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Harriet Chenyisa Harriet Chenyisa has suffered from low vision since being involved in an accident at the age of four. Her favourite subjects are Mathematics and Swahili. © Georgina Cranston / Sightsavers

Harriet Chenyisa Harriet Chenyisa has suffered from low vision since being involved in an accident at the age of four. Her favourite subjects are Mathematics and Swahili. © Georgina Cranston / Sightsavers

Kenya

Kenya is located on the east coast of central Africa. It is one of Africa's largest countries, with a rapidly growing population of 32.8 million people from many different ethnic groups.

Sightsavers in Kenya

Sightsavers has worked in Kenya since 1952 when we undertook the country's first survey of blindness, which revealed that three-quarters of blindness was preventable or curable.

Concentrating on rural areas and urban slums where 80% of the population live, we've introduced a sustainable system of eye care which links up treatment, prevention, inclusive education and rehabilitation services.

Trachoma is endemic in many areas of the Rift Valley and Eastern provinces. Sightsavers and partners are tackling the disease by advocating the World Health Organization's SAFE strategy which teaches prevention as well as providing treatment for the potentially blinding disease.


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