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  1. There's just a few hours left to enter Seva Canada's video contest "Her Sight Is Worth It" http://www.seva.ca/contest.htm
  2. What does the latest news from Nepal mean for Seva's eye care programs for the poorest people?
  3. Only 5 more days to enter Seva Canada's video contest "Her Sight Is Worth It". Check out the great videos so far at http://www.hersight.ca
  4. Just under 3 weeks till Seva's video contest closes. Win fame, fortune and good karma. Check it out at http://www.seva.ca/contest.htm
  5. Cool story from Nepal of a blind woman being carried to an eye camp in basket. Talk about the burden of cataract! http://blog.seva.ca/?p=600
  6. Dr. Martin Spencer, Canadian ophthalmologist, is a 2009 Global Hero. Read more at http://blog.seva.ca/?p=579 Congratulations Marty!
  7. Optometrist, Seva supporter & photographer Dr. Larry Louie wins Documentary Humanitarian Grant for his work http://www.thegalaawards.com/
  8. Got photos today from Nepal of a blind woman being carried to a remote eye camp by her grandson. After surgery she walked on her own!
  9. Great to meet the Seva Cambodia team at AAO. Want to raise $$ for glasses for the poor, nurse training http://www.seva.ca/sevaincambodia.htm
  10. Did you know that after the genocide there was just 1 ophthalmologist in Cambodia, pop 14 million? Now there are 9; 4 were trained by Seva.
  11. Off to more Seva meetings with ophthalmologists from Nepal, Cambodia and India. Their dedication & compassion is profound. www.seva.ca
  12. Just attended an international meeting about the Centers for Community Ophthalmology Network & capacity building to meet VISION2020 goals.
  13. New study shows that adults with poor vision risk early death. http://blog.seva.ca/?p=552
  14. Looking forward to seeing Dr. Paul Courtright and Dr. Susan Lewallen tomorrow night for dinner. Going to do Seva's first podcasts with them!
  15. Vision loss affects more than one person. When you free someone from blindness, you also free their caregivers. http://www.seva.ca/
  16. I had dinner on the weekend with Dr. Salma Rai, a Seva ophthalmologist from Nepal. She can do 90 cataract surgeries in a day! www.seva.ca
  17. I'm searching for a portable surgical microscope for Seva's programs in the hills districts of Nepal. fundraising@seva.ca www.seva.ca
  18. Off to check the Seva Canada 2010 calendar on press in Vancouver.
  19. Just got photos today of a little girl in Madagascar with OD: -27.0 DS, OS: -23.50 DS Read her story at http://sevacanada.wordpress.com/
  20. Ophthalmic tourism vs creating local eye-care programs. An interesting article at http://bit.ly/zBLkF