Become an eye health partner

Eye health professionals are uniquely placed to help Sightsavers protect sight worldwide. Join us and make a lasting difference.

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Why support Sightsavers?

As a Sightsavers eye health partner, you can help us achieve amazing things while carrying out your own important eye health work.

By supporting us to raise funds and awareness, you’re showing your customers, patients and your local community just how much eye health means to you as an optical professional.

When you become an eye health partner, you’ll receive the following benefits:

  • Publicity: your company name will be added to our list of eye health partners
  • Promotion: news of our partnership with your company will be shared on our social media channels
  • Insight: you’ll be the first to hear about any of our eye health campaigns, including World Sight Day
  • Impact: Our team will send you eye health case studies from around the world every quarter to show the impact of your support
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Our accolades

We’re delighted to be recognised for our work, and hope it helps our partners feel confident that we’re spending our funds wisely.

Our latest awards

To get involved in our mission to protect sight, contact us:
James Lwanda: +44 (0)1444 718109
Rob King:
+44 (0)1444 446676
Email [email protected]

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Ophthalmic clinical officer Alinafe Zaina examining Christian’s eyes at Mercy Mchacha clinic in southern Malawi.

See how we’re tackling avoidable blindness worldwide

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Latest eye health stories

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“I feel very good and I like wearing my glasses”

Twelve-year-old Faryal used to feel dizzy when reading and struggled with her schoolwork. After receiving spectacles through a Sightsavers programme in Pakistan, she can now reach her full potential.

A boy wearing glasses smiling. Behind him, a girl wearing a hijab is beaming.

Sightsavers receives funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies to tackle visual impairment

Sightsavers has joined a US$75 million initiative to boost eye health services and help address the global vision crisis.

September 2025
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“I was happy when my teacher diagnosed my eye problem”

Thanks to a Sightsavers-supported eye health project in Nigeria, 12-year-old Sa’id received the treatment he needed for his blurred vision and itchy eyes.

Chisomo and his mother Margaret stand in front of the wooden door of their house.
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Margaret and Chisomo’s story: “It was hard to find food when we couldn’t see”

Since having cataract surgery, Margaret and her son Chisomo can now live independently.

Aasiya wearing a pair of glasses. She has a colourful scarf over her hair.
Sightsavers stories
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Aasiya’s story: “Now I can see and read clearly”

Many people with disabilities like Aasiya can’t access treatment for common eye conditions. Our refractive error programme is making eye care more inclusive and accessible in Pakistan.

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Sightsavers blog

Women are most at risk from trachoma: here’s how we can help

Women are four times more likely than men to be blinded by trachoma, an infectious eye disease. But Sightsavers’ Accelerate programme is working to address this inequality.

Sightsavers, March 2025