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Stephen Hawking commends his father’s role in tackling NTDs
Professor Hawking spoke at Sightsavers’ event to mark the one billionth treatment for neglected tropical diseases: watch the full video of his speech here.
Worldwide celebrations on World Disability Day
Around the world, people have been celebrating 3 December, the International Day of People with Disabilities.
Stephen Hawking to deliver speech at Sightsavers celebration
The physicist will lead global celebrations to mark the one billionth treatment that Sightsavers and partners have delivered to tackle NTDs.
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.
Sightsavers and partners celebrate delivering a billion NTD treatments
The billionth treatment was administered on Thursday 16 November to a seven-year-old girl named Dorcas, who was at risk of NTDs in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
New trustees join Sightsavers’ UK board
The new board members are epidemiologist Professor Christopher Whitty, disability advocate Abia Akram and political economist Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi.
Sightsavers is named top charity for customer service
For the second year in a row, Sightsavers has been named top charity in the Top 50 Companies for Customer Service Awards.
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.
Sightsavers hosts photo exhibition on London’s South Bank
Photographs of Sightsavers’ work in Pakistan, taken by Andrew McConnell, are on show at the More London Riverside development near Tower Bridge.
