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The end is in sight! You’re helping to wash trachoma away by supporting vital hygiene and sanitation projects. Our aim is to free people from this terrible disease by 2025.
What we’ve been up to
Introducing Kenya’s health heroes
Sightsavers’ Julie Jenner meets the teachers and students who are fighting disease and preventing blindness by teaching children about good hygiene to stop the spread of trachoma.
“People ask why someone with a disability would vote”
In Cameroon there are laws protecting the rights of people with disabilities, including the right to vote. Yet many still struggle to access the ballot box.
Meet the dancing trachoma surgeon
Aliyu A-Umar, a former trachoma surgeon in northern Nigeria, has an inspiring way of making people feel more at ease about eye care: a screening session cleverly disguised as a party.
How your help is changing lives
Your donations are enabling us to reach out to communities in some of the poorest parts of the world, to prevent disease and teach people how to protect themselves from infection.
In this video, 13-year-old student Charles, from Meru County in Kenya, tells us about eye disease trachoma and how he and his family have learned to prevent it in their community.
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Sightsavers marks 50th anniversary of Mount Kilimanjaro expedition
On 20 February 1969, Sightsavers supported a group of young men with visual impairments to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. The aim? To combat negative attitudes towards disability.
How we’re training teachers to spot blinding eye conditions
Mr Aahiswar is head teacher at Rangai Middle School in central India. He has been trained to screen students for vision problems so children can get the life-changing help they need.
With your help, we’ve reached the unreachable in Zambia
Last year, during a visit to western Zambia, we met brothers Sililo and Maimbolwa, and their sister Inutu. All were suffering from trachoma. But we were able to treat them and save their sight, thanks to you.
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