Dr Sunday Isiyaku, Sightsavers’ country director for Nigeria, shared his experience of working on UK aid funded programmes and the impact of the recent aid cuts on disability-inclusive programmes.
Speckles will be supporting Sightsavers’ eye health projects through annual donations, starting with the School Health Integrated Programming project in Liberia.
The film ‘Can You See Us?’ is based on the life of John Chiti, who is a Zambian albinism rights campaigner and Sightsavers’ ambassador for the African Disability Protocol campaign.
The Promise in Peril campaign culminated at the SDG summit with a declaration reaffirming commitments to achieving the global goals that explicitly references disability rights.
Dr Jalikatu Mustapha trained with Sightsavers between 2012 and 2016, becoming the only female ophthalmologist in the country.
Sightsavers’ education, research and policy teams will join the global education community at the UKFIET international education conference on 12-14 September in Oxford, UK.
The Equality Impact Assessment, published by the FCDO, shows the devastating impact of the cuts to the UK's official development assistance on the most marginalised people, including people with disabilities.
Sightsavers began working in Bangladesh in 1973 to diagnose and treat people for cataracts, which is one of the most common eye conditions in the country.
The visual technology company will be donating £10,000 each year towards Sightsavers’ work to help protect sight and fight for disability rights in Africa and Asia.
The eco-friendly jewellery brand has launched a range of sunglasses chains that will be helping to support Sightsavers’ eye health work worldwide.