Sightsavers
Haywards Heath, United Kingdom
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.
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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.
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Irish Aid, GiveWell, World Health Organization, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Sharpe & Dohme, Merck Serono, Eisai, Johnson and Johnson
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