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Kareen Atekem is shown in a yellow Sightsavers top standing outside next to a Sightsavers vehicle.

News / Fighting disease /

Kareen Atekem's work on a new project to help control and eliminate two neglected tropical diseases has been recognised by the NTD Innovation Prize competition.

September 2021

A group of smiling people hold signs that say Equal UN Mali.

News / Disability and inclusion /

The Prime Minister of Mali has signed the new social decree into law, which promises to improve the lives of people with disabilities and make it possible for people to claim their rights.

September 2021

A hand holding a blue Novus bank card, featuring the text Visa and Novus World.

News / Fundraising /

The app enables users to support Sightsavers by donating virtual ‘coins’ every time they use their bank card.

August 2021

A photograph Rasak Adekoya taken in a Sightsavers office

News / Disability and inclusion /

Rasak was selected for his work tackling the barriers faced by people with disabilities as part of the Inclusion Works programme in Nigeria.

August 2021

Lesline and classmates at school in Cameroon

News / Education /

As the Global Education Summit began in London this week, Sightsavers renewed its pressure on global leaders to ensure children with disabilities can receive an education.

July 2021

Four pairs of sunglasses from the Togetherband range, in black, dark green, tortoiseshell and cream.

News / Fundraising /

The initiative, which promotes the UN’s Global Goals, will donate £1 from every purchase to fund Sightsavers' work on river blindness.

July 2021

A long line of children queue to see an eye health worker.

News / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers' director of policy and programme strategy, Dom Haslam, responds to the "devastating" outcome of the vote to keep the budget for international development at 0.5% of national income.

July 2021

A man has his eyes checked for signs of trachoma.

News / Fighting disease /

Sierra Leone has become the 50th country to be surveyed for trachoma as part of the initiative, with one person being examined for trachoma every 26 seconds since the surveys began in 2012.

July 2021

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame speaking into a microphone.

News / Disability and inclusion /

Getrude has been recognised at the World Blindness Summit 2021 for her work in social inclusion and disability rights.

July 2021

An eye health worker wearing a mask shines a light into a woman's eyes to check for signs of trachoma. Another eye health worker stands nearby.

News /

A round-up of our work that your donations are helping to support, including news from India, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Malawi.

June 2021

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News

Sightsavers researcher commended for innovative NTD project

Mali passes new law to protect the rights of people with disabilities

Ethical banking app Novus helps to prevent blindness

Sightsavers Nigeria’s Rasak Adekoya becomes One Young World ambassador

‘Don’t fail us’: Sightsavers calls on leaders to address the global learning crisis

#TOGETHERBAND initiative supports Sightsavers with new sustainable sunglasses range

Statement: Sightsavers’ response to UK aid reduction decision

World’s largest trachoma surveys reach 50th country

Sightsavers’ Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame receives women’s empowerment award

June 2021 update: highlights from around the world

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