Credit: © Sightsavers/Zul Mukhida
Caption: A specialist teacher from Makande Primary school came to this Malawi home to encourage Maria’s parents to send her to school. Maria is now one of two blind children in a 175-strong class and her favourite subjects are Maths, English, and Social and Environmental Science.

Sightsavers is today launching the Put Us in the Picture campaign, the organisation’s first campaign to influence the UK Government. The 18-month campaign, which is launched on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December), will call on the UK Government and political parties to include the world’s one billion people with disabilities in their international development policies. [Read more...]