Blogs
We must make the COVID-19 response inclusive for people with disabilities. Here’s how.
If you are an organisation working to support the COVID-19 pandemic response, here are our top nine tips to ensure people with disabilities are not left behind.
Supporting youth with deafblindness in Uganda
Alice Nabbanja from Sense International explains how the organisation has been working with Sightsavers in Uganda supporting young people with deafblindness and complex disabilities.
#DisabilityC19 Twitter chat
Sightsavers' Andrea Pregel talks through the highlights of a Twitter chat around disability and COVID-19.
“We put a special focus on women with disabilities and their rights”
On International Women’s Day 2020, Sightsavers' Asma Rashida highlights the additional prejudices women with disabilities face, and the important work of the Right to Health project.
Celebrating the value of employees with disabilities
Rasak Adekoya shares his career story, tells us about his role helping people with disabilities secure good jobs, and what it’s like leading a film shoot as a blind person.
“I don’t look to famous women to inspire me – I look to those I know well”
To coincide with International Women's Day, we asked our CEO, Caroline Harper, a few questions about her career at Sightsavers.
Improving eye health and saving lives in India
Sightsavers’ chair, Sir Clive Jones, visited India to see how a Sightsavers programme is saving lives on the roads by screening truck drivers for vision problems.
Making research count: introducing the new uptake and learning team
Sightsavers’ new research uptake and learning advisors share their efforts to make sure our research makes a real difference to the lives of people across the world.
Gender equality: why is it important?
Sightsavers ran a workshop in Dakar in December 2019 to promote gender mainstreaming in all its programmes.
Why 2020 will be a critical year for universal health coverage
We end 2019 on a tide of political momentum and optimism that health for all is achievable. In 2020, this must be translated into action in national contexts.
