Eye health
Gaya Bai’s Story
Fifty-nine-year-old Gaya Bai from Katni manages her household expenses from the meagre pension of her retired Police constable husband.
Kodu’s Story
Sixty year old named Kodu lives with his wife in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh.
Sightsavers and SBI Capital Markets Limited join hands to prevent avoidable blindness in the cities of Chennai, Pune & Kolkata
Sightsavers with the support of SBI Capital Markets Limited - one of India's leading investment banks, as a part of its CSR programme under healthcare set up three mobile vision centres to strengthen the primary eye care services in the cities of Chennai, Kolkata, and Pune under its National Urban Eye Health Programme – Amrita Drishti.
“MISSION ROSHNI” launched by Sightsavers & Government of Madhya Pradesh to prevent Blindness in Jhabua.
“MISSION ROSHNI” launched by Sightsavers & Government of Madhya Pradesh to prevent Blindness in Jhabua.
RAAHI– Serving those that serve us
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.
Rural Eye Health – An impact waiting to be achieved
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.
Sightsavers India wins ICC Social Impact Award for Urban Eye Health Programme in Bihar
Sightsavers India wins ICC Social Impact Award for Urban Eye Health Programme in Bihar
Sindhu’s Story
Sindhu is a Health Worker at Sightsavers’ partner, Nayonika Eye Care Charitable Trust in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Bhanwar’s Story
Bhanwar Kanwar has been an Anganwadi helper for over 16 years in an Anganwadi Centre in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Furthermore, she is a member of Mahila Arogya Samiti (MAS).
Sukhro’s Story
Seventy-year-old Sukhro is a member of an isolated tribe called the Toto residing in Totopara in the Alipurduar district of West Bengal, India.
