Sankara Eye Foundation USA

Sankara Eye Foundation has been doing phenomenal work to strive towards eradicating curable blindness in all of India. It has been an honor to support an organization that is totally committed to providing the best eye care to the most needy.

A great organization led by passionate volunteers to eradicate blindness of the poor in India. 20 hospitals by 2020 - crossed half the distance in less than 10 years! A remarkable achievement in deed! The beauty of the approach by SEF is creating accountability by the recipient hospitals to be self sufficient within 5 years of operation by balancing paying clients with charity effort. A novel charity effort with accountability!

SEF doing a wonderful job by providing the free eye surgeries in India. They have opened new hospitals and facilities, covering wider parts of India. We have a plan to open 20 hospitals by end of 2020. I am proud to be assoicated with SEF.

SEF is an outstanding organization with true passion to eradicate blindness in India by year 2020. Working for this organization has been fun, fulfilling and rewarding.

Susan from S.E.F. was amazing.... not only was she super informative, she turned me on to www.fixmybadcreditreports.com which was a lifesavor. Thank you Susan!!!

My husband had recently participated in the SEF's half marathon and I did assist with filling water in the cups for the runners for some time. It was a great experience and felt good at heart to offer such help to the runners and to the organization as well. Kudos to the Organization as well as the people who run it & who devote their time ,energy and money to organize such events, wherein such monetary benefits goes to the poor and the needy. Most of all, we should be proud to be associated with such an organization who helps someone to see the world!!

A warm welcome given by clean environment & beatiful trees,nice care taking staff and treatment given with latest equipments at an afforable cost by all the people

i have been involved with SEF for the past 6 years.i am associated with sankara eye hospital shimoga,INDIA.the institution caters to poorest of poor for the past one year,earlier we were sending needy patients to coimbatore.they were treated totally free.

I volunteered for them during a TANA event. They were dedicated and have good organizational skills in arranging. I visited their hospital in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh and was really impressed with their work.

It is a great cause i belive in. I cannot imagine for a second that i would not be able to see this screen for a second. i have seen dedicated volunteers working for a cause to remove blindness. it is a great organization for a greater cause

very nice experience which is really helpful for all our college student. hospitality is really good.very nice facility.doctors are very smart.

As per my experience.. i have also saw lot of eye patients are getting benifits... They are all getting good vision of sight after free operations.. your foundation arre doing very well social awarness programs about eye camp... so i really thank to SANKARA EYE FOUNDATION...

it is a non profit organization it provides medical facilities like eye treatment(operation, general eye problems etc..) for the people those who are living below the poverty line.

It is very helpful to the poor people. The location is very neat. The staff are working in a smile face.

It is one of Non profitable eye foundation. It gives lights to the rural poor people.Services offered by this foundation affordable one.

this is a non profit organization with good infrastructure and aminities serving the poor people of rural india with utmost care and concern

The people are really great to work with. Everyone is so motivated and on point with the mission. I made a lot of friends through this organization.

we had a great experiance over there.docters treated us like friend and we had a great discussion about health tips.treatment given by the docters are excellent.

I have been a part of organizing fund-raising for various projects at Sankara and have thouroughly enjoyed working with so many generous and talented people striving for one cause. My family enjoyed the SEF Dandias every year.

their goal is vision 2020 by the year 2020, they are giving the vision for visually handicaped poors.in the year 2020 they planed 20 hospital to serve the poor patients.

This is a very good eye foundation for the benefit of society and mankind. It dispels the darkness and brings light and hope into the lives of families. It motivates the future upcoming of other such non profit organisations.

this foundation is really good. they treat patients in a good manner and they provide good treatment to the patients and there are more facilities and more equipmants. this hospital is very clean.

I am a volunteer for Sankara Eye Foundation and I have contributed my time to several of their fundraisers. From top to bottom, I have witnessed remarkable commitment and tireless dedication towards the goal of eradicating curable blindness in India. The only goal for this foundation is following this vision, and I have seen every single volunteer, including the President of the US chapter, determinedly commit themselves to seeing this vision through to reality.

i had a very valuable experience...it changed my life...i was able to understand the importance of my eye and how to take care of it...u have inspired me 2 help people...thank you for your valuable services.....

i had visited the hospital and got treated well.......the behaviour of staffs was excellent.......doctors are very good and well qualified.....

very good. everybody there, care for us in a very good way... all latest equipments are there which is helpful for the patients. all the best for the eye foundation..

Recently i went to the hospital for my mothers treatment and found the service provided by them is extremely good with their state of the art facilities.

this give me a lot of details about our health . this provide a facility of eye donate foundation in our country

I had gone to shankara for many times and i am satisfied with the service that you had provided. They have provide a good care.

facilities,infrastructure&hospitality;in your hospital is good.create more branches around the country for the benifit of poor.service which you provide is very much useful for the needy people

In this foundation we could see people servicing with liveliness and godliness.Very clean and people over there make others feel like home.

Many patients got benefited across Tamilnadu. Especially, economically weak,rural based and aged people as I have witnessed are given treatment at free of cost including transport.

Wonderfull one i ever seen such a performance... i was delighted by the service rendered by the organization.and they are also concentrating on social welfare.

my experience at sankara eye foundation was really wonderful....... the people were really caring,and the treatment was good and the service is excellent

it provides best, flexible,non profit service to the visully challenged people,the organiosation gives world class service to poor people with good care

the hospitality and the treatment in the hospital is very good. the cleaniness of the hospital is very good...... the way they treat the patients is very caring.. so tat we feel free to share our problems to the doctors..

