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Reaching the Unreached in Cambodia
Seva Programs Plan for Expansion into Two New Provinces
With a tumultuous history, the challenges in Cambodia are great. The nation's medical
infrastructure was completely destroyed after many painful years of war and genocide.
The most devastating years of the last
century for the Cambodian people were
from 1975 to 1979 when the Khmer Rouge
brutally ruled over the country and were
responsible for the execution of two million
innocent citizens.
The ruthless regime proclaimed that they
were setting the calendar "back to year
zero," declaring war on anything modern
and intellectual.
The country's educated were rounded
up and slaughtered in the infamous
killing fields.
Eyeglasses, perceived as an indicator of
an education, were destroyed, and anyone
caught wearing them risked becoming a
victim of the ongoing horrific genocide.
In 1979, the Khmer Rouge was defeated, but
not before the country had been brought to
its knees. Poverty was endemic. Nearly all
of the nation's doctors had been killed and
hospitals demolished.
Just one ophthalmologist survived in the
entire country.
In the 35 years that followed, Cambodia
has made solid steps to rebound from this
national trauma.
International NGOs like Seva continue to be
incredibly important as the country regains
its footing.
Over the past 15 years, our donor supported
programs have been actively working
to train Cambodian eye care nurses and
ophthalmologists, build and equip eye care
facilities, and provide outreach services to
the masses who continue to live in poverty.
Thanks to donors like you, Seva now
provides over 25 percent of the sight
restoring surgeries that take place in the
entire country.
In spite of our successes, today, over 43,000
people remain blind throughout Cambodia;
a staggering 80 percent could be prevented
or cured.
With a focus on sustainability, we have
opened clinics like the Battambang
Ophthalmic Care Center, a model institution
that with our support has become selffinancing
within just five years.
In Siem Reap, your donations have helped
to open the only dedicated pediatric
ophthalmic surgical unit in the entire
country. Housed at the Angkor Hospital
for Children, this facility examines 800
Cambodian children each month, and
provides eye care and sight-restoring
surgery to thousands of children each year.
The Cambodian Government has been so
impressed with our achievements in the
Northwestern provinces that they recently
invited Seva to expand our work to two new
provinces: Pursat (south of Siem Reap) and
Kampot, bordering the Indian Ocean.
Funds are needed to expand these vital
programs.
We invite you to donate to Seva so that we can continue to expand our programs in Cambodia and around the globe >
