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Three bracelets are stacked on top of each other. The design says 'love' in braille.

News / Fundraising /

British independent jewellery brand Liv Thurlwell will make a donation to Sightsavers for every bracelet sold from its new Valentine's range.

February 2021

African Renaissance Monument is lit up in honour of World NTD Day.

News / Fighting disease /

On 30 January 2021, Sightsavers joined global celebrations to mark the fight against neglected tropical diseases.

February 2021

A group of surgeons wearing PPE perform eye surgery.

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In Côte d’Ivoire, eye health staff have been working to ensure eye surgery is COVID-safe. Plus news from Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Ghana and more

January 2021

Two villagers in Niger walk among dusty coloured huts.

News / Fighting disease /

The road map lays out the World Health Organization's strategic and programmatic response to NTDs in the next decade.

January 2021

A man stands for a portrait while wearing a mask.

News / Fighting disease /

More than 35 million treatments were given out in 2020 as part of global efforts to tackle neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

January 2021

A person's hands are shown, entering data into a mobile phone.

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Sightsavers and its partners are holding a special event on 28 January, to share what we've learned about producing data that includes everyone.

January 2021

News / Eye health /

Three Sightsavers nominees from Tanzania have received recognition in the 2020 IAPB Vision Excellence awards.

January 2021

A large group of people stand with their awards for tackling river blindness in Nigeria.

News / Fighting disease /

The Nigerian ministry of health presented the award for Sightsavers' work to treat the disease in Kaduna State.

December 2019

Sightsavers' 2019 Christmas card, with a grumpy,looking cat in a festive hat, and the words 'It's the most wonderful time of the year'.

News / Fundraising /

This year’s card features a grumpy-looking cat in a festive hat, and 50p from each pack sold will go to Sightsavers.

December 2019

A man and two women stand together, holding a petition sign.

News / Disability and inclusion /

The global petition was received by Ana Maria Menéndez, who is Under-Secretary-General and the UN Secretary-General's senior adviser on policy.

December 2019

A hand with an equals sign inside a circle drawn on it.

News / Disability and inclusion /

As part of Sightsavers’ Equal World campaign, supporters are sharing photos of their hands on social media to call on the UN to uphold the rights of people with disabilities.

December 2019

Usman smiles after receiving eye surgery.

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In Nigeria, a lymphatic filariasis patient is planning to marry his partner after receiving treatment to stop his pain. Plus news from Senegal, Zambia and India.

November 2019

News / Fighting disease /

The charity evaluator praised Sightsavers’ deworming work in Africa for its cost-effectiveness and transparency.

November 2019

Caroline Harper, CEO of Sightsavers, holding a dose pole.

News / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ CEO was recognised for her work to help eliminate trachoma by transforming the way funding is secured.

November 2019

A woman has her eyes checked by an eye health worker in an outdoor screening camp in India.

News / Eye health /

Charity evaluator ImpactMatters awarded Sightsavers a five-star rating for cost-effectiveness – the highest score available.

November 2019

News / Disability and inclusion /

We’re calling on the next UK government to tackle inequality, make aid inclusive, keep working to eliminate neglected tropical diseases and support affordable, accessible healthcare.

November 2019

Samson Lokele poses next to his image in the Science Museum exhibition.

News / Fighting disease /

Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries is the world’s largest medical gallery and will be on display for at least 30 years.

November 2019

A male Tropical Data trainer shows female trainee how to identify what trachoma follicles would look like by using small, circular, red stickers with five white dots on their thumbs.

News / Fighting disease /

More than 700 surveys to track levels of blinding trachoma have been completed globally in the past year as part of the Tropical Data initiative.

October 2019

Samson Lokele talks to Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace.

News / Fighting disease /

Staff gathered at Buckingham Palace in the UK to recognise the achievements of The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust’s Trachoma Initiative.

October 2019

Four Sightsavers staff members smile at the camera.

News / Fighting disease /

The parliamentary event showcased the UK government’s new flagship NTD programme, Ascend, which aims to protect 200 million people from neglected tropical diseases.

October 2019

Three women posing together with smiles.

News / Eye health /

To mark World Sight Day 2019 on 10 October, Sightsavers country offices celebrated by highlighting the need to provide good-quality eye care to everyone.

October 2019

News / Eye health /

Before the Sightsavers eye health programme in the Sundarbans started, one in every 40 people over the age of 50 in the region was blind. Today, that number has dropped to one in 80.

October 2019

Two women and five small children stand outside their home.

News / Eye health /

In northern Kenya, Sightsavers’ Sarah Filbey visits an eye camp that treats both trachoma and cataracts, ensuring everyone gets the life-changing help they need.

October 2019

News / Eye health /

The accolades, awarded by the IAPB, recognise eight young and upcoming leaders who are making a difference in eye health.

October 2019

$A box of lenses used to check for refractive errors during an eye exam.$

News / Eye health /

The statistics feature in the World Health Organization's first World Report on Vision, published ahead of World Sight Day.

October 2019

Eye surgeon Upendo performs a cataract operation.

News / Eye health /

Sightsavers is launching a three-year programme to provide quality eye care to rural populations in the Morogoro and Singida regions.

October 2019

News / Disability and inclusion /

A survey of civil society organisations, co-edited by Sightsavers, is being published this week during the Sustainable Development Goals summit at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

September 2019

Two-year-old Nalukena smiles broadly with a group of other children.

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The End is in Sight campaign, which launched in February 2019, benefited from the government’s UK Aid Match fund, which matched all donations pound for pound for the first three months.

September 2019

Six children's dolls lined up in a field

News / Fundraising /

A range of disability-inclusive dolls has been launched to teach children about disability, with 10 per cent of the sales from each doll donated to Sightsavers and other charities.

September 2019

A close up photograph of someone's hand running over a sheet of braille.

News / Disability and inclusion /

It has become the latest country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty, which allows exceptions to standard copyright laws so books can be reproduced in braille and other accessible formats.

September 2019

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Braille bracelets help to raise money for Sightsavers

World NTD Day 2021: highlights from around the world

January 2021 updates: highlights from around the world

Sightsavers welcomes WHO road map to tackle neglected tropical diseases

Fight against NTDs continues despite pandemic

Sightsavers and partners share inclusive data learnings

Three Sightsavers nominees win Vision Excellence awards

Sightsavers wins award for its work to eliminate river blindness in Nigeria

Sightsavers teams up with Paperchase to launch fundraising Christmas card

Sightsavers hands disability petition with 50,000 signatures to UN

Disability campaigners put their hands up for an equal world

November 2019 updates: highlights from around the world

Sightsavers rated a top charity by GiveWell for the fourth time

Dr Caroline Harper wins the first Hemingway Award

Sightsavers named most cost-effective health charity

Sightsavers’ 2019 election manifesto: What we want from the next government

Sightsavers’ pioneering work is showcased in new Science Museum exhibition

Huge increase in Tropical Data surveys means more people are checked for trachoma

The Queen hosts reception celebrating progress to eliminate trachoma

Groundbreaking disease prevention programme is presented to MPs

How Sightsavers celebrated World Sight Day

Sightsavers and partners help to halve blindness cases in remote Indian Sundarbans

“That lady who was going blind? Look at her now!”

Sightsavers Mozambique’s Mercia Cumaio named Eye Health Hero

New figures show more than a billion people have avoidable vision impairment

Sightsavers launches eye health programme in Tanzania

Civil society survey finds mixed results on SDGs progress

UK aid boosts Sightsavers’ fundraising to prevent avoidable blindness

Inclusive dolls will help raise money for Sightsavers

Tanzania joins the push to make accessible books more widely available