Editing Seva Foundation (section)

==History==
Seva Foundation, based in [[Berkeley, California]], was founded in 1978 by public health expert [[Larry Brilliant]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/business/30charity.html|title= Google Finds It Hard to Reinvent Philanthropy|date=January 29, 2011|accessdate=January 4, 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Stephanie|last=Strom}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/speakers/larry_brilliant|title=Larry Brilliant {{!}} Speaker {{!}} TED|website=www.ted.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> spiritual leader [[Ram Dass]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/12/23/us/ap-us-obit-ram-dass.html|title=Baba Ram Dass, Spiritual Guru and LSD Proponent, Dies at 88|date=2019-12-23|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-02|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and humanitarian activist [[Wavy Gravy]]. Other co-founders include Dr. [[Govindappa Venkataswamy]], founder of the [[Aravind Eye Hospital|Aravind Eye Foundation]], and [[Nicole Grasset]], the senior adviser for the [[World Health Organization]] [[smallpox]] [[Smallpox vaccine|eradication]] campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seva.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_history|title=Celebrating 35 Years of Service: Seva Foundation's history of Compassion in Action|accessdate=December 14, 2013|publisher=Seva Foundation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106192001/http://www.seva.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_history|archive-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/68228|title=Programme d' éradication de la variole dans la République de Djibouti : évaluation de la situation actuelle et exécution des activités de surveillance : 6 novembre-30 décembre 1977 / par Nicole Grasset|year=1978 |accessdate=December 14, 2013|publisher=[[World Health Organization]]|hdl=10665/68228|language=fr |last1=Grasset |first1=Nicole |last2=Organization |first2=World Health }}</ref> [[Steve Jobs]] also participated as an adviser at early Seva meetings and provided the first significant cash donation along with an [[Apple II]] to enter and analyze [[Optometry|eye care]] survey results in the original Nepal program.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/a-gift-from-steve-jobs-returns-home/?_r=0|title=A Gift From Steve Jobs Returns Home|first=Nick|last=Wingfield|accessdate=January 4, 2013|date=November 20, 2013|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

According to the Seva Foundation's website, "[[Sevā|Seva]] (pronounced Say-Va) is a [[Sanskrit]] word meaning 'selfless service to others' and came to represent for us the dream of relieving suffering and reducing poverty in the most effective ways possible."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.seva.org/site/SPageServer/?pagename=mission | title=Seva's Mission - to restore sight and prevent blindness - Seva Foundation }}</ref>