"I have seen good service in hospitals, and I have seen devotion in temples and religious centers, but here in SECI, I see service combined with devotion." Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam -Former President of India
1/4th of the world's blind live in India; a staggering 15 million people are visually impaired
Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF), USA
~ US registered non-profit organization that works in partnership with Sankara Eye Care Institutions (SECI), India, towards eradicating curable blindness in India
~ Raises funds to support FREE eyecare activities in India and the construction of State-of-the-Art Eye Hospitals all across India to bring curable blindness under control with the goal to perform one million free eye surgeries a year.
Sankara Eye Care Institutions (SECI) India
~ Was established in 1977 to perform free service to the poor
~ Started the un-paralleled rural out-reach program in 1990
~ Has conducted a free Eye Camp every weekend without missing a single weekend
~ Has reached out to a population of more than 15 million people
~ Performed over 105,000 FREE eye surgeries in 2009
~ Has been acknowledged as one of the largest rural out-reach programs in the world
SANKARA EYE FOUNDATION, USA
Milpitas, CA 95035
1-866-SANKARA(726-5272)
SEF, USA is a 501 (c)(3) registered non-profit organization and all donations are tax exempt in the USA.
Tax id: 77-6141976