Blogs Archives - Sightsavers India

Blogs / Eye health /

Sightsavers India Fellow, 2019-2021 gets candid as she completes her fellowship journey.

Dr Vanlalmuanpuii, March 2022

Blogs / Eye health /

Sightsavers India Fellow, 2019-2021 gets candid as he completes his fellowship journey. Here’s a tete-a-tete with the ophthalmologist on eye health in rural India, the pandemic and his overall fellowship journey.

Dr Anoop Kumar Singh, December 2021

Blogs / Eye health /

India is home to over 9 million truck drivers. Truck drivers play a significant role in transporting India’s freight; however their unorganised nature of work prohibits them to take their health issues seriously.

Shailendra Kumar, Deepshikha Sharma & Jatin Tiwari, July 2021

Blogs / Eye health /

India is home to the largest population of blind people in the world. Over 12 million people in India are blind, of which nearly 88% of the blindness was unavoidable.

Jatin Tiwari & Sayanti Bit, May 2021

Blogs / Inclusive education /

The tele-education model ensured inclusive learning even during the COVID-19 pandemic.

RN Mohanty, August 2020

Blogs / Disability Rights /

As part of the SDGs implementation project in India, an innovative disability inclusion scorecard was created that has led to remarkable results.

Namrata Mehta, July 2020

Blogs / Eye health /

Poor eyesight, blurred vision, and frequent eye infections are common problems we all have to face at some point or the other.

Dr Sandeep Bhuttan, April 2020

Blogs / Eye health /

There are at least nine million truck drivers in India… or there could be 12 million… no-one quite knows.

Sir Clive Jones, March 2020

People with disability showing the voting mark on their fingers.

Blogs / Social inclusion /

On National Voters Day, let us revisit how the largest democracy in the world is moving towards making elections inclusive.

RN Mohanty, January 2019

Blogs / Inclusive education /

NGOs working for child education are trying their best to strengthen the education system in India & raise awareness about the importance of education NGO in India.

Sighstavers India, October 2018

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Blogs

“The Sightsavers India Fellowship Program helped me in finding my true potential,” Dr Vanlalmuanpuii, Sightsavers India Fellow, 2019 – 2021

“The Sightsavers India Fellowship Program takes keen interest in a fellow’s growth,” Dr Anoop Kumar Singh, Sightsavers India Fellow, 2019 – 2021

RAAHI– Serving those that serve us

Rural Eye Health – An impact waiting to be achieved

Making education inclusive and accessible for blind children amidst lockdown

“My dreams have wings now”: the impact of India’s SDG scorecard project

A Clear View: Life of an Ophthalmologist

Improving eye health and saving lives in India

Charting the road to accessible elections

Why NGOs working for education and Government Partnership is crucial for Quality Education

Protecting sight and fighting for disability rights