People we've helped
Here you can read more about the people that Sightsavers have worked with our partners to help, whether it be by restoring their sight, helping people who will never regain their sight rebuild their lives, or stopping the spread of river blindness.
A new future for Nizam
When six-year-old Nizam Uddin could no longer see due to cataract, his mother feared for his future...
Caught in time
Glaucoma develops gradually, so people often don’t realise they have it. Ahmadu from Nigeria was lucky that his glaucoma was diagnosed and treated before he lost his sight.
Abdoulie's alphabet
Seven-year-old Abdoulie was identified by an itinerant teacher, and is now attending school.
Mama's independence
Alice Udagbo, affectionately known as Mama, has had her life turned around by successful sight restoring cataract surgery.
Top of the class
Mahesh, who was born without sight, has been excelling at school and in the process has helped change perceptions of blindness and disabilities within his community. Find out more about his remarkable success.
Babul's story
8-year-old Babul Miah is enjoying learning thanks to an inclusive education policy at his school in Bangladesh.
Saving sight in Bangladesh
Jainab Bibi and her husband Abal Hossain are not camera shy – and they proudly show off their matching specs! Jainab, 60, explains how they both had their eye sight restored through cataract surgery on the same day
A new vision
When Santosh Devi started to lose her eye sight it put a huge strain on her and her family. The 38-year-old mother of three lives in Lukhlada village in Uttar Pradesh, north India, with her husband, children, and her husband’s two sisters and mother.
A brighter future
Blind from birth, 14 year old Abdullah never thought he'd get the chance to go to school. But now the future is much brighter thanks to a Sightsavers partner in Pakistan. Read about Abdullah's story here.
A fantastic service
Ms Senaderage Dona Chandrika shares her experience working as a librarian at the Sri Lanka Council for the Blind, a Sightsavers partner in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Christy’s story
To look at three-year-old Christy Joseph laughing and playing in the playground, you wouldn’t be able to distinguish anything different about her...
Talking to Angeline Akai
Angeline Akai is totally blind, and attending an integrated school not only taught her inavluable confidence and mobility, but she has since qualified as a teacher and hopes to be able to support her family.
A model teacher
Godfrey Mugote is a ‘model teacher’ demonstrating what people who are blind can achieve.
Spreading the word on the airwaves
Sadiya Sale didn’t know that the painful scratching sensation she was experiencing was trachoma, until she heard about a Sightsavers supported programme on the radio.
