Disability rights
Ghana nominates Sightsavers employee for UN disability committee
The government of Ghana has nominated Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame for a place on the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Worldwide celebrations on World Disability Day
Around the world, people have been celebrating 3 December, the International Day of People with Disabilities.
Keeping up political momentum on disability and development
By hosting a summit, the UK government is committing to making disability-inclusive development a global priority. We must make sure this political momentum is not lost.
The savings group that’s changing lives
The Masindi Savings Group meets under a tree outside local council buildings in Uganda. But the unusual location isn’t the only unorthodox thing about it.
Sightsavers welcomes UK announcement of global disability summit
The UK government will hold a disability summit in July 2018, as part of a push to ensure people with disabilities are included in global development.
New alliance in Bangladesh promotes disability-inclusive development
The alliance, inaugurated in Dhaka, promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities as part of the country’s implementation of the Global Goals.
Annual inclusion report 2017
The purpose of this annual report is to share learning, highlight our work on inclusion and stimulate and challenge both ourselves and our partners.
Funding boost for Sightsavers’ disability employment project in Uganda
The Connecting the Dots project has been awarded almost £200,000 by the Big Lottery Fund to continue empowering young people with disabilities.
Mali government and USAID praise Sightsavers’ inclusive education programme
More than 250 children with visual impairments will go to primary school in Mali as the result of a Sightsavers pilot being run in six schools.
The women giving prejudice a kicking
A group of women in India are taking part in an innovative project aimed at empowering young women with disabilities by teaching them judo.
