Sightsavers Ireland – International Charity

Sightsavers works in the developing world to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.

Our new TV Ad and associated campaign is based on the theme 'Being blind is hard. Being blind in Africa is harder'.

Our new TV Ad and associated campaign is based on the theme 'Being blind is hard. Being blind in Africa is harder'.

Being blind in Zambia can reduce a proud, self sufficient grandmother to a beggar in the space of a year. Read more

Margaret Mutinta, Zambia.
© Tim McDonnell/Sightsavers

Being blind in Nigeria forced Deborah to rely on her extended family to care for her and to provide for her children. Read more

Deborah Bamidele, Kwara State, Nigeria. © Jenny Matthews/Sightsavers.

Sightsavers has now managed to contact all of our partners in Haiti.

See the winning paintings from the Junior Painter of the Year Awards 2009.

January 2010 marks the 60^th anniversary of international development NGO Sightsavers.

Read how a simple operation prevented mother of seven, Lasoi Marangwai, from losing her sight.