Welcome to Focus Highlights!

You helped make 2025 another incredible year of positive, lasting change for millions of people.

Imagine living with excruciating pain for years and finally finding relief. Imagine watching your child struggle to see the world around them, then seeing their face light up as they run and play with their friends. Imagine believing you’ve lost your sight forever, then seeing the faces of your loved ones once more.

Thanks to you, 2025 was full of life-changing moments like these, and we’re thrilled to share some of them with you here.

You bring joy and hope to so many people’s lives as you help save sight, eliminate devastating diseases, and open doors to opportunity and equality. We hope you enjoy reading about the huge difference you’re making every single day.

Together, let’s keep up the momentum and ensure that even more transformational moments, brighter futures and new opportunities lie ahead.

My warmest wishes,

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Ciara Smullen
CEO, Sightsavers Ireland

Melia in front of a brick wall smiling, wearing her protective dark glasses.

Inside Focus Highlights

  • Our 2025 achievements
  • The fight against trachoma
  • Melia’s successful cataracts surgery
  • What you made possible in Nigeria

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We are celebrating our key achievements in 2025

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97 million treatments distributed to protect against diseases

9.8 million people received a comprehensive eye health examination

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536,530 operations for cataracts and other eye conditions

202,492 volunteers and community members received training

These achievements were only possible because of supporters like you. While there is still more to do, the progress made so far is helping transform millions of lives. With your continued support, we can make even more transformational moments, brighter futures and new opportunities possible.

Melia and Veronica walking through a farm of trees.

A mother’s determination

Melia was born with cataracts, but her mother was determined to save her sight. Thanks to that determination, Melia’s operation was a success and her life has been transformed.
Read Melia’s story

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Leave a gift in your will

Leaving a gift to Sightsavers in your will could ensure more children get the help they need to enjoy a brighter future. Your legacy can help change lives for generations to come.
Learn about leaving a legacy gift

Rukayya sits having an eye test.

“I am filled with joy”

When 12-year-old Rukayya sat in class, she couldn’t see the board. A simple pair of glasses changed everything for Rukayya she can now see clearly and learn confidently.
Read Rukayya’s story

Your gift can make a difference

I would like to make a donation

In a year, your monthly donation could provide 15 pairs of glasses for children, like Rukayya, diagnosed with refractive error.

In a year, your monthly donation could provide a sight-saving cataract surgery for a child like Melia.

In a year, your monthly donation could protect two communities from the agony of trachoma.

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Your donation could screen a classroom of children for a range of eye conditions.

Your donation could help pay for a surgical kit containing lenses, instruments and eye dressings for five cataract operations.

Your donation could provide a sight-saving cataract surgery for a child, like Melia, that can transform their future.

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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