Nice Experience I received my counseling services and my career is changed I I spent a day planting trees in Dolores park and i have enjoyed those days

great service in their field and its reaches greater heights and i want to tell the real story about this one of them in my village get cured because of this hospital

Very good service offered They are offering free eye check up camps for students They have set up eye donation service as well as check up service at rural areas as Shimoga district in Karnataka The service is of very good quality and even charges wherever applicable are very nominal

Amazing. Working with everyone here, was without a doubt the best experience i have ever had! I am hoping to volunteer a lot more with this organization!

I had a lot of experience get from the eye foundation..... When i visit the there they are approach me well... When i went their i fell very good.... and mind will be relax........

My experience in the sankara eye hospital was far beyond excellence and i am overwhelmed by the service that they extend to the human soceity

sankara eye foundation is doing its work with full dedication. i was astonished by their large networking and hierarchy.i wish they should continue their service.

in world without eye many of them live. so donate ur to the sankara eye foundation which is correct place to save blind pepole in right choice.

when i visited sankara eye foundation for the first time,i saw many people from children to old age visiting there.....

Great experience and feel proud for being a volunteer in this organization. Dedication, Honesty, Integrity is unlimited among all volunteers while volunteering for a good cause which is to eradicate curable blindness.

I had a medical check up at Shankara Eye Hospital two years back. The doctors were very caring and infrastructure was made us comfortable. I give my full support and appreciation for the organisation.

no hospital in India can be touched by common poor man,, sankara hospital is also a typical hospital in India,

the people who are working there are really treated us well. hospitallity is nice. the main future of the hospital is it having all updated equipments...

My whole family is involved with this program and I think it's very unique because it hosts fun events such as shows and garbas where everyone can really be involved and become informed. I enjoy working with this volunteer program and will continue to.

I am a hostler in BIT.Here there is so many rules and regulations.I am very happy to be here.Oneday I went to my home with the permission from my warden.

I have been to Shankara Eye Foundation twice. Apart from being a hospital, Shankara Eye Foundation stands as a service oriented firm. The facilities available here were excellent.

When I went to shankara eye foundation near coimbatore,the attention they gave was excellent. At free cost they gave excellent and astonishing in this selfish world . I wish all the very best to the family of shankara eye clinic.I hope the service will be rendered all over the and help the downtrodden.

It offers a good service to all,and helps poor and needy people of our society.I felt Real caring there.A different experience for me in such a foundation.

its very caring in each and every time.its very helpful for rural people.its also very helpful to peoplesand the owners had do for help for rural people like eye donation.

i went to sankara foundation and its my 1st full body check up.Hospital is good with niece infrastructure and good hospitality.i felt comfortable when i went there and check up ends in a short time.

camp conducted by organization was good and well.The guidance given by organization was good.Coordinators helped in supportive manner. My friend have experienced better

your nice service that is helping the poor and doing the operation of free of cost and lot of new technology laser operations with low cost then the another.

this is vijay kashysb from BIT sathy actually i belong to chennai there i have seen many sankara eye hospital ambulance carrying lots of patients to the hospital from the common bus stand . and i too have checked my eye sight in sankara eye care pammal

It's one of the famous eye care hospital.. They volunteerly doing free eye checkup and operations for all poor peoples.. really they were doing great job....

I have been really touched with the way this institution has been working. This indeed shows our indian culture of helping the needy

very good eye foundation in which i have never seen in india.The foundation which helping poor peoples. also they give free treatment for them.

I am a student from Bannari Amman Institute of Technology We were taken for a eye camp from our college to Sankara Eye Foundation.. We were treated in great manner .. I was really surprised to notice that a lots and lots of poor and needs were treated for a free eye transplantation surgery there ... One of the major facility i experienced there is a good canteen system for all the patients free of cost...This Organisation is running for a genuine reason .... i didn't experience such a good overall body check up , as i experienced there ...

They have been providing free eye care for everyone around the state and i have seen many getting profitted by this institution

It was very useful to all of us. We totally 225 people involved in this. It is a very good experience.

fine experience .nice apporach fine experience fine experience fine experience fine experience fine experience fine experience fine experience fine experience fine experience fine experience

I spent last summer volunteering for the Sankara Eye hospital in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The experience was beyond what I could have hoped for. I had the opportunity to attend the Gift of Vision camps as well as a Diabetic Retinopathy camp and speak with the villagers. The individual stories that I heard were heart rendering and changed greatly influenced my perspective of rural healthcare. I also had the opportunity to teach a spoken English class for the nurses and vision care technicians who were hired from rural areas. Overall, it was a fabulous experience and I would love to be involved with this organization again.

i have seen the Commitment in the staff of Selvasa hospital for their patients. SANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA sankara is doing

Spent one day as a volunteer and the servuice done here is very holy ,the main target is the poor community ,may GOD bless all.

Giving the vision to the needy people is big thing, that big thing is SANKARA EYE FOUNDATION is doing,,, so we are also very happy to participating towards them....

My daughter organized an iWALK at UCLA and I attended the event and helped with registration. It was great to see so many youth coming together for an amazing cause. I have been volunteering at other events and have been impressed by SEF.

I came to know this organization SEF through one of my best friend. The main objective of this organization to help and eradicate the eye related issues. I think that this is one of the best service in the world. Vision is primary factor for the humans and this organization is helping for that.

it is a wonderful and successful mission they have started which is giving vision to so many needy of the country

When I joined as Stores Incharge, i satisfied with my work and then promoted as Facility Supervisor from last one year. I am fully satisfied with my work. I got encouragement from my seniors and guidance from our CMO. With the blessings from our beloved MD, I am enthusiasly doing my work and I learned disciplene and honesty in my work.

i came across sankara eye centre two times . it was wonderful example of community eye care.seci one of the best community eye care provider in terms of visual outcome.

My cousins, my parents and my uncle/aunt and my grandparents are all volunteering for the organization- so I did volunteering too.

I have been volunteering for a few years- since my family, including my grandchildren have been working towards this cause. I have volunteered in serving food, collecting tickets at events and other event related activities. I also got my sister's operation done at the hospital.

