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Meet Turkana’s sight saving volunteers

In 2019, Turkana county in Northern Kenya reached a huge milestone — levels of trachoma, a painful, blinding eye infection, had fallen so…

Oct 31, 2019

A portrait of community health volunteer Ngurotin with people collecting water from a borehole in the background

Oct 31, 2019

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Soap and superheroes: how the Super School of Five is changing lives

Five years ago, when we introduced a group of superheroes to ten schools in Kenya, I had no idea where they would take us or how much…

Oct 10, 2019

Soap and superheroes: how the Super School of Five is changing lives

Oct 10, 2019

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“I want to dance again”: Returning independence stolen by disease

Mariam Zakari was answering our questions about what trachoma felt like, when we noticed her eyes and nose start to stream. Her animated…

Sep 25, 2019

“I want to dance again”: Returning independence stolen by disease

Sep 25, 2019

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Why are so many women in Pakistan losing their sight to cataracts?

In low- and middle-income countries, women are struggling to get the medical help they need to save their sight.

Dec 7, 2017

Why are so many women in Pakistan losing their sight to cataracts?

Dec 7, 2017

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Rising to the challenge: running with a visual impairment

Sightsavers Ireland’s Sarah Carroll on one visually-impaired athlete who’s inspiring her this International Women’s Day.

Mar 8, 2017

Mar 8, 2017

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An inspirational woman who’s taking action!

Sightsavers Ireland’s Teresa Murray shares the story of her most inspirational woman this International Women’s Day.

Mar 8, 2017

Mar 8, 2017

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Changing perceptions of girls with disability in Sierra Leone

On International Women’s Day, Sightsavers’ Head of Policy Fred Smith shares the inspirational story of one girl who’s changing attitudes to…

Mar 7, 2017

Changing perceptions of girls with disability in Sierra Leone

Mar 7, 2017

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A passionate disability activist

Sightsavers’ Pakistan Country Director Munazza Gillani shares the story of one woman with disability who has particularly inspired her for…

Mar 7, 2017

A passionate disability activist

Mar 7, 2017

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Empowering women with disability

On International Women’s Day, Sightsavers’ Gertrude Fefoame shares how a former mentor encouraged her that women and girls with disability…

Mar 7, 2017

Empowering women with disability

Mar 7, 2017

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Inspiring women and girls with disability

Soumaila, our Programme Manager in Mali, shares the story of a woman who’s inspired him this International Women’s Day.

Mar 7, 2017

Inspiring women and girls with disability

Mar 7, 2017

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75% of blindness could be prevented or cured. We’re working on it, while fighting for the rights of people with visual impairments and other disabilities.

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