Protecting sight and fighting for disability rights
75% of sight loss can be cured or prevented
Learn how you can help
Fall appeal
Without vital cataract surgery, Lovemore would have lost his sight, and his independence.
About us
Want to know more about Sightsavers? Here you can find out where we work, how we’re run and what we do with the money we raise.
Watch our CEO’s TED Talk
Caroline Harper shows how eliminating trachoma will free millions of people from blindness and poverty.
Focus magazine: See how your support is changing lives
Read the latest issueWhat we do
- We treat and prevent eye conditions such as cataracts, trachoma and refractive error.
- We help to fight five debilitating diseases that affect more than a billion people around the world.
- We campaign for disability rights so people with disabilities can participate equally in society.
Read more about Sightsavers, or watch our video to learn what we do and see our work in action.
We work in more than 30 countries worldwide
Where we workHow we’re making a difference
Meet the dancing trachoma surgeon
Aliyu A-Umar, a former trachoma surgeon in the Sokoto region of Nigeria, has an inspiring way of making local people feel at ease about eye care.
The hospital in Bangladesh that’s changing lives
Robbie Peacock and Ciara Smullen visited a remarkable hospital that is saving the sight of thousands of people a year.
New programme will protect 20 million people from disease
The Ascend programme, which Sightsavers is leading, aims to tackle six of the world’s worst diseases in 25 countries.