I was a volunteer for Sankara Eye foundation in many events. The SEF team is really dedicated and emotionally attached to the cause. I have also seen the work of sankara eye foundation on the ground. There is no better feeling in the world than to see a letter from the person who received eye sight thanks to your donation.

SEF is one of the most organized non-profits in the South Asian Community I have seen. In addition, each member of the team and volunteers is really passionate about the mission. The reason why they are so successful is that they are making amazing progress on their mission of building eye hospitals in India to give people vision. The leadership is excellent and all events and projects are done with high quality.

Sankara Eye Foundation was started with the intention of gifting vision to many people with visual disability & providing free help to the economic backward class who find it difficult to afford medical failities. This foundation was the dream of many individuals who worked very hard to set it up & today it is running successfully, thanks to the dedicated doctors , other professionals &volunteers;.

though, i have been associated with SECI not for so long but in this short period, it had tought me the meaning of the word 'dedication'. this is not only a philanthropic organisation but it is an organisation where the u came to know how a good team work, done in right spirit can bring change to the lives of the people around.

I recently became a volunteer for Sankara, inspired by the work they do in India. The strength of the volunteer network is really commendable, as they are all driven towards only one thing - 20/20 by 2020.

One of the best NGO for serving the underprivelaged population. The selfless motivation without any basis for caste, creed or region. Working tirelessly for mainting the welfare of the people and givinf the greatest gift of GOD - Vision to all

I have been one of the volunteer for this Non benefit organisation for the past 3 years, which serves for the blind.

SEF has a very clear mission to eradicate curable blindness in India by year 2020. SEF is well run organization built on a strong set of core values, sustained by dedicated volunteers across the country and displays professionalism of the highest calibre in every endeavour.

SEF is a great organization that works toward a great cause. It's been hugely successful and is a huge part of the Indian community here in the Bay Area. I am happy to be a part of such an awesome volunteer group.

It is a great way to help your community, and help your mother country. Not only do you raise awareness and support an important cause, you also enjoy doing it. But, planning events and publicizing them requires time, commitment, and responsibility. This also teaches you how to be a leader.

I have participated with them in one of the events that they were fund raising and was really pleased to see each of the members dedication, and even the artists who has come, were so kind and offering their serices really on serice basis only, when I asked one of them they said, if few hours of ours gives eyes and visiton to someone, then what is the harm, rather it is pleasure of life

Sankara Eye Foundation does an awesome job servicing thousands of people in need. Wish they can get more manpower as well more financial support also

Excellent and a very well run organization with world class volunteers led by Murali (USA Chapter). I have worked with them through KKNC.org for the last 5 years and have done few joint fundraisers, it is gratifying to see the dollars we raised has transformed into a great eye hospital in Bangalore, India. Go SEF! -Soma

Great causes drive great actions and every action taken by the organization is motivated by the cause behind. For me, the Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF) is about integrity and the Big Vision that drives it. Its my pleasure and privilege to be part of the organization that is currently helping hundreds of thousands of people and not in a distant future will be helping in hundreds of thousands. I visited an eye camp in India last december and for me that was the turning point. No matter how much literature one reads, there is nothing like the experience of being on the field. Being a volunteer I have made very good friends whom I have come to respect a lot over past several months. The volunteers are from a wide range of background and with varied interests - this makes volunteering very interesting because there is always a different perspective for everything we do. The environment is very supportive that makes it possible for everyone to contribute and at the end of the day the most reasonable opinion wins. I have also began to discover a lot about myself after being associated with SEF. Besides, I have got lot of leadership opportunities and support to drive my ideas that would help the organization. And most importantly, i find everything I do worthwhile as it will eventually help millions to see this beautiful world again.

I have been a volunteer at SEF for 5 years now. It is a very well run organization. I have seen the work it does in India.

SEF is a great organization, dedicated to eradicating blindness in India. It is dedicated in its mission and the volunteers are wonderful!

It was a lot of fun. I got to meet a lot of new people. The organization was very well organized and just amazing.

I have gone to many of the garbas and to two of the sankara walks. The events are pretty organized and the volunteers have been exceptional. Overall Sankara is doing a great job getting the word out about their cause and have done so through successful events.

I have been volunteering for events for the past 5 years or so. It is a great organization, with a great cause- and the organization does great events

Sankara eye foundation has being doing good service for the people who need vision. Support people who are in need of various medical requirements such as bone marrow transplantation and blood donation drive. They have a group of dedicated people who volunteer for the various activities of shankara. It is a great organization helping people in India and USA.

I volunteered with Sankara Eye Foundation for Garba Events, Booths and Fundraiser concerts in Detroit area. I really was inspired by the commitment of the national level volunteers and the enthusiasm is infectious. It is one of my favorite organizations and will support SEf in all ways possible. I work with many organizations. I find that sankara is the best because of continued focus and intensity in delivering RESULTS.

One of the wonderful Non profit organizations I have seen. The professional attitude and commitment shown by the volunteers is worth appreciation, that you cannot find such dedicated people evn in normal profit oriented business organizations. Whenever an event comes up, the people make sure that they work day and NIGHT( most of the time!) to get things done on time. I have enjoyed being one of the team members, though I did not take up the opportunity all the time.

I attended bay area sankara dandiya and am impressed with the efforts made by volunteers organizing the event...this was my first visit to united states form barcelone and they made me feel home (like India).

i knew about this organization.i would like to donate my eye after my death so that some one can see this beautifully world after my death.

I have come across this foundation through friends.I have been amazed by their selfless efforts towards helping people who really cannot forward this treatment.I sincerely hope they can take this a notch further and i look forward to be personally involved in all of their efforts.

Simply great. dedication of staff and volunteers are awesome. need more NPO like this instead depend on government in India.

