Protecting sight and fighting for disability rights

Nearly half of visual impairment can be treated or prevented

What we do

IT TAKES 2 TO CHANGE THE WORLD

Ensure a better life for the visually impaired, let’s bring a change together!

Sightsavers India recognised as one of India's Best NGOs to Work for in 2020

Sightsavers India recognised as one of India’s Best NGOs to Work for in 2020

A girl smiling with an eye patch after cataract surgery.

Eye health

Preventing blindness increases access to education, employment and prosperity, and enables greater participation in civil, social and political life.

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About us

Sightsavers’ vision is of a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes and where people with visual impairments can participate equally in society.

What we have achieved

55 million

people examined for eye problems since 1966

36.4 million

eye treatments provided, including spectacles and medication

5 million

operations performed to treat conditions such as cataract

Protecting sight and fighting for disability rights

See what we are doing

We enable people to lead independent lives

Where we work

People we have supported

Stories / Inclusive education /

Manu Kol is an 18-year-old girl, blind since birth. She lives with a joint family of eight people in a village in the Katni district of Madhya Pradesh.

Stories / Inclusive education /

Saba, 14, attends a government school in Hazaribag, Jharkhand.

Stories / Eye health /

Inji Bai and Kallu (names changed) have been married for more than 60 years and are now in their seventies.

Awards

News / Eye health /

On the occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Sightsavers received recognition for its work in the field of eye health at the India edition of the Mahatma Awards 2019.

October 2019

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News / Eye health /

There were 45 shortlisted projects in the prominent ICC Social Impact Award and Sightsavers India came out victorious in the Health Domain category.

January 2019

News / Inclusive education /

At a power packed ceremony at the HCL campus in Delhi-NCR, Sightsavers received the HCL award of 5 Crore INR for the extensive work on Inclusive Education.

March 2018

We work to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of people with disabilities.

Find out how your support can make a huge difference and change lives.

Protecting sight and fighting for disability rights

Nearly half of visual impairment can be treated or prevented

IT TAKES 2 TO CHANGE THE WORLD

Highlights

Sightsavers India Fellowship Program

Meet our team

India programme

Sightsavers India recognised as one of India's Best NGOs to Work for in 2020

Eye health

About us

What we have achieved

Protecting sight and fighting for disability rights

See what we are doing

We enable people to lead independent lives

People we have supported

Manu's story

Saba's story

Inji Bai & Kallu's story

Awards

Sightsavers India wins the India Edition of the Mahatma Award for Social Good 2019

Sightsavers India bags the prestigious ICC Social Impact award felicitated by Indian Chamber of Commerce

Sightsavers bags the prestigious HCL Grant 2018 for Education from Home Minister Sri Rajnath Singh

Protecting sight and fighting for disability rights