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Welcome to Sightsavers International

Sightsavers is an international nonprofit working in some of the poorest countries in the world to restore the sight of blind people, provide medical care to prevent blindness, and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.

Find out more about some of the people we have helped

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Latest news

Part of the solution

Nurses are vital to our work, caring for people where health workers are scarce. One nurse tells her story.

Beyond the call of duty

Meet Veena, a rehabilitation worker who teaches disabled people the skills they need to live independently.

Mother's Day special

One mother's story: Patience

Last year Patience was told that her 18-month-old daughter Benedicta needed an operation to stop her from going blind. Read her account of the operation that changed her daughter's life.

© 2010 by Sightsavers International, Inc., c/o Chapel & York Limited, 1000 N West St, Suite 1200, Wilmington, DE 19801. Email: info@sightsaversusa.org. Sightsavers International, Inc. is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliated with Sightsavers, a group of organizations working with partners to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people in the developing world.