Imagine losing your site to a preventable or treatable cause simply because your are poor or simply because you are female.
“We know her sight is worth it. The ripple effect of providing eye care to a single person is life-changing. You not only give that person their sight and life back, you also free their caregivers. Consider that 75 per cent of blindness is preventable or treatable, often with no more than a 15 minute cataract surgery costing $50 or less”
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Of the estimated 45 million blind worldwide, 90% live in developing countries. Of these, 2 out of 3 blind are girls and women, because they receive only half the access to eye care that men do.
To raise awareness SEVA Canada is holding a video contest
You are invited to create a compelling video on the topic of Gender and Blindness. The top three winning short films will be used to inspire and educate the world about the importance of sight and raise awareness of the 30 million blind women and girls.
Basic rules are:
* Videos cannot be longer than 3 minutes.
* You must be 13 or older to enter.
* Contest is open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
* Deadline for submissions is 12:00 pm PST, December 15th, 2009. All videos submitted after this time will be disqualified.
* All videos must contain the Seva logo either at the beginning, end or both.
* Three winners will be determined through a combination of audience choice (45%) and our celebrity jury (55%).
So all you budding film makers and YouTube junkies have a chance to showcase your talents for a good cause. And best of all,
The the top three winners will also be honoured by having sight restored to one girl and one woman in their name.
Click here for further information.
Woow April, this is an awesome entry. I didn't even know that there are so many blind. But this is SEVA Canada, not serva…ooops.
This is such an awesome article. I was shocked to find out that there are so many girls and women needlessly suffering from blindness. It definitely gives me something to think about and we should take pause and think of how little can change so very much when looking at sight restoration.
I am a huge fan of Seva Canada's works and it's been really awesome to see you write about this. The video contest is impressive and i am really surprised that this very important issue hasn't received more coverage – holy shit, women receive HALF of medical care!!! This kind of boggles my mind and bothers me a lot.
this video contest sounds pretty awesome . but it's SEVA Canada rather than SERVA….can anyone fix this?
Sorry I’ve been ill. Fixing a typo wasn’t high on my priority list.