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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

A still image from the film I Didn't See You There, showing the silhouette of a man in a wheelchair reflected in a doorway, with a colourful circus tent in the background.

News / Disability and inclusion /

A Sightsavers-supported film about disability rights will feature in the Human Rights Watch Film Festival at the Barbican in London on 16-26 March.

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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News

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

Sightsavers-supported film challenges preconceptions of disability

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame elected chair of UN disability committee

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