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Trachoma patient Mariam outside her home in Benin.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ Katya Mira witnessed the first round of eye operations in Benin to treat blinding trachoma, and saw three women’s lives transformed.

Mercia laughs and celebrates with a trachoma surgery patient after her bandages have been removed.

Stories / Eye health /

Mercia, from Mozambique, has worked at Sightsavers since 2010, and is determined to make sure everyone can get good-quality eye care.

Selben smiles with a group of health staff in Nigeria.

Stories / Eye health /

Selben is an ophthalmologist who works for Sightsavers in Kaduna, Nigeria. She manages our programmes and makes sure people are treated for potentially blinding eye conditions.

Stories / Eye health /

Opthalmic nurse Postan Phiri is a popular figure in the communities he visits in rural Zambia, referring patients with cataracts for sight-saving surgery.

Lovemore on a swing smiling after his operation

Stories / Eye health /

In eastern Zambia, Sightsavers’ Corinna May met nine-year-old Lovemore and saw his amazing transformation following sight-saving cataract surgery.

Gladys writing in her exercise book at school.

Stories / Appeals /

Gladys loved going to school. But when an accident damaged her eye, her deteriorating vision meant she was forced to stay at home. Thanks to Sightsavers, she's now back in the classroom and is excelling in her studies.

Children washing themselves in a stream.

Stories / Fighting disease /

For more than 20 years, medication has been distributed in Cameroon to stop the spread of river blindness. Yet people are still testing positive for the disease. We wanted to know why.

Aideen and Oliver in Ireland with fundraising cheque for €1,657.

Stories / Fundraising /

Oliver hosted a concert in County Wexford that attracted local talent, with volunteers giving their time to support Sightsavers and raise more than €1,500.

Three siblings from Zambia smile following their trachoma treatment.

Stories / Appeals /

Last year, during a visit to western Zambia, we met brothers Sililo and Maimbolwa, and their sister Inutu. All were suffering from trachoma – but we were able to treat them, thanks to you.

A student covers one eye during an eye test at a school in India.

Stories / Eye health /

Mr Aahiswar is head teacher at Rangai Middle School in central India. He has been trained to screen students for vision problems so children can get the life-changing help they need.

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“I want to be able to dance again”

Mercia’s story

Selben’s story

Postan’s story

A childhood restored and a future secured

Free from cataracts, and back at school!

How our research is finding new ways to fight river blindness

Meet our fundraisers: Oliver Stephens

With your help, we’ve reached the unreachable in Zambia

How we’re training teachers to spot blinding eye conditions

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