My favorite Christmas Present
12.15.09
I was thinking today about Christmas presents. As an adult I have had many that I love, like the one-of-a-kind pink hand knitted and felted knee length sweater jacket my sister bought for me.
There are two gifts that I get occasionally though that make me giddy like a little kid. One is when someone donates books to children on my behalf. This makes me feel so good, every time someone does it as a gift for me.
The second is my favorite, a donation to the Seva Foundation. This is the present that gives me the true spirit of Christmas, every time.
They have a sight program that is truly remarkable.
“In the past year alone, Seva-supported programs served over 500,000 people in some of the world’s poorest communities, including 30,000 people who had cataract surgery to restore their eyesight.
With partners in eight countries around the world, Seva is working to reduce avoidable blindness by helping communities develop high quality, affordable eye care services that they can sustain on their own.”
Did you know: “ Every five seconds, someone in the world goes blind — and a child goes blind every minute. Of the 45 million blind people worldwide, 90% of them live in the poorest areas of developing countries. But the most important statistic to understand is that over 75% of the world’s blind people could see again if they had access to adequate eye care services.”
The Seva Foundation works with doctors and communities to help reach the goal set by WHO and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness that aims to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020.