Working with SEF has shown me the change that can be affected by a group of individuals with a shared vision.

Very committed group of individuals - their actions show their true dedication to a great cause and they have made a true difference to the world!

My experience with Sankara has been a positive one and I am truly grateful to say that I have been apart of this experience. I have learned so much about healthcare and how a proper non-profit charity works.

i has been a good experienve working with sankara foundation.i have learnt many things from sankara fuondation which i will share with my friends and family members.

I had good experience in past. my grand mother she was not able to see from her one eye properly then we went for operation at SANKARA EYE FOUNDATION they did the operation in a very systimatic way now she can able to see

SEF is a great organization doing exceptional work to help poor visually challenged people in India. I've participated in several fund-raising programs that SEF has held in San Jose and the bay area to help community eye-care hospitals and programs in India. I've very much enjoyed the teamwork, motivation, and camaraderie of the SEF team, and am very impressed by their selfless drive and motivation to contribute positively.

i like the work the do in eye foundation supporting the people I helped recent immigrants find their first job here, I received counseling services and changed my career, I spent a day planting trees in Dolores park etc..

its really good & best thing u sankara eye foundation doing good job & all the best in what ever u people do all the best

i was very happy work with them becouse it was a good job helping poor people who are realy in need of help .

A great institution enabling millions of poor to get the right eye treatments. I am proud to be associated with them.

Sankara Eye Foundation is a great charity organization for noble cause. SEF has a Clear goal that is "Vision 20/20 by 2020". That means by the year 2020, their goal is to construct and operate 20 eye hospitals in India. They had 8 by 2008 and planning to open another two by 2010. That shows teams dedication and execution in acheiving their goals. Well organized and very professional in donor care and event management etc. Pleasure to work with such great a team to eradicate curable blindness in India.

It is always pleasure to attend or participate in any SEF functions. I have volunteered and attended countless SEF functions and always feel great about it. Volunteers are very dedicated and hardworking to the fulfillemnt of the SEF cause. I wish you folks very best to continue to do the great community work.

it was indeed a grest experience to understand concern of those people lookingout for light which can expell darkness from their life.

It was indeed a great exprience to understand concern of those people looking out for light which can expell darkness from their life.

I was involved with SIP(Social Inventory Program)for 60 hours during my first year B.Sc organised by my college.It was an orphanage home where 23 children were being taken care by Sister's and Father's.I spend 2 hours every sunday helping their studies,drawings,atrs and craft and some outdoor activities.I gifted them sweets and chocolates ans also help them with clothing and food whenever possible.Seeing a child smiling is the most precious thing I could ever see.

I really loved the way Sankara is trying to help people and really touched by their theme of 20/20 by 2020. It is really a great way of service. Sankara is really giving opportunities to all the blind people, which I feel is really great because even GOD has not given them the opportunity to see this world. I got involved in their couple of fund raising events in Chicago area. GOD BLESS SANKARA!

While attending UCLA, I participated in and helped out in the SEF iWalk in 2008. I also supported SEF by attending Udit and Aditya Narayan's concert in Los Angeles. My very good friend at UCLA has been a strong supporter of SEF at UCLA and has spread much awareness of this organization to myself and others, and I am truly touched by all the work SEF has done over the years in India.

I enjoy working with like-minded people who are interested in improving quality of life for the less fortunate. This has been an eye-opening experience ...

helping nature would describe me perfectly.fun loving nature.,listening 2 music especially hip-hop.going around with a huge circle of friends..visiting varoius places is one of my hobbies..being working with call center for the past two years...spectramind and epicenter..also learned a lot in these organisations..

This is a wonderful organization which is practical in its implementations. They have done great work in free eye care and hospice care throughout the world. Kudos to the team!

Its a very good hospital, and above all its very helpful especially for the people who cannot afford the charges in private hospitals. Keep up the good work guys.God bless you

it was a great experience in this organization for the time being.I felt very good while moving inside in this firm. There was a good enviornment .

alltogether a wonderfull expierience.liked the people who wrer associated with NGO because they were optimastic and assertive attitude.would like to be a full time volunteer

It was a good EXPERIENCE.I am glad to work with this NGO.And i love to go and help this Organisation.

it was an outstanding expierience all to gether..the volenteer were very helpfull and optimastic.one day would like to own an NGO like this with good resources

Working towards a cause (humanity) is itself a great thing. I really thank all who are invlolved in the Non-Profit directly or indirectly.

its was an outstanding expierience all to gether...i met people who were willing to go out of their way to help othere and it was a very owerwhelming feeling

it was over all a very good expireience.GIVEN A CHANCE WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON A FULLTIME BASIS. And wish to open up an NGO in future.

Professional, courteous,friendly atmosphere. Great authentic music and Dandia for the whole family. The hall was packed wih lots of smiling faces.

SEF has a great objective of making India blind free by 2020. I have been donating to SEF and working as volunteer as well in few of the events.

My experience has been excellent. I liked the committed team members and the way all work together to make great things happen.

This is an amazing organisation working towards creating awareness among the rural and urban poor about curable and treatable vision problems. Their understanding of the issue is par excellence. The free treatment and surgeries for the unaffordable is worth mentioning.

I have personally not be involved/volunteered for this organization. But in my opinion any organization doing charity is wonderful. This being an Eye donation organization, I have no words to say. Helping visually impaired people is something people with a great heart would do. I really appreciate the work done by everyone involved with SEF

I have been working with Sankara Eye Foundation, USA for more than 4 years now. I have not seen any charity so honest and efficient as Sankara. Even with my busy schedules I love working for the Sankara who gives greatest of the gifts a blind person will ask for, a Gift Of Vision.

It is great to to do volunteer service at Sankara eye foundation. I feel great to help out the community and for the good cause

It is a genuine organization where they volunteer to help needy people. I am pretty much impressed with their dedication to serve the society.

