- How we Help
- Prevention and Cure
- Working with Blindness
- Education
- Community Development
- Advocacy
- Global Advocacy
- National advocacy
- Disability
- Regional advocacy
- Current Campaigns
- Millennium Development Goals
- European Commission Survey: People in Europe continue to support overseas aid
- Ireland’s EU presidency
- Post-2015 development agenda
- Include disabled people in international development
- Act NOW on 2015 Campaign
- Include all children in quality primary and secondary education
- Include the neglected tropical diseases in the MDGS
- Advocacy Successes
- World Sight Day
- Where we work
- Asia
- Caribbean
- East Africa
- Southern Africa
- West Africa
- Burkina Faso
- Benin
- Liberia
- Mali
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- The Gambia
- Togo
- Cameroon
- Ghana
- Protected in Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Guinea Conakry
- Our Successes
- Achievements
- People we've helped
- Eliminating the problem
- Demonstrating success
- Village Vision
- Sorufa's Story
- Mohammad's New Business
- Protecting a Child's Future
- Restoring Sight in Bangladesh
- Top of the Class
- Africa without river blindness
- Hakim's Story
- Reaching more children
- Abdoulie's Story
- Talking to Angeline Akai
- Mama's Independance
- Lasoi's Story
- Saving Sight
- Kaduna State
- Caught in Time
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Fatsima Muhammad from Tozai in Nigeria, having her sight restored during a sFatsima Muhammad from Tozai in Nigeria, having her sight restored during a s
Nigeria
With 133 million people, Nigeria is Africa's most populous country. But nearly 70% of Nigerians live in poverty, earning less than 140 Naira or $1 a day.
Many families work as subsistence farmers, living a hand-to-mouth existence, which means that health care is rarely a priority. For people who are blind or visually impaired - an estimated five million - there are many barriers to essential treatment, including accessibility, affordability and availability.
Sightsavers in Nigeria
Sightsavers' partners in Nigeria, range from Ministries of Health and Education to Local Government authorities and community organisations. Together we've been preventing and curing blindness in Nigeria for over 40 years.
Being blind is hard. Being blind in Nigeria is harder
