Seva Canada Society


Seva Canada Society is a registered Canadian charitable organization whose mission is to restore sight and prevent blindness in the developing world. It was established in 1982 with help from Canadian International Development Agency. It is located in Vancouver, BC. Seva Canada currently works in 12 counties around the world.
Seva Canada is rated as a four star charity on Charity Intelligence Canada.

History

Seva Canada's sister organization Seva Foundation is located in Berkeley, California and was co-founded in 1978 by Dr. Larry Brilliant, Ram Dass, Wavy Gravy, Nicole Grasset and Govindappa Venkataswamy. In 1982 Dr. Alan Morinis and Dr. Bev Spring established Seva Canada and secured funding from the Canadian International Development Agency.
In 2015, in conjunction with Seva Foundation and the Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology, Seva Canada won the António Champalimaud Vision Award.

Programs

Seva Canada focuses its efforts on five main categories: