Sightsavers International
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.sightsavers.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sightsaversUK
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sightsavers
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sightsavers
Founded
1950-01 London UK
History
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Prevent sight loss and avoidable blindness in some of the poorest parts of the world by treating conditions such as cataracts and fighting debilitating eye diseases; campaign for disability rights and promote equal opportunities for people with disabilities; work with governments and local communities to tackle the problems at the root of avoidable blindness and support people who need it.
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Cooperates with: H-XE0070 - Institute for Tropical Ophthalmology in Africa; F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD); E-XE3060 - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Links with: C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat; F-XF3380 - UNICEF; E-XE7552 - United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Links with: E-XJ7693 - Global Partnership on Children with Disabilities (GPcwd); E-XJ7435 - International Civil Society Centre.
- Member of: Accountable Now
- Member of: British Overseas NGO's for Development (BOND)
- Member of: Confédération européenne des ong d'urgence et de développement (CONCORD)
- Member of: ECHO - International Health Services
- Member of: End Corporal Punishment
- Member of: End Water Poverty (EWP)
- Member of: Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD)
- Member of: Grow Up Free from Poverty Coalition
- Member of: ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN)
- Member of: International Coalition for Trachoma Control (ICTC)
- Member of: International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI)
- Member of: International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)
- Member of: National Council for Voluntary Organizations (NCVO)
- Member of: Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (NNN)
- Member of: Philanthropy Impact
- Member of: Transparency, Accountability and Participation Network (TAP Network)
- Member of: World Blind Union (WBU)
- Cooperates with: Caribbean Council for the Blind (CCB)
- Cooperates with: Light for the World
- Cooperates with: Seva Foundation (SF)
- Cooperates with: Vision Aid Overseas (VAO)
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF3167
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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