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Your Gift Is theDifference Between This & This Gifts of Sight 2022 02You have the powerto transform lives
You can send beautiful cardsto your loved ones whilehelping people in need withGifts of Sight
We have gifts for every budget. Andwe’ve made it simple to purchase a gift: » Visit www.seva.org/gifts or » Fill out and mail the envelope included in this catalogAccording to the World Health Organization, atleast 2.2 billion people in the world have a visionimpairment or blindness. At least 1 billion have avision impairment that could have been preventedor has yet to be addressed. Our mission at Seva, as aglobal nonprofit, is to end avoidable blindness aroundthe world. Since 1978, we have delivered eye careservices to more than 46 million people worldwide
Your gift will help us reach many more in need
Please help
The people photographed in this catalog are not models
We are proud to show real members of our global ecosystem, many of whom have regained their sight through Seva
Gifts of Sight 2022 03When you give sight back toone person, you also changethe lives of those around them
People living with visualimpairment often rely on familymembers and neighbors fortheir daily needs
04Vision = FreedomAbout 90 percent of people affected with vision impairmentlive in low- and middle-income countries, where not beingable to see often means a life of poverty — or worse. It’s nearlyimpossible to work, to feed yourself, or to meet your basicneeds when you can’t see. Yet most vision impairment canbe prevented or cured. In fact, more than half of the world’sblindness is caused by cataracts, a condition that can bereversed with a 15-minute surgery
The Ripple EffectWhen you give someone the gift of sight, you’re not just helpingone person to see again; you’re supporting an entire community
When one person regains sight, the rest of that person’s familycan concentrate on work, school, improving their home lives,and helping others in need
It’s easy to send a gift to a loved one: visit www.seva.org/gifts Gifts of Sight 2022 05A Gift Where Does the Money Go?of Sight: Last year, donors like you have helped provide:Breaks the cycle of poverty 398,354 sight-saving surgeriesBuilds brighter futures through 20,348 pairsnew opportunities for education of life-changing glasses for childrenLeads to improved health 96 doctors trained 229 ophthalmicTransforms the future for support staff trainedthe person who was visuallyimpaired and his or her family 102 administrators trained 137 community health workers trained Or fill out and mail the envelope included in this catalog
06Cataract Surgery IsSimple to Performand Costs Just $50
It’s easy to send a gift to a loved one: visit www.seva.org/gifts Gifts of Sight 2022 07It provides one of the mostmiraculous gifts: vision
T1: $50 Give the Gift of Sight Restore Sight to a Person Who Is Blind A $50 donation funds a 15-minute surgery that can restore sight to a person who is blind
Your gift supports a lens implant, follow-up care, medication, and transportation
Transform a life by giving the gift of sight
T3: $150 A Child’s Future in Focus Restore the Eyesight of a Child $150 is all it takes to give the gift of sight to a child. This gift provides for specialized pediatric surgery, post-op care, glasses, medication, and transportation
Or fill out and mail the envelope included in this catalog
08 Cataract Surgery Is Highly Effective
What Is a What Causes Cataracts?Cataract?A cataract is a Age is the most common Experiencing prolongedclouding of the cause of cataracts in the sun exposure withoutnatural lens in U.S., followed by smoking wearing sunglasses isthe eye. and diabetes. another cause. Eye injuries can cause cataracts
09Cataract removal is one of the safest and mosteffective types of surgery. In about 90 percent ofcases, people who have cataract surgery havebetter vision afterward
How Do Cataracts Affect Vision?As clumps of protein Over time, the clear lens Cataracts typically growbuild up in the lens, they in the eye slowly changes slowly, but over time,affect the sharpness of to a yellowish/brownish the clouding-over effectthe image reaching color, tinting a person’s can severely impactthe retina. vision and making it hard vision and can result to see colors. in blindness
10Women and Children AreHugely Impacted by Blindness
According to the International Agency for Prevention ofBlindness, 55% of people with vision loss are women andgirls. More than 90 million children and adolescents livewith some form of visual impairment. Give them a secondchance to see with a Gift of Sight
“ Put your good where itdoes the most
”Wavy Gravy, Seva co-founder It’s easy to send a gift to a loved one: visit www.seva.org/gifts Gifts of Sight 2022 11Donate a Life-Changing Giftto Someone Who Needs It
Restoring sight is a hugely cost-effective health interventionthat reduces poverty—and is a life-changing experience
G3: $100 She Can See Clearly Now Support Eye Care for Women and Girls Women and girls represent more than half of the visually impaired population. In regions with limited resources, men are often given priority treatment over women. This $100 gift supports programs that give women and girls the eye care they need and deserve
G170: See the Need General Donation Empower Seva to put your gift toward the area of greatest need. We provide a wide spectrum of services to people in need—to educate, aid, and help them prevent future eye-health concerns. A general donation will let us meet important priorities
Or fill out and mail the envelope included in this catalog
12Give the Gift of Sightto Someone in Need inHonor of Your Loved One
“ Seva helps me to fulfill the passion of my life, which is to developeye care services in remote rural areas where no eye care services exist
Though I am far away from Nepal where I was born, I get to travel and ”interact with colleagues from developing countries and help them fulfilltheir joy of serving needlessly blind people
Dr. Chundak Tenzing, Seva’s Medical Director It’s easy to send a gift to a loved one: visit www.seva.org/gifts
Miraculous gifts: vision. 07 Or fill out and mail the envelope included in this catalog. Gifts of Sight 2022 $150 is all it takes to give the gift of sight to a child. This gift provides for specialized …
A “gift” and a “present” can mean that someone gives you something without expecting payment. However, a “gift” is usually more abstract in definition (i.e., “the gift of foresight”), while “present” is directly related to holidays and events (i.e., “birthday present”).
Neither of these is a correct sentence, because neither is a sentence. A sentence is a complete thought. Either group of words is correct in the appropriate sentence, although, since most gifts are new, I would probably leave out “new. “ Each of the following sentences is correct: While she was in the department store, she bought a gift for him.
With that out of the way, "He bought me a gift for my birthday" is perhaps more common, but that's not to say more correct. Using one tense over another is equally correct; they just express different shades of meaning. "He bought me a gift for my birthday" is clearly in the past tense.