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Annual report 2024

We’re incredibly proud of what Sightsavers achieved in 2024. Despite many unprecedented global challenges, we saw some of our best-ever results and hit nearly all of our strategic goals.

Our eye health programmes performed particularly well. We carried out 9.9 million eye examinations spanning 15 countries, and performed more than half a million eye operations, with over 90 per cent of these being for cataracts.

Sightsavers’ work on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) reached a significant milestone: more than 100 million people no longer need treatment for at least one NTD thanks to our support. In October 2024, we also celebrated Pakistan eliminating trachoma as a public health problem, after working with the country’s health ministry since 2001 to tackle the disease.

Years of campaigning alongside governments and partner organisations culminated with the African Disability Protocol coming into force, addressing the unique issues that people with disabilities face across the continent. Our education, social inclusion and economic empowerment programmes also continued to support children and adults with disabilities to claim their rights.