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People we've helped

Here you can read more about the people that Sight Savers have worked with our partners to help, whether it be by restoring their sight, helping people who will never regain their sight rebuild their lives, or stopping the spread of river blindness.

A brighter future

Blind from birth, 14 year old Abdullah never thought he'd get the chance to go to school. But now the future is much brighter thanks to a Sightsavers partner in Pakistan. Read about Abdullah's story here. 

A fantastic service

Ms Senaderage Dona Chandrika shares her experience working as a librarian at the Sri Lanka Council for the Blind, a Sightsavers partner in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 

A model teacher

Godfrey Mugote is a ‘model teacher’ demonstrating what people who are blind can achieve. 

A new vision

When Santosh Devi started to lose her eye sight it put a huge strain on her and her family. The 38-year-old mother of three lives in Lukhlada village in Uttar Pradesh, north India, with her husband, children, and her husband’s two sisters and mother. 

Abdoulie's alphabet

Seven-year-old Abdoulie was identified by an itinerant teacher, and is now attending school. 

Caught in time

Glaucoma develops gradually, so people often don’t realise they have it. Ahmadu from Nigeria was lucky that his glaucoma was diagnosed and treated before he lost his sight.

Babul's story

Eight-year-old Babul Miah is enjoying learning thanks to an inclusive education policy at his school in Bangladesh. 

Christy’s story

To look at three-year-old Christy Joseph laughing and playing in the playground, you wouldn’t be able to distinguish anything different about her... 

Top of the class

Mahesh, who was born without sight, has been excelling at school and in the process has helped change perceptions of blindness and disabilities within his community. Find out more about his remarkable success. 

Mama's independence

Alice Udagbo, affectionately known as Mama, has had her life turned around by successful sight restoring cataract surgery.

Saving sight in Bangladesh

Jainab Bibi and her husband Abal Hossain are not camera shy – and they proudly show off their matching specs! Jainab, 60, explains how they both had their eye sight restored through cataract surgery on the same day

Speaking to Kerryann Ifill

Kerryann is the first female we supported through our education work in the Caribbean...

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