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Dominic Haslam sat at a desk talking into a microphone

News / Disability and inclusion /

Dominic, who is Sightsavers’ Director of Policy and Programme Strategy, is recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for his services to people with disabilities.

June 2019

News / Eye health /

The Cameroon Cataract Development Impact Loan brings together public and private investors alongside eye care delivery experts and charities, including Sightsavers.

June 2019

A woman affected by lymphatic filariasis (LF) sits outside her home.

News / Fighting disease /

The research, carried out by Sightsavers, looks at the relationship between disabilities and neglected tropical disease treatment.

May 2019

Schoolgirl and trachoma champion Safira Mwale shows how to wash her face with a tippy tap by her home near Kasungu in Malawi, August 29, 2018.

News / Eye health /

Sightsavers will join the free Science Museum Lates event on 29 May 2019, where visitors will have the chance to build a home-made tap against the clock.

May 2019

A doctor examine a man outside in rural Zambia.

News / Eye health /

The initiative, run by Sightsavers, Allergan and the IAPB, initially aims to train 50 eye care workers, with the goal of screening 5,000 people and treating 500 patients.

May 2019

Staff from Sightsavers and Post Insurance smile with Bright for Sight ambassador Sinead Kane.

News / Fundraising /

The fundraising partnership kicked off with a photocall on 1 May, and will culminate in Post Insurance’s own Bright for Sight event on 21 June.

May 2019

News / Fundraising /

A film highlighting Sightsavers’ work has won an accolade in the Brand Film Festival Awards, and is the second film award in one week for the organisation.

May 2019

News / Fundraising /

Sightsavers’ film about work to treat neglected tropical diseases was honoured at the 2019 Charity Film Awards, which celebrate the best fundraising films.

April 2019

Zuhara from Tanzania stands outside her primary school

News / Fundraising /

The donation, from charitable fund Arcadia, will enable Sightsavers to continue its work to fight avoidable blindness in some of the world’s poorest countries.

April 2019

A woman has a big smile after receiving trachoma surgery

News / Fighting disease /

In the year since Sightsavers' CEO gave a TED Talk about plans to eliminate trachoma, the continued fight to eliminate the disease moves closer.

April 2019

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Sightsavers director Dominic Haslam awarded an OBE

50,000 patients screened during first year of innovative cataract project

Sightsavers’ research on NTDs and disability is published by Oxford University Press

Sightsavers to host ‘Build a tippy tap’ challenge at the Science Museum

‘Keep Sight’ project will train eye care staff to treat glaucoma in Nigeria

Post Insurance unveiled as title sponsor for Bright for Sight 2019

Sightsavers scoops a second film award

Sightsavers wins bronze award at charity film gala

Sightsavers receives $1 million donation to fund essential eye health work

Trachoma elimination moves closer, a year after groundbreaking TED talk

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