News Archives | Sightsavers

Two men shake hands during an awards ceremony. One man hands the other man an engraved glass award.

News / Disability and inclusion /

Abdulai has been recognised at this year’s Presidential National Best Teachers Awards in Sierra Leone for his work to make education systems more inclusive of children with disabilities.

October 2025

A boy wearing glasses smiling. Behind him, a girl wearing a hijab is beaming.

News / Eye health /

Sightsavers has joined a US$75 million initiative to boost eye health services and help address the global vision crisis.

September 2025

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

President Jimmy Carter smiles, with the US flag behind him.

News / Obituaries /

The 39th president of the United States died on 29 December, aged 100. Sightsavers worked with President Carter and The Carter Center for many years to fight neglected tropical diseases.

January 2025

News / Our organisation /

Sightsavers did incredible things in 2024, but we couldn’t have done it without the help of our supporters, partners and staff. Learn what we achieved around the world.

December 2024

Naomi, Rakonin and Naijara outside a house, smiling.

News / Fundraising /

Help Sightsavers continue its life-changing work by purchasing a pack of cards this festive season.

December 2024

A man wearing sunglasses smiles with his two happy grandchildren.

News / Eye health /

For each handmade pair of glasses sold, the eyewear brand will donate £33 towards Sightsavers' eye health work.

November 2024

Three partners sit at a table with table name badges in front of them.

News / Education /

With Sightsavers’ support, the government of Cameroon has adopted a policy to deliver equitable inclusive education for people with disabilities.

November 2024

Carine, a council data collector, speaks to Godjon outside her home in Nkoteng, Cameroon.

News / Disability and inclusion /

We’re excited to be part of the UN’s World Data Forum campaign, which calls for data to be used to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

November 2024

A woman wearing a surgical face mask holds two mobile phones while recording data about cataract operations in Nigeria.

News / Eye health /

Peek Vision's innovative app aims to improve the country's eye health and ensure robust, continued care for people with visual impairments.

October 2024

A male eye health worker in Pakistan uses a torch to check a woman's eyes for signs of advanced trachoma.

News / Fighting disease /

Thanks to support from Sightsavers and partners, 3.7 million people will no longer be at risk of contracting the infectious eye disease.

October 2024

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and Sightsavers' Ross Gilligan stand together holding a copy of Sightsavers' Changing Times newspaper. They are standing in front of Sightsavers' stand at the Labour party conference.

News / Disability and inclusion /

Sightsavers engaged with some key political leaders at the event in Liverpool.

September 2024

Sightsavers researcher Martins smiles as he stands in the middle of a road. He's wearing a Sightsavers t-shirt that reads 'Protect. Defend. Promote. Disability rights.'

News / Fighting disease /

The Injaz fellowship will support Martins Imhansoloeva's research and PhD project on river blindness, a common infectious cause of sight loss.

September 2024

A doctor prepares Joseph for cataract surgery.

News / Eye health /

Sightsavers carried out more cataract operations than ever in 2023, according to figures published in the latest annual report.

September 2024

A girl smiles in a classroom in Zambia. She's sitting in a wheelchair and wearing a blue school shirt.

News / Disability and inclusion /

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights says the African Disability Protocol (ADP) is now legally binding.

August 2024

A community drug distributor hands an elderly man medication to treat trachoma.

News / Fighting disease /

The number of people at risk from trachoma has fallen by more than 12 million in a single year, according to a new report by the World Health Organization.

July 2024

Junior Painter of the Year contestants are all pictured together holding up their artwork.

News / Disability and inclusion /

Finalists in Sightsavers Ireland’s competition showcased their prizewinning artwork at an awards ceremony in Dublin.

June 2024

Upendo talks to a patient during an eye test.

News / Eye health /

Sightsavers is the first eye health charity that Nikon Lenswear UK has chosen to benefit from its annual summer fundraising campaign.

May 2024

Health worker Adesugba checks some medication in the clinic. She's surrounded by charts on the walls and paperwork on the tables.

News / Fighting disease /

The organisations will publish two further collections of research papers in the journal International Health, focusing on river blindness and general research work.

May 2024

Arthur in the classroom, smiling while wearing his new glasses.

News / Eye health /

SPECS 2030 aims to tackle the world’s biggest cause of visual impairment by improving global access to eye care.

May 2024

Enock, who uses a wheelchair, poses for a photo with two teachers from his inclusive school.

News / Disability and inclusion /

A report on the UK government’s development strategy and how inclusive it is of people with disabilities was published on Thursday 4 April.

April 2024

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News

Sightsavers’ Abdulai Dumbuya wins award for inclusive education work

Sightsavers receives funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies to tackle visual impairment

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

Sightsavers pays tribute to President Jimmy Carter

What we achieved in 2024

Sightsavers to benefit from Help32’s fundraising Christmas cards

Sightsavers celebrates eye health partnership with Ransome Optical

Cameroon approves landmark inclusive education policy

Sightsavers joins global Commit to Data campaign

Sightsavers trials technology to boost eye screening in Kenya

Pakistan is 19th country worldwide to eliminate trachoma

Labour party conference: Sightsavers urges MPs to champion disability rights

Sightsavers researcher awarded prestigious fellowship

Sightsavers funds record number of operations in 2023

Landmark disability rights treaty comes into force across Africa

WHO report reveals millions no longer at risk from trachoma

Junior Painter 2024: winning artworks celebrate disability inclusion

Nikon Lenswear UK backs Sightsavers for charity fundraiser

Sightsavers and RSTMH extend research partnership

Sightsavers joins WHO initiative to improve access to spectacles

Sightsavers responds to report into FCDO’s work on disability inclusion