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Sightsavers surgeon Aliyu smiles with a group of children.

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Aliyu A-Umar, a former trachoma surgeon in Nigeria, has an inspiring way of making people feel at ease about eye care.

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Charles Ahumuza, who is partially sighted, reveals how Sightsavers' inclusive employment programme in Uganda has helped him to fulfil his childhood dream of becoming an electrician.

Two surgeons at work in the operating theatre at Mymensingh hospital. They're wearing green scrubs.

Stories / Eye health /

Robbie Peacock and Ciara Smullen travelled to the northern town of Mymensingh to visit a hospital that is saving the sight of thousands of people a year.

Eye surgeon, Doctor Msukwa in his scrubs at a hospital in Malawi.

Stories / Eye health /

Dr Msukwa is an ophthalmologist in southern Malawi. He restores sight through cataract operations, and says his passion is helping children to see again.

Mary, a volunteer in Ghana, sits with three smiling children.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Mary, a dedicated mother of seven, used to work as a teacher. Now, she is saving sight in Asubende village in Ghana, by distributing medication to protect people from river blindness. Here you can meet some of the people she has helped.

A wide shot of the rural landscape in Nasir, South Sudan. The fields are very wet and the grass is a lush green.

Stories / Eye health /

Trachoma, a painful eye disease, can be easily treated with antibiotics. But the challenge is reaching the people who need treatment, particularly if they live in remote areas such as Nadir in South Sudan.

School children in Kenya sing songs outside in the sunshine.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ Julie Jenner meets the teachers and students who are fighting disease and preventing blindness by teaching children about good hygiene.

Jacob and Moses outside their village in Nigeria.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Meet Jacob and Moses, who are working together to protect their community from diseases such as river blindness.

A sightsavers 4x4 crosses a rickety bridge over a river in River Sess County, Liberia.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Lincoln Gankpala, from the Liberian Ministry of Health, shares his experience of treating river blindness before, during and after the devastating Ebola outbreak that claimed thousands of lives.

An eye health team on motorbikes travel across a dusty remote landscape dotted with trees and huts.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Sightsavers’ Jo Howard travels across rural Tanzania with an eye health team to see how far they must go to treat trachoma in the most remote communities.

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Meet the dancing trachoma surgeon

Charles’s story

The hospital in Bangladesh that’s restoring sight and changing lives

Dr Gerald Msukwa

Meet Mary, a sight-saving volunteer

Saving sight in the world’s most remote locations

Meeting Kenya’s health heroes

The father and son fighting tropical diseases in Nigeria

Liberia five years on: saving sight in the aftermath of Ebola

Reaching Ruangwa: an epic journey to help save sight

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all