Protecting sight and fighting for disability rights
75% of sight loss can be cured or prevented
Learn how you can help
Spring appeal
Forgotten, isolated and devastated by trachoma. Will you help save the sight of a family like Bibie’s?
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 explains how eliminating trachoma will free millions of people from blindness and poverty.
What 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.
We work in more than 30 countries worldwide
Where we workHow we’re making a difference
Abdu’s story
For years, Abdu suffered from the pain of trachoma. Thanks to a Sightsavers-supported programme, he was examined, diagnosed and given treatment to protect his sight.
An epic journey to help save sight
Sightsavers’ Jo Howard travels across rural Tanzania with an eye health team to see how far they must go to treat the most remote communities for trachoma.
Sightsavers marks 50th anniversary of Mount Kilimanjaro expedition
On 20 February 1969, Sightsavers supported men with visual impairments on an expedition to raise awareness about blindness.
