National Association for the Blind Karnataka, Kandu, who was born blind due to a genetic condition, is one of many people to benefit from the work of our partners © Peter Caton / Sightsavers

Partnership

We work through local partner organisations to directly implement projects. These partners range from government ministries of health and education to community-based non-governmental organisations. We learn from our partners and share training, best practice and technical support with them. At the heart of any partnership is a solid relationship based on good open communication.

In order to learn more about how partners perceive Sightsavers, we commissioned an independent consultant to visit 40 of our key partners and find out their views on the relationship we have. The learning from this review, which was completed in early 2005, will inform our future growth and the way we identify and work with partners.

Achievements

 

Working with our partners in 2010, we helped to:


• Treat over 23 million people for river blindness
• Perform over 270,000 sight-restoring cataract operations
• Treat over a million people with antibiotics for trachoma