What is Inclusive Education?
Sightsavers India supports inclusive education to ensure that children who are blind or visually impaired are included in mainstream education. This is crucial for lifting people out of poverty.
Sightsavers India supports inclusive education to ensure that children who are blind or visually impaired are included in mainstream education. This is crucial for lifting people out of poverty.
Accessible technology: Screen readers, magnification software, and large-print displays empower blind and visually impaired individuals to access digital content and use computers effectively.
Physical aids: Braille materials and tools like Braille slates and styluses (Tabs) provide essential means of literacy and education for children who are blind or visually impaired.
Low vision devices: Low vision devices allow individuals with visual impairments to read and engage in activities that require visual acuity.
Increased independence: These tools and technologies promote greater independence by enabling tasks previously difficult or impossible, improving communication, learning, and navigation.
Aid the inclusion process in the classroom by helping enrol more children who are blind and visually impaired in school.
Visit schools in their local area and teach children who are blind and visually impaired with essential skills such as Braille.
Prepare children with visual impairments for the classroom.
Provide one-on-one help to children in the classroom by using Braille & similar assistive devices so that they can be more involved in the classroom.
Your donation enables us to provide crucial support and inclusive education to visually impaired or blind children. Together, let's shape a brighter future by enabling them to thrive in mainstream schools. Join us in making a difference today.
Indeed, donations made to Sightsavers India are eligible for a 50% tax exemption under section 80G of the Income Tax Act. It's important to note that this tax exemption applies specifically within India.
Yes, Sightsavers India is a registered NGO in India since 1970. We work across 10 States to include visually impaired children in mainstream education. Our dedicated efforts have created lasting impacts on the lives of these children.
Sightsavers India values open communication with donors, providing regular updates on the impact of their support. Donors receive comprehensive reports, newsletters, and success stories, prioritising transparency while safeguarding donor privacy.
We do not accept donations in cash. We have transparent and accountable system to share receipts of donations done by any individual through cheques, demand draft, and online payment modes.
If you prefer to make an offline donation, there are multiple options available to you:
Cheque or Demand Draft: You can send us your donation via cheque or demand draft in favour of SIGHTSAVERS INDIA. Alternatively, you can contact us to arrange a pickup service.
Telephone: Any individual can call & email us at on +91 9871955533 or Toll free: 1800 419 6250 or Email: [email protected]
Our support executive will guide with the process to donate.
Website: Any individual can directly visit and donate to Sightsavers India through online donation page.
No. of Children with Visual impairment (CVIs) as beneficiaries of Inclusive Education Programme
Children with Visual impairment who received assistive/ICT devices*
Education Materials distributed to Children with Visual Impairment (CVIs)**
Children with Visual impairment trained on PLUS curriculum & ICT **
Number of teachers trained on Inclusive Education **
Number of Parents and Social Animators trained to support CVIs **
Number of Educational administrators sensitized on disability and education of Children with special needs (CWSN) **
No. of Children with Visual impairment (CVIs) as beneficiaries of Inclusive Education Programme
Children with Visual impairment who received assistive/ICT devices*
Education Materials distributed to Children with Visual Impairment (CVIs)**
Children with Visual impairment trained on PLUS curriculum & ICT **
Number of teachers trained on Inclusive Education **
Number of Parents and Social Animators trained to support CVIs **
Number of Educational administrators sensitized on disability and education of Children with special needs (CWSN) **
*2021 - Sep'2025
We promote for inclusion and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities, including visual impairments or blindness, to achieve their maximum potential.
Sightsavers India works in 19 cities urban slums with the objective to ensure comprehensive and sustainable eye health to the urban poor.
Sightsavers India Rural Eye Health (REH) programme aims to improve eye health in rural communities by raising awareness, delivering quality services, and eliminating avoidable blindness. It also focuses on providing comprehensive eye care beyond cataract screening.
The National School Eye Health Programme, prevents eye diseases and vision impairments amongst children aged 5-18 in government and government-aided schools. This initiative with the goal of ‘good and maintained eye health’ aims towards improved learning outcomes and academic excellence.
Working in India since 1970, protecting and promoting inclusion of people with disabilities. Sightsavers India works in 10 states, extending eye health services to the underserved areas, enabling people to lead lives of independence and dignity.
We have supported the treatment of millions of people with eye disorders, educated, counseled, trained and rehabilitated people who are visually impaired or blind.
We've received recognition through awards and felicitations from a cross-section of government and private agencies for our ground breaking work in diverse areas of eye care, policy engagement, inclusive education and social inclusion.
As a donor you empower children with visual impairment to be part of positive and enabling environment through education. Glimpse of stories of visually impaired and blind children who are now independent and achieving their dreams.
Visually impaired since birth, Simpi and her parents could never imagine that she could get an education. Until the age of 10, the Dumka, Jharkhand resident never went to school.
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Thanks to technology, people who are blind can today function as effectively as their sighted colleagues in diverse professions such as management, law, accountancy, teaching...
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Mahesh hails from Bhiyasar, a remote desert village in the Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. The harsh and sandy climate of this village...
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His problem with vision became evident in class two when he started struggling with reading and writing. His performance in the class...
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Devilal was identified by a Sightsavers India NGO partner for low vision, and was included in the inclusive education project....
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Priya and Anjali, are visually impaired girls living in Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. They were identified under the Sightsavers India Inclusive Education...
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Saba, 14, attends a government school in Hazaribag, Jharkhand. She is from a remote village in the Hazaribag district. Saba has visual impairment since birth....
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Manu is an 18-year-old girl, blind since birth. She lives with a joint family of eight people in a village in the Katni district of Madhya Pradesh...
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11-year-old Vibha studies in a government school for economically weaker sections in Jehanabad, Bihar. Vibha is visually impaired since birth and is supported...
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Soni is eight years old and resides in Jehanabad district of Bihar. Soni is blind since birth however, having sight would not seem too important a thing once you get to see her enthusiasm for life....
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Six-year old Aliya is a native of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. She has low vision since birth....
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Visually impaired since birth, 10-year-old Kiran could have never imagined to step out of the periphery of her home and interact....
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Hira had to face many challenges in her childhood including her father’s death when she was just a toddler. However, the one she faced in 2007 was something she had not fathomed....
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The thought of entering a school, let alone enjoying technology-based learning would have never crossed 15-year-old Andhreyes’ mind....
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