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Stories / Eye health /

As we thank all our health workers on World Health Day, meet six who have worked with Sightsavers to help improve eye care for people in their communities.

Stories / Disability and inclusion /

Shamima, who is hearing and speech impaired, has developed a unique way to communicate with her close family.

A surgeon dressed in scrubs prepares for theatre

Stories / Fighting disease /

A decade ago, Turkana had the highest prevalence of trachoma of any county. Now thanks to eye health workers like Elizabeth, the number of cases have been severely reduced.

A woman dressed in traditional clothing poses for the camera. she is blind in her left eye.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Ekeno was experiencing terrible pain in her eyes until her neighbour Susan, a Sightsavers-trained community worker, was able to get her the help she needed.

A dam in the Cascades region, Burkina Faso.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers is working towards the elimination of trachoma and river blindness in Burkina Faso, thanks to our partnership with L’Occitane Foundation.

Abdul walking outside his school with a backpack on

Stories / Disability and inclusion /

Abdul is one of many children who has benefited from the Education for All project that aims to give all children with disabilities access to a better quality education.

A man rides a bike with a child on the back.

Stories / Education /

Sightsavers’ Ronnie Stapleton visited pre-schools across Malawi to train teachers how to include children with disabilities. She also learned a lot along the way.

A nurse helps wash a woman who has lymphatic filariasis wash her swollen leg.

Stories / Fighting disease /

The Democratic Republic of the Congo may have the highest burdens of neglected tropical diseases, but people on the ground are working to protect communities.

Stories / Eye health /

Sightsavers’ eye health screening project in Pakistan is helping children see and learn all over the country. We listen to stories of some of the children we have helped.

A mother helps her daughter with some school work.

Stories / Eye health /

Six-year-old Khadijah was getting into trouble at school for not being able to do her work. But following an eye operation she can’t wait to learn to read and write.

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Stories

Celebrating our health workers on World Health Day

Claiming rights and restoring sight: Shamima’s story

Meet Elizabeth, who’s helping to restore sight in Kenya

The friend next door: how Ekeno’s neighbour saved her sight

Treating river blindness in Burkina Faso

Education for all in Sierra Leone

Educating pre-school children when resources are scarce

Caring for patients in Democratic Republic of Congo

Stories from the SHIP eye health project in Pakistan

Khadijah’s story

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all