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Incredible news from the @UN #SummitOfTheFuture in #NY! The only way to create a truly #EqualWorld is to make sure people with disabilities are included. #OurCommonFuture is inclusive! @Sightsavers_Pol
#OurCommonFuture is inclusive!
@Sightsavers and colleagues have been campaigning for the @UN Pact for the Future to be disability-inclusive, so we truly #LeaveNoOneBehind when it comes to implementing the #GlobalGoals 👏
#EqualWorld #OurCommonAgenda #UNGA79
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📢 Join us ahead of the #SummitOfTheFuture for an exclusive screening of the film Equal World 🌎 and hear from young people with disabilities on why they must be involved in decision-making🙌
Organized by @Sightsavers @UNYouthAffairs @UNSierraLeone @Irish_Aid
#OurCommonFuture
ALT Invite for film screening of 'Equal World?’, a short documentary film produced by Sightsavers, followed by a panel discussion featuring young leaders with disabilities and high-level delegates to the Summit of the Future. Venue: Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016 Date: Saturday 21 September 2024. Time: 6.45-8.45pm EDT
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Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a neglected tropical disease that can cause severe swelling of body parts.
Sightsavers is working with @CIFFchild and other partners to provide life-changing treatment for people with LF in Burkina Faso.
Read more: sightsavers.org/stories/2024…
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With an estimated 1 billion people affected by #NTDs worldwide, we thank @Sightsavers for helping #BeatNTDs in Guinea-Bissau. Read about their treatment campaigns supported by our recent grant: bit.ly/3Ap033q
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It's bigger than the classroom. 🌍
It's about #EqualRights for every child's journey – learning, thriving, and feeling pure joy.
Learn more: sightsavers.org/disability/e…
ALT Children with and without disabilities learning together in a classroom.
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“Young people with disabilities are left out of decision-making because they are left out of society."
Lydia is calling on world leaders to take action now and ensure young voices are included in @UN processes.
Will you join her?
campaigning.sightsavers.org/…
#EqualWorld #Youth2030
ALT A photo of Lydia smiling inside a decorative illustrated frame with vibrant blue and orange colours. The titles read: Lydia, disability rights activist.
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In 2018 @Sightsavers' @CarolineAHarper gave a #TEDTalk about eliminating trachoma, the world's leading infectious cause of blindness.
Check out what the Accelerate programme has achieved since this moment!
@TEDTalks @TheAudaciousPrj #Ted2024 #BeatNTDs sightsavers.org/accelerate?u…
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Watch Orr Group's latest Partner Perspectives interview with Sightsavers' leaders Anna Becker and Adrian Poffley. CVSoci.al/r6HzXdCe
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Painful ☹️
Life-altering 👁️
Neglected 🤷
More than a billion people are affected by neglected tropical diseases. But they don't have to be. If we come together we can consign these devastating diseases to history. sightsavers.org/protecting-s… #beatNTDs #WorldNTDDay
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We were thrilled to hear recently that the Reaching the Last Mile Fund will be expanding.
This will have a huge impact in the fight against river blindness and lymphatic filariasis, two devastating diseases.
Sightsavers' @PhilipDowns explains more: sightsavers.org/blogs/2023/1…
ALT A health worker giving out medicine to a woman
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I’ve just voted for 'Let's Learn Together: Supporting children with disabilities in Zambia to access education' by @Sightsavers in the @SmileyCFA You should view and vote here too smileycharityfilmawards.com/… #CharityFilmAwards #cfa24 #charity – at Kiambu, Kenya
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$60 million! This funding has been announced by @Sightsavers CEO @CarolineAHarper to help #beatNTDs.
Everyone has a part to play in eliminating neglected tropical diseases, which are affecting more than a billion people.
#RLMForum #COP28 sightsavers.org/news/2023/12…
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What’s your part to play in creating an equal and inclusive world? 🌍
This International Day of People with Disabilities, explore ways you can take action in our blueprint for inclusion. Click the link to act now: sightsavers.org/disability/o… #IDPD #LeaveNoOneBehind
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#Sightsavers CEO Dr @CarolineAHarper pledges an incredible $60 million towards the astounding $777 million in global commitments from countries and donors to eliminate NTDs! Together we can #BeatNTDs.
#RLMForum2023 @GatesFoundation @RLMGlobalHealth #COP28
ALT Sightsavers CEO Dr Caroline Harper stands on stage at the RLM Forum, part of COP28 in Dubai. Behind her is a screen that reads “Dr Caroline Harper, CEO, Sightsavers. $60,000,000
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Thank you for your support! Eliminating #NTDs would change millions of lives for the better. Let's do it 💪 #beatNTDs #RLMForum2023
Climate change could make Neglected Tropical Diseases even worse – but the solutions exist. Proud that @VirginUnite is working with @TheENDFund and @Sightsavers to address this urgent issue at COP28 Health Day:
virg.in/iqzm
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Everyone deserves to feel safe.
Listen to Esther, Faith, and Rose speak on improving access to gender-based violence services for women with disabilities.
Let's create safe spaces where survivors can heal, seek justice, and rebuild their lives. #EndGBV
sightsavers.org/improving-gb…
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Guy Le Fanu, the Senior Global Technical Lead for Education at @Sightsavers, discussing their experience of developing guidelines using our #ICAN tool to assess the learning outcomes of children with disabilities in a fantastic collaboration with @itacecorg.
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Thank you to #PostcodeLotteryPeople for making dreams come true!
Your support for our #EyeHealth, #Education and #NTD projects has transformed lives and helped communities thrive.
Here are some of our favourite memories 💛
@PostcodeLottery
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"I am powerful, I am strong, I am worthy, I belong"
That's the message from @Netflix's #CanYouSeeUs? based on the real life story of @JohnChiti3, musician and disability rights activist.
Join John in the campaign for an #EqualWorld!
🔗campaigning.sightsavers.org/…
#RatifyTheADP
ALT Illustrated movie poster for the film Can You See Us featuring photos of the characters
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Today is #WorldSexualHealthDay.
Women with #disabilities have lower access to contraceptives, counselling, cancer screening and services overall.
That's why today - and every other day - we must ensure #SRHR is inclusive for all.
@WHO / @Sightsavers
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