This is what is on my mind, as the World Series begins, and the holidays are ahead. What do we value? Seva is a Sanskrit word that means service to others. “Eighty percent of all the blindness in the world is preventable or curable. Ninety percent is in the developing world and there are forty million blind people in the world. Surely, when we can deliver sight for under fifty dollars, those numbers have got to be reduced, eliminated, put to bed.” Dr. Larry Brilliant, co-founder of Seva. “Eighty percent of the people in the world that are blind do not need to be blind, and can get their sight back with a simple fifteen minute cataract surgery. What an opportunity.” – Wavy Gravy, co-founder of Seva. Founded in 1978 , the impact that Seva has is really huge. They have saved the sight of almost three and a half million people. “I think of Seva as a movement – a movement to bring out the best in people so they can serve their community.” “It’s just as American as anything you can think of. It’s Woodstock, it’s Walden Pond, it’s acting on your principles.” – Jackson Brown It is to bring together what Margaret Mead said: “Never doubt that a small group of dedicated people can change the world.” youtube/watch?v=UiZLgR8fIOk
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 04:48:34 +0000
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