West African civil society organisations are calling on ECOWAS to commit to disability inclusion or risk de-railing the Global Goals. This Sunday 9 July, Economic Community of West African States...
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G7 Call for International Cooperation to Protect Children’s Right to Education in Emergencies and Crises
COVID-19, climate-induced disasters, the Afghanistan crisis, the Ukraine conflict, and other forgotten crises – threats against global stability and security are at extraordinary highs and projected...
“They do not care about us. They have forgotten us.” - New research shows disability organisations were ‘unsung heroes’ of the COVID-19 pandemic
Three new publications by Inclusive Futures have revealed how people with disabilities were not only disproportionately and ‘catastrophically’ excluded from COVID-19 pandemic planning and relief...
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UK’s G7 education pledge is a welcome start but more is needed
At the G7 Summit held last week in Cornwall, the UK government has pledged £430 million of new UK aid funding for education for children in the world’s poorest countries, with a focus on girls’...
Open Letter: G7 leaders told, don't fail children with disabilities
Open Letter: Don't fail children with disabilities, G7 leaders told More than 21,000 people from 73 countries have signed an open letter demanding that G7 leaders do not leave children with...
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Efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases in Africa forge ahead despite the pandemic
Governments in eleven countries in Africa delivered more than 35 million preventative treatments for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in 2020, despite COVID-19. The announcement comes as the World...
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Nearly 200 charities call on PM not to do a u-turn by reducing UK spend on aid
Nearly 200 UK humanitarian, development and domestic charity leaders and leaders, including The National Federation of Women’s Institutes, Save the Children, Greenpeace UK, UNICEF UK and Friends of...
Illustrations by a local artist in Nigeria help health professionals understand their patients better
Illustrations by a local artist in Nigeria are helping health workers and policy makers understand what it's really like to live with a neglected tropical disease (NTD). The illustrations have been...
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Disease treatments restart in Africa as COVID-19 restrictions ease
Treatment programmes that will reach millions of Africans at risk from debilitating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have restarted in a significant step towards COVID-19 recovery. Around one...
Sightsavers' petition urges the UN to ensure people with disabilities are not forgotten during COVID-19
International NGO Sightsavers has launched a petition calling for the United Nations to meet the needs of people with disabilities, who are facing the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
Significant progress on eliminating blinding trachoma in Uganda
This Commonwealth Day (12 March) Sightsavers and partners are celebrating the progress being made on eliminating blinding trachoma in Uganda Trachoma is an excruciating yet treatable eye disease...
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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation promet un nouveau soutien aux programmes d'élimination du trachome au Mali et au Niger
ATLANTA... Les efforts visant à éliminer le trachome aveuglant en tant que problème de santé publique dans les pays ouest-africains du Mali et du Niger recevront un soutien supplémentaire de 11,725...
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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Pledges New Support for Trachoma Elimination Programs in Mali and Niger
ATLANTA ... Efforts to eliminate blinding trachoma as a public health problem in the West African nations of Mali and Niger will receive US$11.725 million in additional support from the Conrad N...
Educación en zonas apartadas
“La gran noticia de la educación fue recibida con mucho anhelo y orgullo. Nuestra proyección es vincular más estudiantes para que ellos también puedan ser multiplicadores del quehacer pedagógico en...
From Emergency to Recovery: an opportunity to build a stronger Sierra Leone
Key recommendations from INGOs working in Sierra Leone ahead of the High Level Conference on Ebola – March 3rd - Brussels The High Level Conference on Ebola that will take place on the 3rd of March...
Malawi: Miserable wet weather and drought orders
Miserable wet weather and drought orders spare a thought for those on the other side of the world that must use one litre of water to wash thirty faces As the Southeast of England braces itself for...
Sight Savers in Liberia
After closely monitoring the situation in Liberia, we have decided that it is necessary to review our programme work in the short term. All of our work inside Liberia has now been suspended. This is...
Sight Savers International: New vision for Sierra Leone
The Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr Joe Demby, officially opened a new eye unit at the Connaught Hospital in Freetown last week, which was funded by the UK eye-care charity Sight...
Liberia: Blindness relief threatened
Sight Savers International is warning today that thousands of people in Liberia are at increased risk of losing their eyesight if the unrest in the North West intensifies. Renewed fighting could...