Pinaki Ray Eye Foundation in Malda, India, learning the hospital’s particular ways of doing things. She knew its routines, its systems, its rhythms. She knew how to run the outpatient department, manage electronic medical records, and assist in the operating theater. Then, when the hospital’s operating theater supervisor couldn’t attend a Seva workshop, Jharna was asked to go instead.
Continue readingEarlier this month, we shared a bold vision: What if, together, we could bring permanent, life-changing eye care to over 2 million people?
And together, we are doing just that! Thanks to your incredible generosity, along with other Seva donors, we met the $250,000 match challenge, unlocking a total of $500,000 to launch 26 new Vision Centers worldwide, bringing eye care to the doorsteps of millions.
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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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On my desk sits a photo of Milka, a three-year-old girl from Burundi who received her first pair of glasses years ago thanks to supporters like you. In the picture, she wears bright pink frames that rest a little wide on her small face, and tucked over her arm is a tiny pocketbook – an accessory that somehow makes her look both playful and unmistakably determined. There’s a confidence in her expression, a look that tells me we will all be working for her someday.
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Each year, vision loss robs low- and middle-income countries of an estimated $1 trillion in productivity. Yet we know that 90% of vision loss is preventable, often with solutions as simple as a pair of eyeglasses or a $50 cataract surgery. The evidence is unequivocal: restoring sight is not only a matter of health—it is one of the most effective poverty-fighting strategies we possess.
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India’s Envision Project, supported by Seva and Standard Chartered Bank, achieved its ambitious 3-year goal of creating access to eye care for 4 million people by establishing 65 Vision Centers across the country. Here’s a glimpse of the impact made so far:
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More than 450 enthusiastic guests filled Portland’s Patricia Reser Center for the Arts to attend Soor Aur Saptak (SAS), a benefit for Seva Foundation. This year SAS completed its 14th consecutive production, which brought color, energy, and joy to the evening.
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