Publications - Seva Foundation

2024 Impact Report

What Seva is doing works. From 2023 to 2024, we've seen a 21% increase in women receiving eye care services, a 13% increase in the number of children receiving eyeglasses, and a 20x increase in eye services provided across our network of partners.

As you flip through this report, you'll learn more about our new Vision Centers, diagnostic tools we're field testing, and our bold plan, "Guatemala Brillando," which will create access to eye care for the entire country by 2032. Most importantly, you'll meet a few people whose lives were transformed this year through your generosity and compassion.

2023 Annual Report

The growing divide between those with and without access to essential health services is a big reason why we do what we do. When we implement effective public health infrastructure and monitor it diligently, it helps create resilient, self-sufficient societies. Over the years, Seva’s global network has excelled at delivering affordable, sustainable, and accessible eyecare in communities facing economic, political, and social challenges.

For 45 years, Seva has been engaged in the ongoing global health and development discussion. Our approach involves precise data collection, synthesis, and surveillance to understand health trends, improve service delivery, and expand our range of approved eye care solutions worldwide. Seva’s commitment to science and compassion has reached 57 million people from 1978-2023, with over 6.5 million served in the past year.

The Economic and Social Cost of Visual Impairment and Blindness in India

If you ever wondered about the cost of not addressing avoidable blindness, this paper will map out the implications in one of the world’s largest economies – India.

A country that aspires to be a $5 trillion economy cannot afford constraints to economic growth like poor eye health. Over the past 42 years, Seva Foundation has worked tirelessly to support our partners across India as they pioneered inexpensive and effective procedures. Today, in a majority of cases, vision losses can be mitigated – cheaply – with glasses or cataract surgery.

A Situational Analysis: EYE CARE NEEDS OF ROHINGYA REFUGEES AND THE AFFECTED BANGLADESHI HOST POPULATION IN COX'S BAZAR DISTRICT BANGLADESH

The intent of this document is to provide a current snapshot of the eye care context in Cox's Bazar District of Bangladesh.

The driving factor of this assessment was the influx of Rohingya refugees, which caught international attention. Seva Foundation, as an organization working to develop eye care services within Myanmar and Bangladesh, was concerned about the plight of the Rohingya refugees. Several of the agencies and organizations working in the eye sector in Bangladesh were interested to respond to this refugee crisis and have started to engage in the process of responding.

Gifts of Sight Catalog

Browse our online catalog and choose a meaningful gift for your friend or loved one. Start a new tradition of giving and honor someone you love by giving Gifts of Sight in their name!

We'll send beautiful cards to you or we can mail them to your loved ones with your own personal messages and how their gifts will transform lives.

Your Gifts of Sight help people in need lead healthy and productive lives and give families and entire communities a chance for a brighter future.

You can also download a copy (PDF) or request to have a print copy sent to you in the mail.

Spirit of Service Newsletter

Since 1978, Seva has been a leading innovator in building partnerships that deliver cost-effective, culturally-informed health services for some of the world's most vulnerable – including women, children and indigenous peoples.

Read the lastest issue of Seva's Spirit of Service Newsletter.

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“Seva has given so much help to so many thousands of people for so many years — such a wonderful example of love in action.”

Bonnie Raitt
Singer / Songwriter

"Seva has made an extraordinary contribution to the world — not only through their international programs, but here in some of the most impoverished communities in North America, on Native American reservations. Thank you Seva."

Jackson Browne
Singer / Songwriter

"Seva takes the impulse towards generosity and turns it into compassionate action that helps people in real need. I honor my friends and relations by giving to Seva in their name — the entire world benefits. I hope you'll join me."

Peter Coyote
Actor / Writer

"Compassion and caring for people in need - that's simply a moral necessity. But it's not always easy to do. Seva makes it easy. They know how to put your donations to work in ways that truly benefit people."

Joan Baez
Singer / Humanitarian Activist

"When we met the folks at Seva, we knew we were among kindred spirits, joining to bring people together in service to others. Whether preventing blindness in Nepal, assisting native peoples in Guatemala and Mexico, or helping our own Native Americans, Seva has been there to help alleviate suffering and improve people's lives. Long may they rock!"

Phil Lesh
The Grateful Dead

"Seva's efforts create hope and happiness worldwide for so many people in difficult conditions. I've always been amazed and cheered by their good works and I've been very happy to help them in their fundraising efforts."

Bruce Hornsby
Singer / Songwriter

“I admire Seva's spirit of innovation. Seva is constantly looking for new ideas that can benefit the world, especially the poor, and they aren't afraid to try something that no one has ever tried before."

Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Nobel Prize Winner / Seva Partner / Founding Chairman of Grameen Health Services

“I congratulate Seva Foundation for the magnificent work they continue to do."

Odetta
Legendary Folk Singer

“Seva has done an incredible job all over the world helping people who really need it. I am proud to be one of the many who followed Wavy and his friends down this particular yellow brick road.”

David Crosby
Singer / Songwriter