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Sightsavers CEO CAroline Harper during her TED Talk, standing in front of large red letters spelling TED.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

In 2018, Sightsavers CEO Caroline Harper took to the TED stage to talk about the importance of eliminating trachoma. Since then, 14 million people have been protected from the disease, but further progress hangs in the balance.

Caroline Harper, April 2023

Amina smiles as she covers one of her eyes with her hand.

Blogs / Eye health /

Sightsavers’ Edwin Maleko shares the impact of an inclusive eye health programme on communities and eye care services in Singida and Morogoro.

Edwin Maleko, March 2023

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers’ Laurène Leclercq shares successes from an award-winning project in Cameroon and Senegal that’s supporting people with disabilities to participate in all aspects of political life.

Laurène Leclercq, March 2023

Sightsavers staff member Mercia embraces programme participant Maria. They're both smiling broadly.

Blogs / Women and girls /

On International Women’s Day, on 8 March, we’re calling for health care to be accessible and inclusive for women and girls.

Sightsavers, February 2023

Blogs / Education /

How an evaluation tool to assess children’s development has been adapted for young children with disabilities in Kenya.

Veronica Stapleton, February 2023

Blogs / Education /

Sightsavers’ Liesbeth Roolvink and Gillian Mackay share learnings from the SMILE project in Nigeria, where a new questionnaire is being used in schools to assess children’s educational needs.

Sightsavers, February 2023

A group photo of people involved in the Ghana Somubi Dwumadie programme.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers’ Peter Anomah-Kordieh Kwasi shares the journey that led to the establishment of a parliamentary caucus that champions disability issues.

Peter Kwasi, November 2022

Blogs / Education /

Sightsavers’ Mariana Rudge shares how world leaders at the Transforming Education Summit responded to our call to take action on inclusive education.

Mariana Rudge, October 2022

A young boy sits at a desk in a classroom, writing in an exercise book. A teacher stands next to him offering guidance.

Blogs / Education /

Sightsavers’ Liesbeth Roolvink shares the work we’re doing in programme countries to help transform education systems so that all children can go to school.

Liesbeth Roolvink, October 2022

An older man talks to a younger man, who is holding a tablet computer. They are sitting in a hospital waiting room.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers' Tichafara Chisaka explains how the campaign aims to transform data in the development community and why it closely aligns with our inclusion work.

Tichafara Chisaka, September 2022

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My TED talk helped to protect millions of people from trachoma. Now you can help make history

Lessons from the Boresha Macho eye health programme in Tanzania

How we’re transforming political participation in Cameroon and Senegal

International Women’s Day: our call for inclusive health care

Making assessments more accessible for children with disabilities

On data and disability: piloting the Child Functioning Module in Nigerian schools

A parliamentary caucus on disability issues in Ghana is possible!

Did world leaders do their homework to transform education?

Transforming education: how we’re doing our homework too

Data Values campaign: why we must act now to create a fair data future

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all