Three men stand on stage, accepting an award from another man.

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 / Eye health /

Sightsavers India has culminated its five yearlong Sundarbans Eye Health Project with Standard Chartered Bank. The report outlines 5 year progress of eye health project in the Sundarbans. The goal of the project was to contribute towards elimination of avoidable blindness in the Sundarbans region of West Bengal by 2018.

September 2018

Reports / Eye health /

Sightsavers has been working in the Sundarbans for seven years and, until 2013, had supported the establishment of 2 eye hospitals and 2 vision centres.

Stories / Eye health /

53 year old Kalpana and her husband Amal have experienced difficulties in life, and both have had cataract surgery due to a Sightsavers supported project.

Stories / Eye health /

In 2017 Madhabi Jana played the key role in organising an eye health camp by obtaining permission from the headmaster of the local school for the venue.

Blogs / Eye health /

The Sundarban forest, famed for its natural beauty, lies in the vast delta on the Bay of Bengal not too far from the city of Kolkata.

Sudipta Mohanty, March 2015

News / Eye health /

Over 1.2 million people reached out to since 2002 and 47,000 sight restoring cataract surgeries performed...

September 2012

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Sundarbans

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

The five year long Sundarbans Eye Health project comes to an end

Touching lives: experiences of positive change

Kalpana’s story

Madhabi’s story

Sailing Ahead on a Mission for Vision

Saving sight & changing lives in the remote Sunderbans

Protecting sight and promoting disability inclusion