World Sight Day
On World Sight Day 2019 we welcome the first ever World Report on Vision, which puts the spotlight on eye care for all. Find out how Sightsavers is making sure everyone has access to the eye care they need.
World Sight Day is an annual event that raises awareness of visual impairments and calls on the global community to work to eliminate avoidable blindness.
To mark World Sight Day 2019 on 10 October, the World Health Organization (WHO) has published the first ever World Report on Vision. The report estimates that 2.2 billion people – nearly a third of the world’s population – have a vision impairment, and that one billion of those people have impaired vision that could be prevented or treated. Read the news story
We know it is possible to provide good-quality eye care to people no matter where they live or what their needs are. Our research has revealed how cases of blindness in the Sundarbans – a poor, remote area of India – have been halved in just five years thanks in part to our eye health project in the region, supported by Standard Chartered.
At Sightsavers we’re aiming for a world where good-quality eye care is available to everyone, so no one is left behind. Read on to learn more.
Halving blindness in the remote Sundarbans
In this rural region of eastern India, one in 50 people used to be blind. But our project has helped to transform eye health in the area, changing thousands of lives.
About the projectFind out about our sight-saving eye health work
How we protect sightWe put vision first around the world
Helping Indian truck drivers stay safe behind the wheel
Sightsavers' Kate McCoy spent three days at a noisy roadside truck stop to see how Sightsavers is helping truck drivers to get the vital eye treatment they need.
Testing and treating blinding cataracts in Kenya
In Turkana County in northern Kenya, we visited an eye camp that treats both trachoma and cataracts, ensuring as many people as possible can get help.
Eye care for everyone in India
Sightsavers India is partnering with hospitals, tapping into existing eye care systems and creating new ones to provide affordable eye care for people living in some of the poorest areas of the country.
See stunning photos disappearing in the blink of an eye
Our interactive exhibition, at London's [email protected], raises awareness of Sightsavers’ End is in Sight campaign to eliminate blinding trachoma.
Find out more about how we see
How do our eyes work?