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Dr Ndalela examines a boy's eyes and applies ointment to ease the symptoms of trachoma.

News / Fighting disease /

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has given a grant of US$2.19 million to help fight the disease.

January 2024

Teenage girls learning trade skills in Nigeria pose for a group photo along with course leaders.

News / Disability and inclusion /

Teenage girls from Kaduna State marked the global event by attending the launch of a new project that will give them the skills they need to start their own business.

January 2024

News / Our organisation /

Sightsavers did incredible things during the year, but we couldn’t have done it without your help. Learn about our achievements, all made possible by you.

December 2023

Eye care staff perform trachoma surveys on children in Cote D'Ivoire.

News / Fighting disease /

The online event will share key findings on eliminating trachoma from a new collection of research papers published in the International Health journal.

December 2023

A child in Kenya has his eyes checked by an eye health worker wearing gloves and a mask. They're outside in a village with dusty red sand on the ground.

News / Fighting disease /

The funding will be used for programmes that protect people from the harmful effects of trachoma, river blindness, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis and intestinal worms.

December 2023

A boy wearing a bright blue shirt washes his face using water from a tap.

News / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers and the Walker Institute will work with Malawi’s government to explore how climate affects diseases.

November 2023

Two staff members enter ask a man questions during a survey about river blindness.

News / Disability and inclusion /

The updated plan reaffirms Sightsavers' commitment to enhancing inclusive data and collaboration in the international development sector.

November 2023

A close-up of a man's hand holding a white cane.

News / Statement /

We applaud the clear focus on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and the section on people with disabilities.

November 2023

A large party with lots of people dancing, wearing colourful yellow clothes.

News / Our organisation /

Representatives from Sightsavers, the national and state governments and the global health community joined an event on 20 November in Abuja to celebrate Sightsavers’ achievements in the country.

November 2023

A young girl wearing a colourful eye patch smiles and holds her thumb up to the camera.

News / Eye health /

Speckles will be supporting Sightsavers’ eye health projects through annual donations, starting with the School Health Integrated Programming project in Liberia.

October 2023

John Chiti smiles while wearing sunglasses.

News / Disability and inclusion /

The film ‘Can You See Us?’ is based on the life of John Chiti, who is a Zambian albinism rights campaigner and Sightsavers’ ambassador for the African Disability Protocol campaign.

September 2023

News / Disability and inclusion /

The Promise in Peril campaign culminated at the SDG summit with a declaration reaffirming commitments to achieving the global goals that explicitly references disability rights.

September 2023

Dr Jalikatu uses a magnifier to look at a girl's eyes.

News / Eye health /

Dr Jalikatu Mustapha trained with Sightsavers between 2012 and 2016, becoming the only female ophthalmologist in the country.

August 2023

Nora teaching Glory, one of her students, how to count.

News / Education /

Sightsavers’ education, research and policy teams will join the global education community at the UKFIET international education conference on 12-14 September in Oxford, UK.

August 2023

News / Statement /

The Equality Impact Assessment, published by the FCDO, shows the devastating impact of the cuts to the UK's official development assistance on the most marginalised people, including people with disabilities.

August 2023

Sightsavers' CEO Caroline Harper poses for a group photo with staff from Sightsavers Bangladesh during its 50th anniversary celebrations in Dhaka.

News / Eye health /

Sightsavers began working in Bangladesh in 1973 to diagnose and treat people for cataracts, which is one of the most common eye conditions in the country.

August 2023

News / Eye health /

The visual technology company will be donating £10,000 each year towards Sightsavers’ work to help protect sight and fight for disability rights in Africa and Asia.

July 2023

A model wears a pair of sunglasses with a chain by Frida and Florence.

News / Eye health /

The eco-friendly jewellery brand has launched a range of sunglasses chains that will be helping to support Sightsavers’ eye health work worldwide.

July 2023

Joy Shu’aibu, Sightsavers’ director of programme operations in Nigeria.

News / Disability and inclusion /

The conference, taking place in Kigali on 17-20 July 2023, is one of the world’s largest multi-sector events to advance gender equality.

