The end is in sight
We’re on a mission to end trachoma by 2025, and with your support, we can make history.
Together, we can end the agony of trachoma.
About the campaign
The End is in Sight is Sightsavers’ campaign working to eliminate blinding trachoma in countries where it is still a public health problem. Our aim is to eliminate this disease in countries where we work by 2025.
Trachoma has devastated the world’s poorest communities since the earliest records, and worldwide there are currently about 1.9 million people who are blind or visually impaired because of it. Our campaign asks people to help us make the ambition of ending this avoidable disease a reality.
A huge amount has been achieved so far with the number of people at risk of trachoma having fallen by 91% since 2002 (WHO, June 2019). However, there is still a great deal of work to do. Sightsavers is working in over 30 countries across Africa and Asia to eliminate trachoma. Will you help us beat it by 2025?
What is trachoma?
More than 137 million people worldwide are at risk of going blind from the disease.
About the diseaseWe can’t do it without your help
We must act now. If we can reach a child with trachoma and treat them with antibiotics, their sight can be saved.
But the longer they go without treatment, the more damage trachoma can cause. And it takes more than their sight. The agony and disability of trachoma can stop people earning a living and prevent children going to school, leaving them trapped in a cycle of poverty.
It takes their independence. Their education. Even their future.
Through years of hard work, we’ve weakened trachoma’s grip and have beaten it in countries such as Ghana. Now we have a chance to make history.
Our plan is to eliminate the disease by 2025. Will you join the fight?
What we've achieved so far
We've still a way to go - but so far the campaign has already made great strides towards elimination, and Ghana was declared trachoma-free in 2018.
How we did itHow can I join in the fight?
Donate
Your gift can help us distribute antibiotics to banish trachoma for good by 2025, saving millions of people from the threat of blindness. Help us make history: donate now
Fundraise
There are so many ways you can help, from organising a coffee morning to running a marathon, trekking up Kilimanjaro or even skydiving. Get started with fundraising
“Since the surgery he has been playing a lot. In fact he plays too much now!”
Seven-year-old Muzi, from Sokoto, Nigeria, was suffering from painful trachoma and was at risk of going blind. He could not go to school or play with other children. But thanks to Sightsavers, he was diagnosed and had an operation to save his sight. Read his story
Help end the misery of trachoma
More about trachoma
WHO: 74% reduction in people needing advanced trachoma surgery
People requiring surgery treat severe cases of trachoma, the world’s leading cause of infectious blindness, have declined from 7.6 million in 2002 to 2 million in 2020, according to World Health Organization data.
How can Malawi overcome the final hurdle to eliminate trachoma?
We have a lot of work ahead of us to ensure that no one is left behind, but if we can eliminate one NTD, we can then focus on eliminating the others.
Fatuma's story
Fatuma is a grandmother from Ruangwa, Tanzania suffering with advanced trachoma. We follow her journey from near-blindness to the chance to see once again.
