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Your Call

The SEVA Foundation Transforms Lives By Restoring Eyesight & Preventing Blindness

Courtesy: Seva Foundation

On this edition of Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about blindness and vision impairment with members of the Seva Foundation, an organization that provides sight-saving surgeries and other eye care services to people in underserved communities around the world. 

According to Seva, 246 million people live with vision impairment; 35 million are blind. These numbers are projected to triple by 2050. Seva says 80 percent of all vision impairment can be prevented or cured. What will it take to ensure eyesight is a universal right? 

 

Guests:

Dr. Richard Litwin, ophthalmologist and Seva Foundation volunteer and board member

Kate Moynihan, Executive Director of the Seva Foundation 

Web Resources:

Seva Foundation

KALW: Documentary: Blind Grandmother Gets Back Sight Stolen By Cataracts

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiZLgR8fIOk

Rose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.