Podcasts about sightsavers

Alexandre Chailloux is a senior research associate with Sightsavers, an international organization dedicated to treating and preventing eye diseases. In this episode we talk with Alex about how Sightsavers leverages Esri field apps to assist communities impacted by eye disease. Since this podcast was recorded, two countries have eliminated trachoma. The number of affected countries has fallen from 40 to 38. We hope this figure continues to decrease thanks to the ongoing efforts to eliminate the disease.  

With our dependence on electricity growing, Denis Duff from 18for0 made the case for considering nuclear power generation. Brigid Barry co-founder of Farming for Nature told of the strides they're making and demand for their new handbook. Michael Harding spoke about the dark days he experienced some years ago and how he and everyone can emerge from such challenging times. While Seanie Maguire prepares to take on an Arctic challenge for Sightsavers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthony Galvin is an Ennis native living in Cork and a former Clare FM reporter. Anthony is getting ready to undertake a huge challenge. In January, Anthony will trek the Arctic to raise funds for Sightsavers, providing vital operations in the developing world. You can donate here: https://sightsaversie.enthuse.com/pf/anthony-galvin-cfa3c To discuss this further, Alan Morrissey was joined by Ennis native, Anthony Galvin. Photo (c) by by Tomas Griger via Canva

Meadhbh Mlowezi ó Sightsavers ag déanamh cur síos ar an gcomórtas bliantúil do dhaltaí bunscoile.

A trio of Paralympic athletes from Malawi, Uganda and the United Kingdom is advocating for the voices of youth with disabilities to be heard at the upcoming United Nations' Summit of the Future, scheduled for September in New York. Their campaign, along with support from the international charity Sightsavers, emphasizes the importance of including the voices of disabled youth in discussions about the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals at the summit. Lameck Masina reports from Blantyr

Misconceptions about disability and sex often lead to stigma and can prevent women with disabilities from accessing the sexual and reproductive healthcare they need. In this episode of Africa Science Focus, reporter Ijeoma Ukazu speaks to Nigerian disability rights advocates and experts Lois Auta-Udonkanta, Salome Net and Rahmatu Ahmed. They share their experiences of navigating disabilities, debunk some of the myths attached to disability and sex, and highlight the factors preventing women with disabilities from accessing quality health services.Joy Shu'aibu, director of programme operations for Sightsavers in Nigeria, shares practical steps policymakers can take to make sexual and reproductive health accessible for women with disabilities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This piece was produced by SciDev.Net's Sub-Saharan Africa English desk.Do you have any comments, questions or feedback about our podcast episodes? Let us know at podcast@scidev.net

In this edition of Dig It we chat with multi-award-winning Garden Designer and Landscape Contractor Alan Sargent, a Fellow of The Institute of Horticulture and Founder of The Association of Professional Landscapers. Alan Sargent is a proper landscape gardener who over the past five decades has won countless awards, including over sixty Royal Horticultural Society Show Garden medals at Chelsea, Hampton Court, Tatton Park and Gardeners' World Live.Alan's latest book, Confessions of a Gardener, helps support the fantastic charity Perennial - the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society. £4 will be donated to Perennial. You can order it here.Product mentions: Consider a Hydrological survey which documents the source (inflow), route, and flow (outflow) of springs, brooks, streams, rivers, and culverts. The report also notes water depths, seasonal flooding, and the significance of surface water runoffs on your land and beyond. Lasers for levels rather than water levels. Butyl pond liner, Bradstone paving and stone, Porcelain, Indian sandstone paving, importance of permeable materials for drainage.Plant mentions: Palm trees, wildflowers, and re-wilding to help attract birds, bee friendly plants for pollinators and Japanese maples.People mentions: Alan Titchmarsh - mentor to Alan, Peter Seabrook, Prince Phillip Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Alexandra, Patron of Action for Blind People as well as being President of Sightsavers. Garden designers Robin Williams, Mark Gregory, who has been involved with 99 gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show, with a total of 160 show gardens for the RHS, making him the most medalled garden builder within the RHS. Peter Rodgers, garden designer. TV presenter and botanist Dr David Bellamy. Peter Rodgers, garden designer.Desert island tool: A Swiss army knife.Alan Sargent's website Landscape Library (educational resource)The Association of Professional Landscapers (APL, Find a Landscaping Professional) The Professional Garden Consultants Association The Chartered Institute of HorticultureOur thanks to Chiltern Music Therapy for supplying the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More information, resources, and transcript visit: adalive.org/episodes/episode-124/ Each year the United Nations recognizes December 3 as International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year's theme is “United in action to rescue and achieve the sustainable development goals for with and by people with disabilities.” Social Media Tags: #IDPD #DisabilityDay We are honored to have as our guest today Gertrude or “Getty” Oforiwa Fefoame. Getty is Chair of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which sets out the fundamental human rights of people with disabilities all over the world. Getty also works as the Global Advocacy Manager for Social Inclusion for Sightsavers, a global nonprofit organization that works in more than 30 countries to prevent blindness and fight for the rights of people with disabilities. In this episode we discuss the work and mission of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and highlight some of the important issues facing people with disabilities around the world.

