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A large group of people gather together for a photo outside a building. Some people are seated, some are standing and there is a man in a wheelchair at the front of the group.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers’ Joseph Mensah explains how the Ghana Somubi Dwumadie programme is helping to change negative social attitudes and behaviour.

Joseph Mensah, April 2022

A large group of people stand on the main stage at the World Water Forum.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ Salimata Bocoum shares learnings, actions and reflections from the World Water Forum, where the importance of working together to fight neglected tropical diseases was a key theme.

Salimata Bocoum, April 2022

A patient is interviewed by a member of Sightsavers staff as part of a project.

Blogs / Eye health /

The project raises awareness of glaucoma in an effort to reduce the number of people going blind if their condition is left untreated.

Sightsavers, March 2022

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers' Hannah Loryman looks at some of the commitments pledged at the 2022 Global Disability Summit, and what more needs to be done.

Hannah Loryman, March 2022

Audience members at the 2018 Global Disability Summit with their backs to the camera, looking at screens with the text 'Global Disability Summit'.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers' Tichafara Chisaka explains how the upcoming summit presents an opportunity to step up our efforts and make progress on disability inclusion.

Tichafara Chisaka, February 2022

A panel of six speakers sit on stage at the Global Disability Summit in 2018.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Our country office teams in Pakistan and Kenya spoke to the organisations of people with disabilities they work with about their hopes for the upcoming Global Disability Summit.

Sightsavers, February 2022

A group of young people sit around a table, talking together. The group includes both men and women, and most of the group members are wearing smart business clothes.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers worked with the Kenyan government and partners to create the country’s first inclusive data action plan, which will help collect high-quality data about people with disabilities and the barriers they face.

Moses Chege, December 2021

A screengrab from a video chat, showing Alyssa Marriner and Cosmas Ejong.

Blogs / Fighting disease /

Ndellejong Cosmas Eljong, Sightsavers’ technical adviser for schistosomiasis and intestinal worms, tells us via video about his work to fight parasitic worm infections and how deworming can have a huge impact on communities around the world.

Sightsavers, November 2021

A screengrab from Sumrana Yasmin and Mutave Mutemi video interview.

Blogs / Eye health /

In an interview for World Sight Day 2021, Sumrana Yasmin, Sightsavers’ global technical lead for eye health, talks to Mutave Mutemi about her work, the global eye health crisis and how we all have a part to play in addressing it.

Sightsavers, October 2021

Five people, including the President of the Association des People of Small Size and the President of the Malian Union of the Blind, smile at the camera.

Blogs / Disability and inclusion /

The signing and passing into law of a new social decree that protects the rights of people with disabilities was years in the making. But how did we get to this historic moment?

Daouda Kone, October 2021

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Blogs

How inclusion ambassadors are reducing disability stigma and discrimination in Ghana

Collaboration is key: lessons from the World Water Forum

How the Keep Sight initiative aims to overcome inequalities when diagnosing glaucoma

Will the 2022 Global Disability Summit result in a more equal world?

Data and the Global Disability Summit: how to make sure commitments lead to change

The Global Disability Summit: views from Pakistan and Kenya

Advancing disability data in Kenya through partnership

How can deworming change the world?

What do we mean by the global eye health crisis?

The last five years: Mali’s journey to protect the rights of people with disabilities

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all