Reports / Eye health /

Visual impairment is a global public health problem.

News / Social inclusion /

Suparna belongs to the Amta village, in West Bengal.

January 2023

News / Eye health /

Aim to screen 3 lakh people for eye health by end December 2025

March 2022

Stories / Eye health /

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.

News / Events /

World Sight day is celebrated globally to draw attention to blindness and visual impairment across the world. The theme for 2018 was 'Eye Care Everywhere'.

October 2018

Stories / Eye health /

84-year-old Vijayamala comes from an extremely remote village, but a visit to a screening camp organised by Sightsavers helped her to see again.

Stories / Eye health /

G Plot, a remote island that falls within Pathar Pratima block in South 24 Parganas, is home to about 200 households belonging to the Sabar tribal group.

Stories / Inclusive education /

Brihaspati's problem with vision became evident in class two when he started struggling with reading and writing, and his performance dropped.

News / Events /

World Sight Day is an international day of awareness, held annually on the second Thursday of October...

October 2012

News / Eye health /

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

September 2012

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

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West Bengal

Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Alipurduar District, West Bengal

Fashion & Disability - Walking with a Difference

Standard Chartered Bank collaborates with Sightsavers to bring down prevalence of blindness in remote Sundarbans region of West Bengal

Sukhro’s Story

Sightsavers celebrates World Sight Day in India

Vijayamala’s story

Pathar’s story

Brihaspati's story

World Sight Day - Oct 11, 2012

Saving sight & changing lives in the remote Sunderbans

Protecting sight and promoting disability inclusion