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News and press releases
Spectrum Markets helps children in Nigeria get creative for World Children’s Day
Students in Kaduna State celebrated by creating colourful drawings using art materials donated by Sightsavers’ corporate partner.
Sightsavers and GLIDE pioneer new ways to fight river blindness
The partnership will test innovative ways to collect and analyse the flies that spread the disease.
Equal World campaign launches Global Disability Summit petition
The Equal World petition calls on global decision-makers to attend the Global Disability Summit and make ambitious inclusion commitments.
First cross-border treatments for trachoma are distributed in Kenya and Uganda
On 21 October 2021, teams in key districts on both sides of the Kenyan-Ugandan border began a mass drug distribution campaign to fight the disease.
World Sight Day: Sightsavers calls for urgent action on global eye health
Sightsavers is marking World Sight Day on 14 October by highlighting that the number of people worldwide who are blind could reach 115 million by 2050.
Research shows ‘shocking’ exclusion of people with disabilities during pandemic
The research, part of the Inclusive Futures initiative, found many people with disabilities were unable to get help with food, medicine and other relief efforts.
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