Great job of lightening the lives of many people with their eye hospitals in India. It is boon for the poor people of India.

... committed to the core. ... the way it involves its members and not helps the community but also the holistic development of the individual.

Volunteered for this organisation when I was in high school and Sankara Eye foundation is doing a superb service to India.

We are a group of volunteers who work for NGO. With our good luck, we had an opportunity to work closely with this renowned HOSPITAL. We have engaged ourselves with the kids by inviting them to our organization and giving them the feel of THE HOSPITAL. The kids are very innovative and full of zeal. I am sure sANKARA has gone a great deal by making the kids what they are today. The NGO is very focussed and active in working for the less privileged. I am sure they are making a big difference to the society.

Attended their eye bank inauguration.decided to help them out.went thro their process.Auwsome way of running the show.Also went for a few places where the eyes were removed after the death of a person. Neat & very professional

For the past four moths I am working as Human Resource at Sankara Eye Hospital, Shimoga. I am happy to work in this service institution and it gives me total satisfaction and fulfillment. This institution gives plesure in working more and more. It inspires to serve others who are in need.

A organisation with a noble vision of providing eyesight to those who are not priveleged . Starting from Coimbatore in India today with 8 eight hospitals located at various states across India. The words of satisfaction of the people who have been here speaks about the dedication and sincerity of people involved.

1/5th of the World's Blind Population live in India and about 4 million is being added every year. Eighty three percent of the visually impaired in India live in the rural areas in conditions of abject poverty which are only made worse by blindness. So there was an urgent need to have a programme for eradication of curable and preventable Blindness in which Sankara Eye Foundation USA is playing a very Big role.At Sankara Eye Hospital Mogar Anand has atarget to do 25000 Gift of Vision Surgeries every year and during the last 12months since inauguration have done 134 numbers of Rural Outreach Camps in which 19413 patients were attended and 5976 nos were brought to the base Hospital and 5372 nos were undergone surgeries.Under the Rainbow programme the Hospital has arranged screening of 2200 school students through their teachers out of which 79 students had refractive errors, Cataract and Squint problems. They were spectacles. 8 of these students were operated by the Hospital.

I have known the people behing the Shankara Eye Foundation, in India and always been inspired by their committment and dedication to work for the marginalised towards eradicating curable blindness. It is their passion towards the cause that has translated into vision for millions. I wish them all the best in their efforts and pledge continued support to Shankara Eye Foundation. Way to go!

SEF has been best organization and al;l the volunteers are amazing and very dedicated.It is always our pleasure to work with SEF.

These guys are the "Bono" for solving eye related problems that millions of India's poor are facing. What they have accomplished in the last few years is truly impressive -- considering that all the founders come from pretty modest beginnings, and did not really have a person like "Bono" furthering their cause. The hospitals that they have set up has basically helped thousands of blind poverty stricken people get their basic right of vision restored to them. This is a phenomenal organization, and I am humbled by their efforts and accomplishments.

SEF & the SEF community are an amazing organization dedicated to providing the greatest gift of life, the gift of vision to the deserving and needy through their unconditional services. Having been a volunteer for SEF I have seen the organization grow and expand, reaching out not only to the adults but also youths of the Indian community which I believe is essential. It is truly one of the best charitable organizations I have been involved with amongst the many that I am a part of it because its focus is only on its goal, to eradicate blindness in India, 20/20, and I hope it is met!

Iam a volunteer of Sankara from the inception.I have seen the growth stages and it is amazing to see how it has grown.The discipline,dedication and sincerity of all the members had resulted in this excellent growth.

Wönderful and dynamic organization. Passion driven towards the cause. In the last 10 years they have made a huge impact in helping to eradicate curable blindness in India (5 states)

Had good friendly environment between volunteers. They are like a family. Meeting at one of the houses and plan for volunteer work.

I've been volunteering for SEF from 2005. SEF is an amzing organization to work on curable blindness by intiating community wide programs in India. I visited one of their hospitals in Gugntur and impressed with the work they are doing.

I like volunteering knowing that someone is getting help. And Sankara's events are great fun -- from walkathons to dandias.

I have been a volunteer with Sankara Eye Foundation for the past several years. I am honored to be associated with this organization. Sankara Eye Foundation has conducted a number of free eye surgeries and operations in the various Eye Hospitals in India.I have visited Sankara Eye Hospital in Guntur Andhra Pradesh a few years ago and was very very happy to see the wonderful work carried out by the Hospital staff. Eradicating curable Blindness by the year 2020 - Vision 20/20 by 2020 is a goal I believe we all should try to achieve.

I have been involved with this organization for several years and think it is amazing. When i visited the hospital i was amazing at the quality of care the patients had received.

My volunteer experience really gave me satisfaction to my soul. People who lost their eyes only know the precious value of this organization. I feel good about volunteering this organization. SEF should do for ever and helping the needy people.

This is a great organization that instills a great amount of care and compassion within those who greatly need affordable medical services in eye care. Organizations embodies how every penny earned is put to use to better the lives of others.

I love this charity because I know exactly where my money is going and that everyone who works on behalf of this organization is extremely motivated and believe in their cause.

I am a volunteer with an NGO called Samarthanam helping visually challenged children with their education. I truly understand the gift of sight for each human being. During this period Sankara eye foundation visited the NGO and carried out eye camps and helped out to the maximum. I think they are doing a great job.

I have been volunteering for a long time. Volunteers involve themselves with great passion and patrons' needs are taken care with utmost attention.

It is wonderful experience to participate in the programs of the Sankara Eye care institution. It is immencely satisfying to see thousnads of rural poor who go back after the surgery. It is heartening to listen to many old ladies whi pour out their mind in apprecfiation of the help thay receive from this hospital.

