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Sightsavers works in more than 30 developing countries to prevent and cure blindness, and to support those who are visually impaired through education and training.
Fund raising total
| Grand total: £3.34m ($5.18m) This includes matching pledges from Standard Chartered Bank and from the British government |
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Appeal earns £3.34m for Sightsavers
Standard Chartered, UK government and special fund-raising events help direct donations from FT readers and supporters of Sightsavers to reach multi-million pound mark
FT Seasonal Appeal: Focus on a brighter future
Blindness is a blight on the developing world – yet most cases are preventable. Sightsavers is supported by this year’s FT seasonal appeal
FT Seasonal Appeal: Sightsavers
Frederick Studemann meets a three-year-old cataract sufferer in Bangladesh, where Sightsavers funds life-changing surgery
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FT Seasonal Appeal 2011
Blindness affects millions in developing countries – yet 80 per cent of cases are preventable. Frederick Studemann meets a young patient in Bangladesh where Sightsavers funds life-changing surgery
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A better life in sight
Frederick Studemann meets a three-year-old cataract sufferer in Bangladesh, where Sightsavers funds life-changing surgery
FT Sightsavers MBA Challenge
Call to students to enter the FT Sightsavers MBA challenge and find innovative solutions for the visually impaired
Charity helps farmer bring home bacon
Donated sow and her litter of piglets provide valuable source of income for visually impaired Nigerian
Banking on better sight
Frederick Studemann on Sightsavers in action to deliver eyecare to people in India’s slums
The day a drug company boss saw the light
FT seasonal appeal: Roy Vagelos, the former chief executive of Merck, describes his decision to give away a medicine for river blindness
Corporate insights clarify Sightsavers’ vision
The ex-energy trader who heads the eyecare charity has used her business experience to help it adapt in a changing global economy
FT Seasonal Appeal: Income supports
Providing the means for the visually impaired to be economically active is one of the core activities of Sightsavers, writes Frederick Studemann
FT appeal: Eyes on the prize
Frederick Studemann visits the Sundarban islands of West Bengal in India, where an eye care centre is bringing a brighter future to many
Sightsavers sees clear path to local handover
Charity’s focus on training means its programme in Nigeria’s Kaduna state is now deemed ready to be handed over to the regional government
FT Seasonal Appeal: The right to sight
Frederick Studemann on blindness in Bangladesh
Kenyan breaks down work barriers
Pushing governments to ease the way for greater inclusion of the visually impaired in the workplace is a core activity of Sightsavers,
Seasonal appeal: Smart goals
Developing effective visual aids and learning tools for the blind is one of the practical activities of Sightsavers, writes Frederick Studemann
Indian diabetics spur need for eye surgery
India, a country of 1.2bn people and the world’s largest consumer of sugar, has the biggest concentration of diabetes sufferers in the world
Sightsavers eyes wider disease prevention
In the Nigerian village of Galadi, a grass-roots distribution system developed by Sightsavers has been expanded to treat other diseases
FT Seasonal Appeal: Visionary figures
John and Jean Wilson’s fact-finding mission to nothern Ghana in the 1950s was a defining moment for Sightsavers, writes Frederick Studemann
Charity prevents blindness in Pakistan
Sightsavers provided Ibad ur-Rehman with a life-changing eye operation to correct a muscle weakness that caused his eyelids to droop
Help for the visually impaired in Bangladesh
Sightsavers, supported by this year’s FT seasonal appeal, works with local partners to enable the blind to gain access to quality education
Lunch with Merryn and John Lee
As part of this year’s seasonal appeal, the FT has joined forces with some of the world’s leading restaurants to give you the chance to bid for lunch with our star writers
FT Seasonal Appeal: Mirror image
As part of our Seasonal Appeal, FT photographer Charlie Bibby took a series of portraits of prominent supporters of our chosen charity, Sightsavers
Let’s do lunch: Dine with an FT writer
This year’s FT Seasonal Appeal includes the mouth-watering opportunity to lunch with our star writers. Martin Dickson explains how it works
