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Sightsavers reacts to publication of Equalities Impact Assessment

The Equality Impact Assessment, published by the FCDO, shows the devastating impact of the cuts to the UK's official development assistance on the most marginalised people, including people with disabilities.

August 2023
Sightsavers' CEO Caroline Harper poses for a group photo with staff from Sightsavers Bangladesh during its 50th anniversary celebrations in Dhaka.

Sightsavers Bangladesh marks 50-year anniversary

Sightsavers began working in Bangladesh in 1973 to diagnose and treat people for cataracts, which is one of the most common eye conditions in the country.

August 2023
Vue Bear mascot

VUEAV and VUE Bear partner with Sightsavers to help protect sight

The visual technology company will be donating £10,000 each year towards Sightsavers’ work to help protect sight and fight for disability rights in Africa and Asia.

July 2023
A model wears a pair of sunglasses with a chain by Frida and Florence.

Frida and Florence to support Sightsavers with sunglasses accessory collection

The eco-friendly jewellery brand has launched a range of sunglasses chains that will be helping to support Sightsavers’ eye health work worldwide.

July 2023
Joy Shu’aibu, Sightsavers’ director of programme operations in Nigeria.

Sightsavers to call for action on disability rights at Women Deliver Conference

The conference, taking place in Kigali on 17-20 July 2023, is one of the world’s largest multi-sector events to advance gender equality.

July 2023

African states honoured for beating neglected tropical diseases

Benin and Ghana, two of the countries where Sightsavers works, have been recognised for their success in wiping out several diseases that are prevalent in poor and marginalised communities.

July 2023
Upendo talks to a patient during an eye test.

Sightsavers partnership aims to improve global access to eye care

Sightsavers has partnered with the Fred Hollows Foundation and PlenOptika to pilot a new vision care strategy that aims to revolutionise eye care worldwide.

June 2023
A man smiles at the camera.

Benin and Mali become the latest countries to eliminate trachoma

Both countries’ achievements have been validated by the World Health Organization, meaning they join a growing list of countries to have banished the disease.

May 2023
Two people in traditional clothing stand outside in remote Turkana, Kenya.

Sightsavers Kenya celebrates 70-year anniversary

Sightsavers began working in Kenya in 1952, when blindness affected up to 7% of rural Kenyans.

May 2023
A school student in a classroom is handed a tablet by a health worker, as other health workers and his classmates look on.

Sightsavers’ deworming work gets $16.9 million funding boost

Sightsavers has been awarded $16.9 million to continue and expand its deworming work, after a funding recommendation from US charity evaluator GiveWell.

May 2023