Sankara Eye Foundation is a very well organized nonprofit organization. They have very enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers and their events are very organized and run quite efficiently.

I was associated with SECI India, the Indian arm of SEF, USA and learnt a lot about eye care scenario in India

I have enjoyed working with Sankara. It has been a pleasure to watch them help millions of people over the past few years. I have gone and seen a hospital and it is quite a marvelous thing that they are doing for those people.

Sankara is a wonderful organization to be associated with. There is tremendous dedication and pride in the group. Imagine an event of 4000 plus people being managed by a group of ~100 volunteers and a security detail of 7 people. No issues; no crowd management problems; everything ran like clockwork. I volunteered because I was impressed with their efficiency, dedication and their ability to get results

SEF is an outstanding organization with a focused drive to eradicate curable blindness in India. I have been happy to support SEF directly through my donations as well as volunteer efforts for various events over the last 5+yrs. I have worked with a very dedicated team of individuals who go out of their way to make events successful with contributors/participants feeling great about their contributions to the SEF cause.

I find the Sankara Eye Foundation a wonderful organization to donate my time and money for. One thing in particular that attracted me was the fact that they have specific, attainable goals, such as the newest vision hospital they hope to open. Their fund raising events are a lot of fun, too.

Have been volunteering for SEF since Jul '07. This organization sets high targets for itself and achieves them by empowering its selfless and tireless volunteers. It is a joy with a sense of immense satisfaction to volunteer for such a great cause.

It is one of the great non profit organizations i have worked with.Highly dedicated and friendly volunteers working towards a good cause and common goal.

Have been a donor, volunteer and patron of Sankara eye foundation since 2001. Listening to Dr.Ramani in the SFO bayarea left me inspired like never before. Dr.Ramani and chairman, Murali emancipate the true spirit of volunteerism and gratitude that is genuinely uplifting and provide true meaning to the spirit of service. It's no wonder that SEF has scaled to 100000 FREE surgeries across 8 hospitals. SEF should extend their vision from 20/20 to 50/2050 as the world needs such organization and not just India. Proud of my association with SEF over the years. GO SEF!!!

I help with their charity runs. I am pretty tired by the end but I always feel better when I know it is going to a good cause.

They seem to genuinely care for the eye complications that people have with dedication and perseverance. All the donation made is linked to a recipient and the recipients name is disclosed to the donor. This ensures that a donors effort is not wasted.

My experience was excellent with volunteering with sef- the commitment and love for this org is amazing. The number of people who contribute is huge and all of them do it with the good thought of helping someone in need

I got involved with Sankara few years ago initially to raise funds for Guntur hospital. But since then I have been helping with many fund raising events. It has been a great pleasure to spend few hours volunteering to know that we are making a difference in someone's life in India, especially the poor ones.

hi, my family has been actively invovled with sankara eye foundation they have been really helping the blind a lot i would like to congratulate them on their progress

SEF is one of the professionally managed NGO I have ever seen. Was pulled into SEF by one of my good friend a year back and I regret not being a part of it for so long. Started as a donor but slowly got involved in their vision which in now spreading it wings all over the country. Way to go SEF. I am proud to be a part of this organization.

This is a wonderful and well-organized foundation! The focus and goals of this organization are outstanding and it has been very successful. Its goals for curable blindness are focused and clear. An amazing foundation for an important and serious cause!

I volunteered during the Dandiya event to promote ticket sales. It is a very energetic organization with a very clear organizational focus on the causes.

I was introduced to the Sankara Eye Foundation through a good friend. While I have been a part for only a short time, I have found them to be an excellent organization promoting a very noble cause that makes a difference to many lives!

I have volunteered with Sankara Eye Foundation a number of times and have been very impressed with their work each time. They have been working diligently towards their goal of Vision 20/20 by the Year 2020. This is a wonderful organization and I am looking forward to volunteering with SEF in the future.

I was volunteer and had wonderful experience with all the crea and get to know about SEF very clearly and made me ti stick to this for ever. Thank for the oppertunity.

I was a volunteer to teach those interested in Indian traditional dance for a cultural fundraiser that Sankara held. It was amazing to see how many people came out to support the event and every year it is very well run.

I am one of the volunteer to SEF. I belive Sankara doing a exelent work with clear objective/goals. Sanakara has dedicated volunteer in India and overseas. Their hospitals in India have high tech equipments, good facilities and dedicated poor people who cannot afford costly treatment. Go SEF go.

Through Sankara I have been able to reach out to hundreds of blind people in rural India and grant them vision.

SEF has a very structured and methodical approach for a non profit organization. The goal of replicating its success in one place to many other parts of the country is unique and sensible approach to achieve its mission : vision 20/20 by 2020. Also the approach to being self sufficient by having paid patients pay for poor patients is novel.

I have volunteered for Sankara Eye Foundation for about six months and the experience had been amazing.I met so many other dedicated volunteers and made many friends.SEF made me feel very good about myself.SEF is doing very good job of raising funds for free eye surgeries in India.I feel proud to be a part of such a big organization.

It has been a nice experience volunteering for SEF..I volunteer mostly on the day of the event and most of the time I've noticed that the other volunteers are very professional and thoroguh with their work..In general, I have a positive impression about the work done by SEF and I look forward to continue volunteering as time permits.

I help out Sankara in organzing events and feel so proud to be a part of this team! I know that the proceeds are truly going directly to help people and that makes me feel very motivated to help Sankara even more.

Learned abt the Sankara Eye foundation from afriend and joined the facebook group. have been really amazed and impressed by the work and contribution they are making to the ppl in india. i have attended few of their ceremonies and concerts. SEF has been one of the best eye care foundation in the world. Being a student of optometry i try to help/join in this mission and help give sight to the ppl in india by donation and volunteering.

I attended the SEF Dandiya night and helped out at one of the volunteer booths. I enjoyed the experience of having fun and contributing towards a good cause at the same time.

