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We’ve been saving sight worldwide since 1950

In the past 70 years, Sightsavers has achieved amazing feats. We’ve carried out millions of eye operations, protected communities from disease and upheld the rights of thousands of people with disabilities. And with your support, we can do even more.

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Give a child sight this Christmas

Thanks to your gifts, children like Luyando won’t have to suffer lifelong sight loss.
Sightsavers Nigeria is 70!

Learn how we’ve transformed eye health in the country over the past seven decades.
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How we’re making a difference in more than 30 countries

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About Sightsavers

Our goal is to prevent avoidable blindness and fight for the rights of people with disabilities.

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Fundraising

By raising money for Sightsavers, you really can change lives. There are plenty of ways to get involved.

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Campaigning

We campaign for disability rights so people with disabilities can participate equally in society.

Our Equal World campaign
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Where will my money go?

91% of donations, including donated supplies, go to our vital charity work, and 9% help us grow awareness and our funding. Learn how we spend our money

See our work in action

Olubunmi, a gynaecologist from Nigeria, smiles while wearing a blue plastic medical apron and mask under her chin.

Our year in review: See what we achieved last year, as told by the people who accomplished it.

Explore the history of trachoma: Learn about the disease that’s existed for more than 10,000 years.

Visit our rural surgery camp: Tour our operating theatre in Tanzania where miracles happen.

Latest news and stories

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“Their future is going to be bright”

Cataracts are the world’s leading cause of blindness. Learn what Sightsavers is doing to protect the sight of children like Mobwin in Zambia, who had cataracts.

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Sightsavers ambassador inspires Netflix film on albinism

The film is based on the life of John Chiti, a Zambian campaigner for disability rights.

Where is a woman’s place?

Six women with disabilities share how they have defied discrimination to blaze a trail and define their place in society.

Nine-year-old Khadijah at school with her friend after successful cataract surgery.

Nine-year-old Khadijah (right) is no longer at risk of going blind.

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