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Honorary Brand Ambassador Kabir Bedi encourages truck drivers to get their eyes tested.

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To increase access to quality eye health services through an integrated and strengthened urban health service delivery system, Standard Chartered Global Business Services (GBS) Private Limited, India collaborated with Sightsavers India to launch two new Vision Centres and one Mobile Vision Centre in Chennai.

May 2023

News / Recognition /

CRISIL awarded Sightsavers India with 1A rating under the “Voluntary Organisation Grading” in July 2022.

February 2023

News / Social inclusion /

Suparna belongs to the Amta village, in West Bengal.

January 2023

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Blogs / Eye health /

This longstanding association within the healthcare sector has given Sightsavers a certain depth in understanding the requirements of Persons with disabilities.

Flarell Rose Caldeira, March 2023

Blogs / Eye health /

Recently, I had the chance to visit Katni District in Madhya Pradesh. It is one of the 52 districts in the state of Madhya Pradesh and one of the intervention districts of Sightsavers.

Deepshikha Sharma, February 2023

Blogs / Eye health /

Sightsavers India Fellow, 2019-2021 gets candid as she completes her fellowship journey.

Dr Vanlalmuanpuii, March 2022

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Manu Kol is an 18-year-old girl, blind since birth. She lives with a joint family of eight people in a village in the Katni district of Madhya Pradesh.

Stories / Eye health /

Inji Bai and Kallu (names changed) have been married for more than 60 years and are now in their seventies.

Stories / Eye health /

Sixty five year old Gurbachan lives with his wife and children, in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan.

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Read our collection of news and blogs from across India to learn more about how our Programs and initiatives are helping people with disabilities regain their independence.

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Quality eye care services to reach urban slum populations in Chennai with the launch of two new Vision Centres and one Mobile Vision Centre

Sightsavers India received the award of 1A rating by CRISIL

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"Communities, countries and ultimately the world, are only as strong as their women's health." - Michelle Obama.

Discovering the realities and transformational journey of people in Katni District

“The Sightsavers India Fellowship Program helped me in finding my true potential,” Dr Vanlalmuanpuii, Sightsavers India Fellow, 2019 – 2021

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Manu's story

Inji Bai & Kallu's story

Gurbachan's story

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