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By Ella Onyebe, artist and disability inclusion advocate As I stood before the blank wall of one of the busiest roundabouts in the heart of Abuja’s bustling business district, paintbrush in hand, I could not help but smile. Here I was about to create one of four murals that would speak for the estimated 1.3 […]
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A series of murals have been unveiled in major cities around the world carrying a similar message: persons with disabilities must not be left behind in the fight to end global poverty. The colourful artworks, located in New York, USA; Homa Bay, Kenya; Abuja, Nigeria; and Dakar, Senegal have been created by the international development […]
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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has joined Sightsavers in the global fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), with a grant of US$2.19 million to help eliminate the blinding disease in Zambia. The funding was announced at the Reaching the Last Mile Forum in Dubai where a total of $777m US dollars were pledged to help […]
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This World Sight Day (12 October), international development organisation Sightsavers is calling on global leaders to end the geographical inequity of eye health services. Everyone, including remote and rural communities, women and girls, people with disabilities, should have access to the services they need. Yet the availability of eye health services and products like glasses […]
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A health project in the Morogoro and Singida regions has shown that there is hope of avoiding a national eye health crisis in Tanzania. In 2022, it was estimated that 8.2 million people in the country had vision loss1 and without concerted effort these numbers could increase. ‘Boresha Macho’, a project from international development organisation Sightsavers, […]
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