This page is a chance for you to get to know a bit more about some of the groups and individuals who help a small organization do great things.
BCCEIO - British Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic & International Ophthalmology British Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic & International Ophthalmology International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness - IAPB Seva Canada is a member of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) established in 1975 as a coordinating, umbrella organization to lead international efforts in blindness prevention activities. Its first major achievement was to promote the establishment of a WHO program for prevention of blindness, with which it has remained strongly linked, and which is now embodied in the global initiative, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight. Kilimanjaro Center for Community Ophthalmology - KCCO KCCO is Seva's partner in eastern Africa. Founded with Seva support in 2001, the Kilimanjaro Center for Community Ophthalmology is based in Moshi, Tanzania and with Seva's help now provides eye care throughout eastern Africa.
Seva Foundation Seva Foundation is our sister organization based in Berkeley, California founded in 1979.
VISION 2020 VISION 2020 is the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness, a joint program of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) with an international membership of NGOs, professional associations, eye care institutions and corporations.
The Canadian International Development Agency - CIDA CIDA has been a major supporter of Seva Canada's work since we were founded in 1982. In May 2011, a new 5-year funding agreement was signed between Seva Canada and CIDA in support of Seva's eye care programs in Nepal, Tanzania, Malawi and Madagascar. Through CIDA funding there have been huge successes in global eye care, perhaps most clearly through the support of Aravind Eye Care System and the creation of Aurolab in India. Aurolab manufactures high-quality, low-cost intraocular lenses so that the world's poor can now receive the same standard of cataract care as those in the developed world and are no longer forced to wear thick glasses that may be lost or broken. Aurolab products are exported to 120 countries around the world and accounts for a total of 7.8% of global share of intraocular lenses. Community Initiatives (formerly the Wild Rose Foundation) Seva Canada is grateful to the Alberta Government's Community Initiatives Program (CIP) for their International Development Grants to our eye care programs.
Lewis & Ruth Sherman Foundation Thanks to the generosity, dedication and long-term vision of The Lewis & Ruth Sherman Foundation, Seva has developed The Sherman Institute of Primary Eye Care Management in Tansen, Nepal. The Institute serves as a model for future developments in Nepal’s eye care. Our sincerest thanks to Mr. Sherman who passed away at this home in Ontario in January 2004.The Institute is responsible for the following activities and therefore the sight of thousands of people will be positively affected:
Training of eye care managers at the district level Workshops for district eye clinics Supervision of Gulmi, Argakhanchi and Taplejung clinics Training of Health Post staff and female village health care volunteers School screening camps Diagnostic and screening camps Vitamin A deficiency surveillance programs Other eye-related programs
Paperblanks® is a Vancouver-based company that produces the most exquisite writing journals on the planet. They are book people who believe that the written word matters and that their blank books have a critical role to play in the art and continued practice of writing itself. The generosity of Paperblanks to Seva Canada is enormous. Paperblanks has donated thousands of beautiful journals to Seva Canada to be sold to support our eye care programs, raising thousands of dollars and restoring sight to countless people in all regions where Seva works.
A wide range of Paperblanks journals is available in the Seva office at 2000 West 12th Avenue, Suite 100 (SW cormer of Maple and 12th) and are on sale for half price with no tax. One hundred per cent of the proceeds go to support Seva's programs overseas.
Here are just a few of the things that Paperblanks has helped Seva accomplish:
In November 2009, Larry won the Humanitarian Documentary Grant from the World Wide Photography Gala Awards and will travel to Spain in 2010 to receive his award. Congratulations Larry! You can read more at http://www.thegalaawards.com/jury.html Larry Louie’s work can be viewed at his website, www.larrylouie.com.
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Jon Kaplan is an award-winning photographer who has been taking pictures since the day his father handed him a Polaroid camera when he was just six years old. His passion for the art of photography has taken him from the edge of the Sahara Desert to the highlands of Guatemala, and taught him the simple beauty and true power of family and community in even the humblest of settings. His work has been published in both national and international magazines including The New York Times, The New Yorker and Camera Arts. Jon currently divides his time between his first love, the developing world, and his home in the Bay Area.
Seva is extremely grateful to Jon for his generous donation of his photographs and for helping us raise funds to restore sight and prevent blindness. View Jon's photographs at http://jonkaplan.com/
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Seva Canada is proud to be a member of VISION 2020
