SightsaversMeet Turkana’s sight saving volunteersIn 2019, Turkana county in Northern Kenya reached a huge milestone — levels of trachoma, a painful, blinding eye infection, had fallen so…Oct 31, 2019Oct 31, 2019
SightsaversSoap and superheroes: how the Super School of Five is changing livesFive 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, 2019Oct 10, 2019
Sightsavers“I want to dance again”: Returning independence stolen by diseaseMariam Zakari was answering our questions about what trachoma felt like, when we noticed her eyes and nose start to stream. Her animated…Sep 25, 2019Sep 25, 2019
SightsaversWhy 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, 2017Dec 7, 2017
SightsaversRising to the challenge: running with a visual impairmentSightsavers Ireland’s Sarah Carroll on one visually-impaired athlete who’s inspiring her this International Women’s Day.Mar 8, 2017Mar 8, 2017
SightsaversAn 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, 2017Mar 8, 2017
SightsaversChanging perceptions of girls with disability in Sierra LeoneOn International Women’s Day, Sightsavers’ Head of Policy Fred Smith shares the inspirational story of one girl who’s changing attitudes to…Mar 7, 2017Mar 7, 2017
SightsaversA passionate disability activistSightsavers’ Pakistan Country Director Munazza Gillani shares the story of one woman with disability who has particularly inspired her for…Mar 7, 2017Mar 7, 2017
SightsaversEmpowering women with disabilityOn International Women’s Day, Sightsavers’ Gertrude Fefoame shares how a former mentor encouraged her that women and girls with disability…Mar 7, 2017Mar 7, 2017
SightsaversInspiring women and girls with disabilitySoumaila, our Programme Manager in Mali, shares the story of a woman who’s inspired him this International Women’s Day.Mar 7, 2017Mar 7, 2017