You can help prevent sight loss

90% of sight loss is preventable, but millions of people are never diagnosed or able to get treatment.Will you help?

Right now, more than 1.1 billion people worldwide have a visual impairment that could be treated or prevented. But you can help change this.

Preventing sight loss begins with a routine eye test. These can detect conditions such as cataracts, often before the symptoms are apparent.

But access to eye tests is unequal. In remote communities, eye clinics are scarce, and people cannot receive the care they need. Imagine a child struggling to read at school because their cataracts go undiagnosed. Or an older person losing their independence because they can’t afford transportation to a distant clinic.

By supporting Sightsavers, you’re not just funding eye tests: you’re helping to ensure that everyone, regardless of their circumstances, has the chance to protect their sight. Please will you help us prevent sight loss?

Where does my donation go?
91% of donations, including donated supplies, support our vital charity work. The remainder helps us grow awareness of Sightsavers and raise more funds for our life-changing projects.

100 million people are blind or visually impaired because of cataracts

3.5 million people are blind because of astigmatism and other refractive errors

1.5 million people are blind or visually impaired because of trachoma

How your donation could help prevent sight loss

Archana is having her eyes screened for cataracts.

Providing eye tests

Your donation could support projects to provide community eye screenings in some of the most remote areas of the world. For many people, this can be the first time they have an eye test.

Dr Ndalela examines a boy's eyes and applies ointment to ease the symptoms of trachoma.

Training health workers

Your donation could help fund training for workers specialising in eye care. Health workers conduct eye tests, diagnose eye conditions, provide medicines and refer people for sight-saving operations.

Archana is having a cataract operation. A doctor stands over Archana while they are working on Archana's eye.

Vital operations

Surgeries for cataracts and other severe eye conditions can take less than an hour. Your donation could help to train surgeons, transport patients to hospital, or provide surgical equipment.

Our promise to you

Sightsavers will work tirelessly to treat and prevent avoidable sight loss. From working with partners and local volunteers to distribute medicines for diseases that can lead to blindness, to funding the training of eye health workers, and helping children like Mary receive life-changing operations. Your donation can and will make an impact.

Together, we can help to prevent sight loss

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