Perspectives

At Sightsavers, we want to make sure inclusion and diversity are at the heart of our organisation. To achieve this, we established a disability inclusion group dedicated to ensuring we are as inclusive as possible.

The group has members from across the organisation, and aims to:

• Promote and encourage inclusion among our staff
• Monitor our inclusion efforts and identify any gaps
• Enable Sightsavers to become an employer of choice for people with disabilities.

On our journey to learn more about social inclusion, we’ve hosted a series of talks from guests working in the fields of diversity and inclusion: read more about our guest speakers below.

We have also achieved Disability Confident employment accreditation, and strive to improve our organisation as a place to work for people with disabilities.

Sightsavers works in 30 countries worldwide to protect sight and fight for the rights of people with disabilities. Our vision is of a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes, and where people with disabilities participate equally in society.

• We aim to prevent avoidable blindness and restore sight in some of the poorest parts of the world by diagnosing and treating conditions such as cataracts.
• We’re fighting to eliminate neglected tropical diseases such as river blindness and trachoma, which affect more than a billion people around the world.
• We empower people with disabilities so they can go to school, get a job and access healthcare, and we campaign to reduce discrimination and stigma.