FINALIST 2024
In September 2022, the World Health Organization announced that trachoma had been eliminated as a public health problem in Malawi. To celebrate this historic achievement Sightsavers worked with students of an after-school club to write letters to people in their community who had played a part in the elimination of trachoma. At the end of the letters, they asked their recipients to write letters or send messages to someone who had inspired them in the fight to combat the blinding eye disease.
To learn more about Letters from Malawi and meet the letter writers, visit: https://www.sightsavers.org/le...
We start with sight but we don't stop there. In the past 70 years, Sightsavers has achieved incredible things. We work in more than 30 countries to train health workers, provide eye operations, promote inclusive education, improve women's health and more. Our vision is of a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes, and where people with disabilities can participate equally in society.
We align with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:
