News Archives | Sightsavers

Two young girls talk to each other in a playground. One of the girls has a physical disability and is using a wheelchair.

News / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers will host two events and two exhibition spaces at the event in Berlin on 2-3 April, calling on attendees to join us in targeting inequality.

March 2025

$A female student wears eye test glasses during a refractive error examination.$

News / Eye health /

Global eyewear brand My Spectacles and scientific equipment company Applied Photophysics have partnered with us to raise funds for our eye health work.

March 2025

Minahil, who wears spectacles, smiles broadly as she sits at her classroom desk.

News / Education /

We’re attending the conference in Chicago on 22-26 March to share Sightsavers’ expertise, engage with the education community and explore how we can help to transform inclusive education.

March 2025

Sightsavers’ programme officer Salome Njeri Mbugua-Mutua receives the award on stage alongside two academy instructors.

News / Disability and inclusion /

The IT Bridge Academy, which supports young people with disabilities to train for a career in IT, received the accolade from technology company Cisco.

February 2025

In an operating theatre, a surgeon and a nurse prepare baby Ebenezeri for her cataract operation. The medical staff are wearing green scrubs and surgical masks.

News / Our organisation /

These photos capture some highlights from our work in 2024. From disease treatment programmes to disability inclusion, we’ve seen lives transformed, attitudes changed and people supported to access their rights.

January 2025

12-year-old Fiza smiles after receiving glasses through an eye test at her school.

News / Eye health /

OptikosPrime’s innovative app will help people living in lower income countries to access eye care by making it possible to have their eyes tested via smartphone.

January 2025

President Jimmy Carter smiles, with the US flag behind him.

News / Obituaries /

The 39th president of the United States died on 29 December, aged 100. Sightsavers worked with President Carter and The Carter Center for many years to fight neglected tropical diseases.

January 2025

News / Our organisation /

Sightsavers did incredible things in 2024, but we couldn’t have done it without the help of our supporters, partners and staff. Learn what we achieved around the world.

December 2024

Naomi, Rakonin and Naijara outside a house, smiling.

News / Fundraising /

Help Sightsavers continue its life-changing work by purchasing a pack of cards this festive season.

December 2024

A man wearing sunglasses smiles with his two happy grandchildren.

News / Eye health /

For each handmade pair of glasses sold, the eyewear brand will donate £33 towards Sightsavers' eye health work.

November 2024

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News

Global Disability Summit 2025: Sightsavers calls for stronger commitment to inclusion

Sightsavers joins forces with two new eye health partners

Sightsavers at the CIES education conference 2025

Sightsavers’ IT Bridge Academy wins top-performing academy award

2024: Our year in pictures

Sightsavers partners with AI tech company to improve rural eye care

Sightsavers pays tribute to President Jimmy Carter

What we achieved in 2024

Sightsavers to benefit from Help32’s fundraising Christmas cards

Sightsavers celebrates eye health partnership with Ransome Optical

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