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Nora teaches numbers to pre-school children. A child using a wheelchair sits on her left.

News / Fundraising /

Staff from the IT services company will be cycling from Liverpool to Leeds to raise money to support our work to protect sight and fight for disability rights.

May 2023

As part of an Inclusion Works programme, Manuel, who has a physical disability, assists a colleague to check in a guest at a hotel in Kenya.

News / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers has partnered with the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance to help make the hospitality sector accessible to everyone, with a particular focus on Africa and Asia.

April 2023

A middle aged woman gets her eyes tested.

News / Eye health /

Eye care company MTHK has partnered with Sightsavers ahead of World Health Day to help improve access to eye health services in Africa and Asia.

March 2023

A group of women wearing colourful headscarves smile and laugh during a puppet show in their community.

News / Statement /

The UK government’s new international women and girls strategy is a positive step. But because 18 per cent of women have a disability, it is essential that disability inclusion is prioritised.

March 2023

A still image from the film I Didn't See You There, showing the silhouette of a man in a wheelchair reflected in a doorway, with a colourful circus tent in the background.

News / Disability and inclusion /

A Sightsavers-supported film about disability rights will feature in the Human Rights Watch Film Festival at the Barbican in London on 16-26 March.

March 2023

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame speaking into a microphone.

News / Disability and inclusion /

Gertrude, who is Sightsavers’ global advocacy manager for social inclusion, becomes the first African woman to lead the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

March 2023

A group of seven people, four of whom are wheelchair users.

News / Obituaries /

Sightsavers is sad to learn of the death of disability rights activist Judith Heumann, who was often referred to as the ‘mother of the disability rights movement’.

March 2023

A poster for the film Noor showing the three main actors. The text reads: Selected for best health film.

News / Eye health /

Noor, a short film about the impact of childhood visual impairment, has been selected for the ‘Best health film’ category at the Cannes World Film Festival.

February 2023

Actress Sunetra Sarker smiling in front of a leafy green wall.

News / Fundraising /

Celebrity ambassador Sunetra Sarker wrote to local newspapers across Great Britain to thank Sightsavers supporters for their generosity in the fight against trachoma.

February 2023

News / Education /

In February 2023, Sightsavers will present at the Comparative and International Education Society conference in Washington DC.

February 2023

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Cantel fundraises for Sightsavers with sponsored bike ride

Sightsavers partnership aims to improve inclusion in hospitality

MTHK teams up with Sightsavers to raise funds to improve eye care

UK government strategy: Sightsavers calls for further action for women and girls with disabilities

Sightsavers-supported film challenges preconceptions of disability

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame elected chair of UN disability committee

Judith Heumann: “A giant of activism and campaigning”

Sightsavers film shortlisted for Cannes World Film Festival award

Sightsavers ambassador Sunetra Sarker thanks supporters

Sightsavers at the CIES global education conference

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all