Sightsavers

For over 60 years Sightsavers has been working in the developing world to save sight and promote equal opportunities for people who are blind or have low vision.

There are 36 million blind people in the world, but 75 per cent of blindness can be cured or prevented. That’s 27 million people who are blind when they needn’t be.

Shocked by this? So are we. And with your support we want to eliminate avoidable blindness and support people who are irreversibly blind or disabled to live independently – a gift in your Will can make a difference.

Just 1% of your estate pledged to us as your lasting legacy will help prevent blindness, restore sight and change the world for the better for future generations of people in some of the world’s poorest countries

Find out more about giving to Sightsavers in your Will by calling us on 01444 446 600 or email [email protected].

Sightsavers

Asha was born with cataract in both eyes

Little Asha was born with cataract in both eyes – a devastating diagnosis. For the first six years of her life, Asha was left to slowly go blind. Asha’s parents felt she was a burden, and she was passed from one family to another, before going to live with another family, in a different country, miles from her home.

Although it’s not difficult to treat, it’s vital for children that it’s caught in time, or it can cause the eye to stop developing, after which sight can never be properly restored. In communities where there’s little or no support for people who are blind, untreated cataract can mean no education, no income, no future and no possibility of escaping poverty.

We were able to reach Asha before her sight was irreversibly damaged, but thousands of children like her are still waiting. That’s why we must do all we can to save the sight of blind children – because no child deserves to be rejected simply because of the way they are born.

Asha’s sight has been restored and she’s no longer trapped in darkness – for the first time, Asha can go to school and has a bright future ahead of her.

Little Asha was born with cataract in both eyes

Here are some of the ways your gift can help Sightsavers with its vital work

A gift in a Will of £4,500 is enough to screen over 5,600 school children for a range of eye conditions and have them treated on the day or referred if needed, to a health centre.

£2,000, left to Sightsavers could cover the costs of three cataract surgical sets – helping to provide more sight-saving operations for children like Asha – giving them the chance of a better, brighter future.

£150 donation could treat a child with bilateral cataracts

£160 donation could provide a year’s inclusive education, helping a child with visual impairments to go to school and have the possibility of escaping poverty.

If you want to find out more about Sightsavers and the great work they do please visit: https://www.sightsavers.org

Asha was born with cataract in both eyes

Here are some of the ways your gift can help Sightsavers with its vital work

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