Give a child sight

Every day, children around the world are going blind from eye conditions or diseases that are easily preventable.

You can help stop this.

Since 1950, Sightsavers has been a leading charity tackling blindness in developing countries. Today, we work in more than 30 countries to protect sight in some of the poorest areas of the world.

We need your help to prevent avoidable blindness and fight for the rights of people with disabilities.

You may have seen one of the children above on TV recently. It can be a difficult watch, but we have to stand up for these children and share their stories with you.

Ismail, Bakir and Enoch had cataracts. These are build-ups of protein in the eye that cause blurry vision. If they’re not treated, cataracts can cause irreversible blindness. For these children and thousands like them, it is a race against time to operate before their sight is lost forever.

Other children, such as Nananga, Pumelo and Rukkaya, suffer from trachoma. This excruciating disease causes the eyelashes to turn inwards and scrape away at the eye’s surface. Many resort to pulling their eyelashes out – even after the disease has caused them to go blind – to help stop the endless pain of blinking.

This is heartbreaking, especially when treatment is straightforward and affordable.  By donating to Sightsavers, you could help to provide a cataract operation or protect an entire family or community against diseases like trachoma that cause painful and needless blindness. Donate to Sightsavers today!

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I would like to make a donation

Could pay towards a cataract operation to give a child back their sight.

Could pay for a trachoma operation to stop three people going blind.

Could pay for a trachoma operation to stop four people going blind.

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We're sorry, but the minimum donation we can take is $3
We're sorry, but we cannot process a donation of this size online. Please contact us on [email protected] for assistance donating over $10,000

Could pay towards a cataract operation to give a child back their sight.

Could pay towards a sight-saving trachoma operation.

Could protect 53 families from losing their sight to river blindness.

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We're sorry, but the minimum donation we can take is $3
We're sorry, but we cannot process a donation of this size online. Please contact us on [email protected] for assistance donating over $10,000

How your donation can make a difference

Ophthalmic nurse Jeremiah Gwafa screens community members' eyes for trachoma.

Eye health screenings

Community eye screenings help us reach children in some of the most remote areas of the world. A health worker will check each child's eyes to see if they need treatment.

A team of hospital staff and medical personnel in Moroto, Uganda.

Life-changing surgery

Operations to treat cataracts and trachoma can take less than an hour. Your donation can help us to train eye doctors and health workers, and pay for sight-saving surgeries.

You’re doing something amazing

I would like to make a donation

Could pay towards a cataract operation to give a child back their sight.

Could pay for trachoma operations to stop three people going blind.

Could pay for trachoma operations to stop four people going blind.

$
We're sorry, but the minimum donation we can take is $3
We're sorry, but we cannot process a donation of this size online. Please contact us on [email protected] for assistance donating over $10,000

Could pay towards a cataract operation to give a child back their sight.

Could pay towards a sight-saving trachoma operation.

Could protect 53 families from losing their sight to river blindness.

$
We're sorry, but the minimum donation we can take is $3
We're sorry, but we cannot process a donation of this size online. Please contact us on [email protected] for assistance donating over $10,000