Seva - A search engine that raising funds to feed the hungry.
Image source via sevasearch.org
Seva is a Sanskrit word often found within yoga verses that describes the act of selfless service. A more recent interpretation of the word is "dedication to others".
Sean Kelly, a co-founder of SEV, left the Silicon Valley start-up world for a spiritual journey that led to a life filled with yoga on an island in Thailand.
But as the pandemic disrupted the global economy, Kelly and two others created a search engine intending to raise funds to feed the hungry in Africa, Asia and anywhere else there is a need.
Launched this month, Seva bills itself as the world’s first independent, socially conscious search engine that lets people feed hungry children by browsing the internet.
Revenue from ads linked to the searches generates funds that go to the World Food Programme (the United Nations' food-assistance branch) and the non-profit organisation Project Healthy Children.
The site promised full transparency about its finances and had funded more than 179,878 meals for charitable organisations.
So how it works?
Pretty simple: you search, SEVA feed.
Search engines make money when people click on ads. The profits from ads will then directed to charities.
So how about Privacy?
“Unlike other search engines, we don’t track your searches. We’re just here to feed people,” says Kelly. According to Kelly, Seva doesn’t store search data or keep track of users, using minimal information such as query subjects and general locations to target ads.
Where is SEVA located?
They were created as a US company with a remote team from all over the world. The founders are in Israel, Thailand, and Bali and the team is working from all over the world.
