You helped make 2024 another incredible year for saving sight, tackling blinding diseases and upholding disability rights.

Thanks to your generosity, we expanded vital eye health programmes last year – screening millions of people for cataracts and other eye conditions.

Together, we also reached a significant milestone in our journey to eliminate trachoma, river blindness and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – with 100 million people in the countries where we work no longer at risk of at least one of these devastating conditions. In October 2024, Pakistan eliminated trachoma. Other countries are also edging closer to elimination, including Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Behind every sight-saving surgery, every NTD treatment, and every pair of glasses is someone whose life has been transformed because you cared. So, thank you for your kindness and I hope you’re proud of what you’re achieving.

My warmest wishes,

Ciara Smullen
CEO, Sightsavers Ireland