Sightsavers
Sightsavers is an international development organisation working to eliminate avoidable blindness and ensure people with disabilities have the same rights and access to good education, health and work opportunities as everyone else.
We work with local, regional, national and international partners and governments. With their help, we distribute treatments to prevent disease, carry out eye operations, advocate for disability rights and improve health services to create sustainable development projects.
Sightsavers is overseeing the Inclusive Futures initiative and leading on specific education, employment and health programmes.
We're involved in the consortium because…
Partnerships
"...we love to collaborate with peers and individuals at community, regional and national levels, working in partnership for better outcomes."
Leadership
"...we have an excellent track record in managing large, multi-agency consortia."
Representation
"...we ensure the views of people with disabilities are central to the development of our inclusive education, health and employment programmes."
Find out more about Sightsavers' work on disability inclusion
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Rasak Adekoya
Rasak Adekoya is programme development advisor at Sightsavers and works on disability inclusive economic empowerment. He is based in Nigeria.
Shikuku Obosi
Shikuku Obosi is based in Kenya and is a disability inclusion technical adviser at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), which funds the Inclusive Futures initiative.
Simon Brown: “Our primary focus is on protecting the rights of people with disability in employment”
Simon Brown was global technical lead for economic empowerment at Sightsavers until August 2024.
Latest from Sightsavers (external links)
Prevalence of functional difficulty among preschool children in Kenya
Disability and labour market participation among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya
The key to inclusive education is engaging organisations of people with disabilities
Ensuring no one is left behind on the path to universal health coverage
Webinar: Collaborating with organisations of people with disabilities in FCDO-funded work
Towards a rights-based policy environment for the employment of persons with disabilities
Be Inclusive: employment and livelihoods webinar
Webinar: Included from the beginning
Making assessment more accessible for children with disabilities
