We start with sight, but we don’t stop there

At Sightsavers, we protect sight. We eliminate diseases. We fight for equality. And with your support, we can do even more.

A boy sits in a chair wearing optometry glasses during an eye test. A man's hand places a lens into the right side of the pair of glasses.

We’ve been changing lives for 20 years

Since we began, we’ve achieved some amazing things. We work in more than 30 countries in Africa and Asia to train health workers, provide eye operations, improve women’s health and more. But we need your help to continue our vital work.

Find out what we do

How can I get involved?

Support our TV appeal

Your gift today could help stop a child going blind from preventable causes.
Join our campaigning

Back our call for the rights of people with disabilities to be upheld worldwide.
Donate to our spring appeal

Help us protect more families in remote communities from the threat of trachoma.

Remembering Sightsavers in your will can transform lives

Leave a legacy gift

How we’re making a difference

Minahil, who wears spectacles, smiles broadly as she sits at her classroom desk.

About Sightsavers

Our goal is to prevent avoidable blindness, fight disease and ensure equality for everyone.

Three women wearing yellow Sightsavers T-shirts smile while standing in front of a Sightsavers banner at the 2025 London Marathon.

Fundraising

By raising money for Sightsavers, you really can change lives. There are plenty of ways to get involved.

Campaigning

We campaign for disability rights and inclusion so everyone can participate equally in society.

Where will my money go?

92% of donations, including donated supplies, go to our vital charity work, and 8% help us grow awareness and our funding.
Learn how we spend our money

See our work in action

A trachoma surgeon wearing surgical scrubs and optical headwear smiles broadly and crosses his arms outside a clinic in Uganda.

Meet three disability inclusion champions: See how our projects are changing the world.

Explore the history of trachoma: Learn about the disease that affects millions.

Visit our rural surgery camp: Take a virtual tour of our operating theatre where miracles happen.

Sightsavers and Irish Aid have worked together for more than a decade to provide eye care, support people with disabilities and fight debilitating diseases. In 2017, Sightsavers and Irish Aid launched a collaboration in Cameroon, Liberia, Senegal and Sierra Leone to support communities throughout the region.
How Sightsavers and Irish Aid are working together