Protecting sight and fighting for disability rights

Six children in Ghana stand smiling at the camera.

75% of sight loss can be cured or prevented

Volunteer community distributor Mamadou Samine from Senegal smiles broadly while holding an umbrella.

Sightsavers’ mission is to prevent avoidable blindness and fight for disability rights. Find out where we work, how we’re run and what we do with the money we raise.

A group of children hold hands in a circle in a school in Uganda, with a backdrop of lush green hills.

Sightsavers is an international development charity working in 30 countries across Africa and Asia to prevent blindness and strengthen local health systems.

Young Enoch aimlessly looks into the distance.

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Enoch’s cataracts were affecting his development and chance to fulfil his potential. You can help more children like him today.

When the bandage came off after my eye operation, I saw my daughter’s face. She looked so beautiful.

Zamurrad, Pakistan

Zamurrad smiles with her daughter following her eye operation.

How we’re making a difference

Protecting sight

We work in low and middle income countries to treat and prevent eye conditions such as cataracts, trachoma and refractive error.
How we protect sight

An eye health worker examines a woman's eyes for signs of trachoma.

Fighting disease

We help to fight five debilitiating diseases, known as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), that affect more than a billion people worldwide.
Our work to fight disease

Disability rights

We campaign to make sure people with visual impairments or other disabilities can participate equally in society without fear of discrimination.
More about disability rights

We work in more than 30 countries

We prevent avoidable blindness in some of the world’s poorest areas by partnering with local communities, governments and other groups.

As part of our work in these countries, we distribute treatments to protect against disease, carry out operations and eye examinations, strengthen health systems and advocate for people with disabilities.

Our main offices are in the UK, Ireland, Italy, the US and the UAE, and we also have regional offices in Senegal, Kenya and India.