Seva Canada Society is a registered Canadian charitable organization whose mission is to restore sight and prevent blindness in the developing world.
[1][2] It was established in 1982 with help from Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA, now Global Affairs Canada).
[4] Seva Canada currently works in twelve countries around the world.
[6] 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 (now Global Affairs Canada).