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Student Ariane smiles at her desk while wearing her new glasses.

Exploring blindness around the world: resources for students

These resources support teachers in Ireland to explore issues relating to sight from the developing world.

Two women and a man are carrying measuring sticks to calculate the dosage of Mectizan. Two of them are wearing high-vis tops.

Strengthening reach and impact in West Africa: action plan

The Irish Aid grant “Strengthening Sightsavers reach and impact in West Africa” aims to improve access to health, education and social inclusion for women, men and children living in West Africa.

A group of smiling children are standing next to each other.

Zambia Inclusive Education Programme

An end of term evaluation to assess progress of the Zambia Inclusive Education Programme, a three-year programme to strengthen inclusive education.

Children line up at an educational assessment centre in Kenya.

Making inclusive education a reality

A 2011 Sightsavers policy paper detailing an approach to ensuring that education is inclusive.

A child with a visual impairment learns in a school in India.

Eye health in children: policy brief

A policy brief outlining how school eye health programmes need to be comprehensive, and go beyond the detection and treatment of refractive errors.

Children wait to start lessons outside a school in Sierra Leone.

Education for all: addressing marginalisation

A 2010 set of recommendations by Sightsavers to address marginalisation in education.

Children undergo inclusive schooling in a classroom in Sierra Leone.

The Educator: inclusive education

A publication on attempting to achieve inclusive education for all by the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI).

Adults and children in Malawi attend a project where a school is being built.

Getting disabled children into school in developing countries

A 2007 briefing outlining what donor governments must do to achieve Universal Primary Education.

Children attend a seminar for World Sight Day in Pakistan.

National consultation on inclusive education in Pakistan

A 2006 report on how to achieve inclusive education in Pakistan, featuring 102 participants including teachers, organizations, and people with disabilities.