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A boy with crutches sits with his friends in the playground during lunch break at school in Senegal.

Stories / Education /

Every child deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential. Your donations are helping to train teachers so they can welcome children with visual impairments and other disabilities into the classroom.

Mary stands holding a book after her cataracts operation.

Stories / Eye health /

Mary has regained her sight and independence after a successful cataracts operation, enabling her to return to school and play with other children.

A man smiles while people walk in the background.

Stories / Eye health /

Ophthalmic nurse Jeremiah Gwafa was first inspired to work in eye health as a child, after seeing the impact of blindness on his own family.

Gladys Atto in her doctor's uniform, smiling at the camera.

Stories / Eye health /

“My name is Dr Gladys Atto. I wanted to be a doctor since I was a child, and I am very proud to be an ophthalmologist and have an impact on people’s lives.”

Illustration of student ophthalmologist Dr Hawa Megembe, sitting in a chair with flowers and a framed picture behind her.

Stories / Eye health /

Dr Hawa Naiga Magembe is studying ophthalmology in Uganda with the help of a scholarship provided by Sightsavers’ inclusive eye health programme.

Lanoi stands outside and smiles with her hands on top of her head. She looks off to the right.

Stories / Eye health /

Four-year-old Lanoi was suffering with trachoma. But thanks to the generosity of our supporters, she was able to be treated.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Meet Samson, a trachoma surgeon who’s saving people’s sight by performing pop-up operations and outreach in remote communities in Kenya.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Since 1991, Sightsavers been helping Mali’s ministry of health to treat and prevent this blinding disease. Now the country is on track to banish it for good.

Six schoolchildren sit on the floor around a board game that they're playing.

Stories / Fighting disease /

Schools in Kenya, Ethiopia and Guinea are using educational board games to teach children about the importance of good hygiene to help eliminate trachoma.

Two women stand in a flooded area outside a house, where they are checking a mosquito trap.

Stories / Fighting disease /

To tackle disease, we need to know who is affected. In Liberia, Sightsavers has studied mosquitoes and tested children to see how urban migration affects the spread of lymphatic filariasis.

We protect sight, fight disease and make sure everyone can claim their rights.

Find out how your support can make a huge difference and change lives.

Stories

In Senegal, we’re ensuring all children are able to go to school

“I’m so happy I can see my grandfather again!”

“The best part of my job is seeing someone’s life transformed”

A day in the life: the only ophthalmologist in Karamoja

A day in the life: “It’s a blessing to have the power to change someone’s life”

Our sights are set on eliminating trachoma in Kenya

“I was the first trachoma surgeon in my region”

The last mile: paving the way to eliminating river blindness in Mali

Captain Clean: teaching children about hygiene through games

Catching the urban mosquito: how our research protects communities from NTDs

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all