News Archives | Sightsavers

A man cover one eye with his hand during an eye test.

News / Eye health /

Our new partnership with global disability organisation Light for the World aims to ensure people in remote areas of the country can access quality eye care.

July 2025

Nar, who had successful treatment for trachoma, sits outside with her two grandchildren. They are all smiling.

News / Fighting disease /

Thanks to support from Sightsavers and other organisations, millions of people in Senegal are no longer at risk from losing their sight to the eye disease.

July 2025

Two girls hold their artwork while another holds a 'Junior Painter of the Year' sign next to an easel and canvas.

News / Disability and inclusion /

The annual competition invites primary school children to create artwork that promotes equality for people with disabilities around the world.

June 2025

Samantha Nyathi, who is wearing a Sightsavers-branded T-shirt, smiles while leaning against a wall in a garden.

News / Fighting disease /

Programme manager Samantha Nyathi will receive training, guidance and networking opportunities through the World Health Organization programme.

April 2025

Two young girls talk to each other in a playground. One of the girls has a physical disability and is using a wheelchair.

News / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers will host two events and two exhibition spaces at the event in Berlin on 2-3 April, calling on attendees to join us in targeting inequality.

March 2025

$A female student wears eye test glasses during a refractive error examination.$

News / Eye health /

Global eyewear brand My Spectacles and scientific equipment company Applied Photophysics have partnered with us to raise funds for our eye health work.

March 2025

Minahil, who wears spectacles, smiles broadly as she sits at her classroom desk.

News / Education /

We attended the conference in Chicago on 22-26 March to share Sightsavers’ expertise, engage with the education community and explore how we can help to transform inclusive education.

March 2025

Sightsavers’ programme officer Salome Njeri Mbugua-Mutua receives the award on stage alongside two academy instructors.

News / Disability and inclusion /

The IT Bridge Academy, which supports young people with disabilities to train for a career in IT, received the accolade from technology company Cisco.

February 2025

In an operating theatre, a surgeon and a nurse prepare baby Ebenezeri for her cataract operation. The medical staff are wearing green scrubs and surgical masks.

News / Our organisation /

These photos capture some highlights from our work in 2024. From disease treatment programmes to disability inclusion, we’ve seen lives transformed, attitudes changed and people supported to access their rights.

January 2025

12-year-old Fiza smiles after receiving glasses through an eye test at her school.

News / Eye health /

OptikosPrime’s innovative app will help people living in lower income countries to access eye care by making it possible to have their eyes tested via smartphone.

January 2025

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News

L’Occitane Foundation funds joint Sightsavers eye health project in Burkina Faso

Senegal reaches historic milestone by eliminating trachoma

Junior Painter 2025: young artists impress judges at awards ceremony

Sightsavers employee awarded place on WHO mentorship scheme

Global Disability Summit 2025: Sightsavers calls for stronger commitment to inclusion

Sightsavers joins forces with two new eye health partners

Sightsavers at the CIES education conference 2025

Sightsavers’ IT Bridge Academy wins top-performing academy award

2024: Our year in pictures

Sightsavers partners with AI tech company to improve rural eye care