July 2023

News / Fighting disease /

Benin and Ghana, two of the countries where Sightsavers works, have been recognised for their success in wiping out several diseases that are prevalent in poor and marginalised communities.

July 2023

Upendo talks to a patient during an eye test.

News / Eye health /

Sightsavers has partnered with the Fred Hollows Foundation and PlenOptika to pilot a new vision care strategy that aims to revolutionise eye care worldwide.

June 2023

News / Fighting disease /

Both countries’ achievements have been validated by the World Health Organization, meaning they join a growing list of countries to have banished the disease.

May 2023

Two people in traditional clothing stand outside in remote Turkana, Kenya.

News / Our organisation /

Sightsavers began working in Kenya in 1952, when blindness affected up to 7% of rural Kenyans.

May 2023

A school student in a classroom is handed a tablet by a health worker, as other health workers and his classmates look on.

News / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers has been awarded $16.9 million to continue and expand its deworming work, after a funding recommendation from US charity evaluator GiveWell.

May 2023

An eye health worker in a clinic holds up an eye test chart for a patient who is having her eyes screened.

News / Eye health /

The new centres in India aim to increase access to quality eye health services through an integrated and strengthened approach to urban health.

May 2023

Nora teaches numbers to pre-school children. A child using a wheelchair sits on her left.

News / Fundraising /

Staff from the IT services company will be cycling from Liverpool to Leeds to raise money to support our work to protect sight and fight for disability rights.

May 2023

As part of an Inclusion Works programme, Manuel, who has a physical disability, assists a colleague to check in a guest at a hotel in Kenya.

News / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers has partnered with the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance to help make the hospitality sector accessible to everyone, with a particular focus on Africa and Asia.

April 2023

A middle aged woman gets her eyes tested.

News / Eye health /

Eye care company MTHK has partnered with Sightsavers ahead of World Health Day to help improve access to eye health services in Africa and Asia.

March 2023

A group of women wearing colourful headscarves smile and laugh during a puppet show in their community.

News / Statement /

The UK government’s new international women and girls strategy is a positive step. But because 18 per cent of women have a disability, it is essential that disability inclusion is prioritised.

March 2023

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame speaking into a microphone.

News / Disability and inclusion /

Gertrude, who is Sightsavers’ global advocacy manager for social inclusion, becomes the first African woman to lead the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

March 2023

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Sightsavers awarded grant to help eliminate trachoma in Zambia

Spectrum Markets helps teenagers in Nigeria gain creative skills on World Children’s Day

What we achieved in 2023

Sightsavers and RSTMH host learning event on large-scale trachoma programmes

Sightsavers pledges US$60 million to help beat neglected tropical diseases

Sightsavers research project aims to map the impact of climate change on NTDs

Sightsavers launches new action plan on inclusive data

Sightsavers welcomes UK white paper on international development

Sightsavers Nigeria marks 70-year anniversary

Sightsavers partners with children's eyewear brand Speckles

Sightsavers campaign ambassador inspires Netflix film about albinism

Sightsavers campaign sends message to world leaders at UN summit

Sightsavers-trained doctor appointed deputy minister of health in Sierra Leone

Sightsavers to share expertise on inclusive education at global conference

Sightsavers reacts to publication of Equalities Impact Assessment

Sightsavers Bangladesh marks 50-year anniversary

VUEAV and VUE Bear partner with Sightsavers to help protect sight

Frida and Florence to support Sightsavers with sunglasses accessory collection

Sightsavers to call for action on disability rights at Women Deliver Conference

African states honoured for beating neglected tropical diseases

Sightsavers partnership aims to improve global access to eye care

Benin and Mali become the latest countries to eliminate trachoma

Sightsavers Kenya celebrates 70-year anniversary

Sightsavers’ deworming work gets $16.9 million funding boost

Sightsavers-supported vision centres launch in Chennai

Cantel fundraises for Sightsavers with sponsored bike ride

Sightsavers partnership aims to improve inclusion in hospitality

MTHK teams up with Sightsavers to raise funds to improve eye care

UK government strategy: Sightsavers calls for further action for women and girls with disabilities

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame elected chair of UN disability committee