Incrediblly bold mission and an equally motivated group of volunteers make SEF my charity of choice. I was event coordinator for an SEF-hosted concert at UCLA in 2007. Was totally blown away by how well organized the SEF board/mgmt team is. Am hoping to re-engage with this volunteer community really soon now that I'm headed to the West Coast again.

My experience with SEF has been great. They are one of the best non-profit org I have seen in the past few years who have done so well. Their members work very hard in every event they organise. The last event I attended was a volunteer fair in my company.

Been involved with SEF for 7 years. Help setup booth,conduct events. Speak to donars and explain the cause and different options available to help the visually handicapped.

really lives upto the expectations. Love working here. Gives visions to lot of people. Has a great cause. Deserves a five star rating and better.

I've been a volunteer of Sankara Eye Foundation for the past 8 years. SEF is like family to me. The dedication of the volunteers and the board towards the cause are exemplary. I am proud to be a part of the Sankara Family.

Nothing is more basic than vision and SEF provides that to the needy. What more can one ask for !! The noble cause, organizational structure, accountability, immaculate functioning of the hospitals providing top notch care and enthusiasm and utmost dedication of one of founders Murali and his family are what attracted me to join SEF.Truly inspiring! I am always amazed at how energetic the volunteers are, how well the fund-raising events are organized and most importantly, huge, positive and IMMEDIATE impact on thousands of under-privileged people. The volunteers are the life and soul of SEF. It is truly a rewarding and fulfilling feeling to be part of SEF. SEF is a completely volunteer driven and almost the entire funds raised is used for providing Vision to poor and needy in India. All volunteers are encouraged to take charge and new ideas are embraced. The working of the organization is totally transparent and no room for ego's. It is an humbling experience and helps to build your own personality while doing service. We are marching very strongly and are looking to eradicate curable blindness in India by year 2020 and achieve VISION 20/20 BY 2020.

I have been involved with Sankara Eye Foundation on and off since high school when a friend and fellow volunteer introduced me to it. Over the years, I have seen this foundation get bigger and stronger with its vision 20/20 campaign. It has set up numerous hospitals, performed countless surgeries, and has given so many the gift of vision. And the greatest part about the foundation is that they have gone to poor villages, where many would never go, so that each individual whom they help there may be able to live their life a little more independently. SEF's gift of vision is comprable to the gift of life for all those that they have helped!

It has a been an awesome experience. This non profit is doing great work, helping people back home in India.

I saw an ad for this fondation and was really motivated to help such a worthy cause- eyesight for the curable. My first meeting made me feela t ease. The people are friendly unassuming and young. So its not like an organization that interests people who have nothing better to do People are giving of their time because the cause is so worthwhile!!

I really enjoying and feel very proud to be assosiated with an organization like this which does noble service. Me and my husband visited the hospitel in Coimbatore and were very impressed. The hospital is extremely clean.The patients are treated with care and respect. Hats of to Dr.Ramani and family.The whole family does service there. The canteen is so good. The people who cannot afford even a single penny are treated free. Overall I can say it is a TEMPLE. For those who can afford little are chrged very less. The charges collected from the poeple who can afford are again used for the needy. The beds are so neat. Even though there are 100ds of people.It is functioning very quietly with dicipline. One great thing,whether the rich or the poor all are treated equally. There are many surgeries taking place at a time.Very good doctors nurses and staffs. Everybody is sincere. Recently I had very interesting experience when I was sitting in India day booth in Detroit MI.Small kids from the age of 7 and 10 wanted to volunteer.They gave their names and phone number and very very excited. My dance kids were helping us.They also sold the jewellry and got good donations. Recently when we set ups a booth 2hrs from our place one of my friends daughter who is 14 came all the way with her father to volunteer.She was so happy to know aout SEF and what they do. I thank God to introduce MR.Murali from whom we came to know about SEF USA.

Working with SEF has been an eye opening experience. Run by very honest, ethical and hardworking team. Will continue volunteering and supporting this cause.

I had a great time at the Sankara Eye Foundation event. The music was great, and the volunteers were very helpful. Great Event!

I have had a wonderful experience helping out. This is a organization where people who run it are dedicated, honest and very hard working.

I helped SEF organize a musical event in NJ. SEF team is a very dedicated team, helped me along the way in making sure that the event went well.

Sankara Eye Foundation is a great organization i am very lucky to be associated with.. Sankara Eye Foundation does a pretty good job in conducting operations to blind people all over India and in the Sankara Eye Hospitals spread all over India.

- Working with a very passionate group of individuals who all work towards doing a wonderful thing for people, by giving them an opportunity to see our world. - tirelessly, selflessly and generously give their energy, time, and strength to a noble cause. - vision of building a hospital in every state of India to serve the poor and needy and give them a gift of vision, there is nothing more satisfying than enabling this to happen. - a fabulous vision, wonderful people, and above all giving vision.

I became SEF volunteer for less then a year and found this organization is really doing a great job and for a noble cause of gifting vision. Moreover the organization itself have a clear vision on how to go about it. Their project plans are clearly laid out for next two years with clarity, where the raised money will go and all that at bare minimum administrative costs. Moreover it has a great team of vcolunteers who are so dedicated to the cause, it was great to be part of SEF team.

