Press releases
Sightsavers Sunday Press Release
Sightsavers is asking churches across the UK to join together to mark World Sight Day. Click here to read the Sightsavers Sunday press release and to download your copy.
WHO calling for free spectacles in world economy drive
Read or download Sightsavers' press release that supports the World Health Organisation's call for the distribution of low-cost interventions such as spectacles to help boost the global economy.
Nelson Mandela joins pupils worldwide for Send My Friend to School ’09
Send My Friend to School kicks off with a new, exciting action for ’09 and loads of free materials and information. The campaign is once again asking UK school pupils to join forces with young campaigners around the world and keep up the pressure on global leaders to end the education crisis.
Give someone their sight back this Christmas
Stuck for present ideas this Christmas? Finding a meaningful gift can be a real challenge especially when having to face the crowds. Why not buy something your loved ones will really cherish – the gift of sight.
Sightsavers’ Catherine Cross recognised for achievements in combating blindness
Catherine Cross picks up the prestigious 2008 Mectizan® Award, awarded by global pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., Inc. in recognition of the efforts of an individual in the fight to eliminate river blindness.
Stars set their sights on reducing global blindness
George Michael, Ewan McGregor, Sir Michael Caine, Stephen Fry and Kate Silverton are among the list of celebrities who have donated their glasses to Sightsavers International for auction to highlight the plight of those living in darkness because they need a pair of spectacles. A shocking 153 million people in the world are blind simply because they have no glasses; the majority live in developing countries.
