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Sightsavers

Haywards Heath, United Kingdom

HealthDisabilityGender equalityEducation
CharityInternational reach
Profile last updated: August 3, 2026

About

Sightsavers is a charity based in Haywards Heath, United Kingdom working on health, disability, gender equality +4 more.

Sightsavers is an international charity working to prevent avoidable blindness, fight neglected tropical diseases and promote equality for women, girls and people with disabilities. It works in more than 30 countries across Africa and Asia, providing eye surgery, training eye care workers, distributing medicines for neglected tropical diseases through community volunteers, and supporting inclusive education, employment, healthcare and citizenship for people with disabilities. It also runs advocacy and research work and is funded by individual donations, legacies, corporate partnerships and grants.

Location

Haywards Heath, United Kingdom

Organisation type

Charity

Charity number

20053246

Focus areas

eye healthneglected tropical diseasesdisability inclusionavoidable blindnessinternational development

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

HealthDisabilityGender equalityEducationEmployment & SkillsHuman rightsWater & Sanitation

Works for

People with disabilitiesWomen & GirlsChildrenCommunities

How they work

Direct servicesAdvocacy & campaigningResearchAwareness & educationCapacity buildingVolunteer programmes

Programmes

Inclusive Futures

Disability

Initiative bringing together experts on disability and poverty; includes a family planning project in Nigeria for women and girls with disabilities.

Anyim Maber

Employment & Skills · Uganda

Sightsavers-supported project helping people with disabilities to build livelihoods, including farming.

ARISE II

Health · Burkina Faso

Programme working to transform the lives of people affected by lymphatic filariasis.

Focus on Clear Vision

Health

Eye health programme working with health workers and communities to improve access to eye care.

School Health Integrated Programming

Education

Project supporting school-age children's health and education through deworming and health services.

Countries of operation

CameroonLiberiaSenegalSierra LeoneGhanaNigeriaUgandaKenyaMaliBurkina FasoDemocratic Republic of CongoGuineaIndiaPakistanBangladeshYemen

Funding & support

Funded by

Individual donationsLegaciesCorporate partnershipsGrants

Ways to support

DonateLegacy givingFundraiseCorporate partnership

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Irish Aid, GiveWell, World Health Organization, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Sharpe & Dohme, Merck Serono, Eisai, Johnson and Johnson

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