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People we've helped

Meet some of the people our partners have helped live independently. 

Lighting the way

Despite a difficult start in life Sufia Khanam has found success and happiness.

Strength in numbers

Two inspirational women from Bangladesh tell us how forming a group with other blind people has changed their lives.

Skills for life

The Ganjam District Rehabilitation Project in Orissa, northeast India, provides support to people who are blind, teaching skills to help people to set up their own livelihoods. 

Meet Sory from Mali

Seventy-five year old Sory Diarra has been blind since 1988, due to river blindness. He lives in Tienfala Gare in Koulikoro, a region to the east of Bamako, the capital of Mali.

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