My experience with SEF has be awesome. This is a kind, thoughtful group of people who come together every week to make their lives meaningful and help those in need in India. As someone who was feeling lost after migrating to the US, volunteering with SEF established the sense of family and unity for me. My friday's were spent in a meaningful way sharing ideas and potluck dinners. I feel very fortunate to be part of this group. I have made long lasting meaningful connections through this organization. The genuiness of this cause resonates with every person's need to do something big for the world and help others overcome their hardships. A big strength of SEF is the quality of people it attracts and the environment SEF provides for everyone to be their genuine self. This is evident during event organizations and meetings. I have been the event co-ordinator for Roshni Hindutani and Dandia events. Clear leaderships are established early in the event organizing and this helps put up an organized event for the patrons and donors. Another common strength is the mentoring provided by the members of SEF to each other. As an MBA student I found fellow MBA grads in this org who helped me with valuable advice, books and course information (Amit Patel, Bina Patel, Girish, Snehal). I have a degree in business with a leadership concentration. I got ample opportunities to learn leadership through SEF and I now mentor other volunteers in their MBA program (Neha Desai)

I volunteered for the iWalk 2007. Everyweek we would have planning meetings. The first very meeting I attended all the other volunteers made me feel like part the group. The meetings are scheduled on Friday evenings. It's a Pot-Luck planning party. Each one brings a dish. The meeting is conducted in a professional manner. Each person gets a chance to express their opinions and everyone is encouraged to take up a task or two. New comers are helped along by the experienced volunteers. I have enjoyed my involvement in SEF.

"Sarvedriyam Nayanam Pradhanam" is an age old Sanskrit saying. One cannot fathom the darkness of not having eyes or right vision to see the beautiful around us. Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, true in many ways. As poets say, people can see thru their hearts as well, so please see and feel with your hearts the worls of darness one without eyes has to go thru. It is very painful. But, THERE IS HOPE, and WE HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A CHANGE through SEF. This is one of the reasons, I volunteer and donate to the cause of SEF...SEF is a great organization working for a noble cause.

Sankara has been a wonderful organization. The dedication amongst volunteers and sincerity is extremely high. Sankara treats their donors with a great deal of respect. Sankara is tightly run by excellent leadership. Sankara's growth has been phenomenal, they are on track to edadicate curable blindness by 2020

Excellant. This organization is one of the best. For a very small donation, a person can get a great vision of vision.

My self & my son got lazer correction for the eyes for reasonable rate & did a good job. Doctors were kind & careing, staffs are co operative, the premises are kept clean & well maintained. I am pleased to see the institution does a lot of good work. I am impressed to see they go to villages & conduct medical check ups & bring the patients & their relative to coimbatore & treat them & reach them back home, free food for them etc. I would like to see the branches of the same all over India.

I met an older gentleman who had received an eye surgery in India in a hospital managed by Sankara Eye Foundation and was very please to see a SEF booth here. He was looking for an opportunity to mmet somone from Sankara Eye foundation. He picked up a donation from so he can mail a check later.

I have been working with Sankara Eye Foundation for last 5 years. Did couple of fund raisers along with BATA and TANA organizations. Sanakra is team is very professional. Even though I am not officially part of SANKARA, I always feel I am part of SANKARA family.

Incredible enthusiasm and commitment by the volunteers, service providers, and donors. The organization's mission is ambitious, and progress so far has been incredible. SEF deserves to be given all the support we can to help eradicate curable blindness in India.

The organization does amazing work. They have treated so many underprivileged children by providing them with free eye care. I am a US licensed optometrist that does volunteer work with them. Moreover I have been volunteering with the childrens outreach program and it is very gratifying. Helping children get glasses who normally cannot afford them does wonders for that child in school! Vision is the most important sense:)

Sankara eye foundation does a excellent job providing free eye surgery in India. It's like a giving new life to human. All volunteers are dedicated to organization and work for a cause.

I have worked with Sankara for past 9 years. Their dedication towards the curing the blindness is can't be expressed in words. They are very professional in doing good fundraisers. Volunteers are well trained and self motivated in talking to the people to spread the word and very successful in moving so many people to donate the funds. all the funds are well utilized and gave so many people much needed sight. This is one of the best non-profit organization I have ever worked with. I am very happy to be part of it.

I enjoyed working with Sankara team and they are well organized team of A+ class of volunteers. My experience with them was the best.

My experience was very good when I donated as well as volunteered for Sankara. They are very clean on their mission and very communicative. Being a voluntary organization for many years with same momentum and passion is something eevrybody need to learn from Sanakra work force. I wish them all success in curing curable blindness by 2020.

I have been a volunteer for the last 10 years and I have been amazed at the growth of the organization. Having a clear vision and proving consistently that they are marching towards the goal has been the key to success of SEF.

A truely non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating curable blindness in India by 2020. When I was requested to volunteer for this organization 3 years ago, I did not know if I hade enough time and committment.... so I just closed my eyes for 15 seconds and tried to go about my life... At the end of 15 seconds I became a dedicated volunteer and am still volunteering for this noble causee.

I am one of the new volunteer and have been enjoying tremendously. We have a great team of volunteers with one goal in mind, eradicate curable blindness in India. SEF is my extended family and I have been blessed to work with amazing and inspiring people.

Tremendous orgianisation with excellent leadership and vision workig towards a great cause, i think this oprgansation has the ability to make a difference in the lives of many in india.

I volunteered for the first time with Sankara Eye Foundation in October 2009. I have been familiar with the organization for many years and I finally got involved. I loved working with the team in organizing a successful event. Everyone is dedicated and determined to eradicate curable blindness by the Year 20/20.

I have been a proud volunteer for Sankara Eye Foundation on many projects and over last 5 years or so. The team is very organized, dedicated and committed to a good cause. Please do join the organization and help raise money for a good cause.

Great Team to work with and be with. You get a great satisfaction after working with many great volunteers and wellwishers.

Have been associated with Sankara Eye Foundation for less than a year. Can assure all that they provide positive experience through professionalism , positive attitude & dedicated team. This institution allows people from all walks of life to avail specialized eye care at reasonable rates. Their service to the community needs a special mention.

Many of the population ignore preventable eye care either due to ignorance or due to lack of resources. SEF has supported the cause and every year one lakh of the needed Indian Population is benefited from this service.