Tag: Sightsavers

Sightsavers launches eye health programme in Tanzania

Stuart Mitchell

Sightsavers is launching a three-year programme to provide quality eye care to rural populations in the Morogoro and Singida regions of Tanzania. The programme, funded by UK Aid Match, will ensure that eye health services are accessible to everyone. By July 2020, 150,000 people in these regions will have improved access to quality eye care services. The programme aims to provide more than 13,000 cataract operations and restore the sight of thousands more people using non-surgical treatment. Imran Khan, Sightsavers’ chief global technical lead, said: “We know that eye health…

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Inclusive dolls will help raise money for Sightsavers

Stuart Mitchell

A range of disability-inclusive dolls has been launched to teach children about disability, with 10 per cent of the sales from each doll donated to Sightsavers and other charities. The dolls are made by One Dear World, which already sells a range of multicultural soft toy dolls. The new range, funded through a crowdfunding campaign, includes six dolls representing visible and non-visible disabilities including autism, Down syndrome and hearing impairment. One of the dolls, called Fei, is from China and has a visual impairment. Ten per cent of the sales…

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Stars Unite To Fight Disability That Hits Third Of The World

Stuart Mitchell

A host of stars – including Niall Horan, Annie Lennox, Hugh Laurie, Eddie Izzard, Sir Lenny Henry, Miranda Hart, James May, Jason Isaacs, Ed Balls, Sir Paul Smith, Steve Coogan, Bill Nighy, Laura Mvula, Paterson Joseph, Nick Frost, Maddi Waterhouse, David Baddiel, Richard Hammond and Brenda Blethyn – have come together to support a new global effort to eradicate poor vision, by the Clearly campaign. A third of the world’s population – 2.5 billion people – have poor vision and no access to glasses – a solution that has been around for centuries and…

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