In this episode we will be hearing about a seven year research programme known as COUNTDOWN. COUNTDOWN consisted of multidisciplinary research teams across 4 countries- Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Cameroon and used co-production research approaches to improve the equity and efficiency of health systems interventions to control and eliminate seven Neglected Tropical Diseases. Research was implemented at each of the health system levels from policy to community and is all documented in the Journal ‘International Health' as a supplement entitled Stronger together: evidence for collaborative action on neglected tropical diseases. The supplement tells the story of how the programme engaged with people who have lived experience, health workers, and policy makers and really emphasises the importance of togetherness. Our guests today are Dr Luret Lar who was the programme manager employed by Sightsavers Nigeria, a collaborator on the COUNTDOWN programme, Dr Karsor Kollie who is the Program Director for Neglected Tropical Diseases at the Ministry of Health Liberia and Laura Dean from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine who was the Social Science lead for COUNTDOWN. Dr Laura Dean – Lecturer, Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineLaura has worked for the last 15 years in the use of participatory health research methodologies to support community and health systems development across sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia. Through participatory action research projects, she supports capacity strengthening within communities and health systems so that stakeholders can identify challenges and co-produce solutions. The majority of her work has focused on increasing inclusion and participation of people with lived experience of mental health conditions and chronic infectious diseases of poverty, for example neglected tropical diseases.Dr. Luret Lar - Medical Doctor, Public Health Physician, Lecturer, University of Jos, NigeriaLuret was involved in implementation research for seven years in collaboration with Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine when she was working for Sightsavers. Her interest and passion about preventive medicine and including the voices of the voiceless have influenced her research career over the years. Luret was interested in inclusivity at all levels of implementation in the neglected tropical diseases programme. This connected her with people affected by neglected tropical diseases and implementers at the community facility, state, and federal levels. She worked closely with these implementers to co-produce solutions to implementation challenges that everyone collectively identified.Karsor Kollie – Programme Director, Ministry of Health, LiberiaSince 2011, Mr Kollie has established and headed the Liberian Integrated NTDs Prevention and Control Programme and is based within the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. He developed the NTD country master plan which forms the operational national guide for the next 5 years.Under his leadership the Liberian programme is making excellent progress in MDA control of Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, Schistosomiasis, Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) where treatment coverage has not gone below 75%, respectively. Alongside this, he is making significant progress in the development and application of new monitoring and evaluation criteria tailoring activities effectively with difficult on-the-ground terrain.More information can be found in the special supplement discussed in this episode: Stronger together: evidence for collaborative action on neglected tropical diseases | International Health | Oxford Academic (oup.com)Want to hear more podcasts like...

Building partnerships across sectors is an essential aspect of tackling sustainability issues effectively and holistically. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise sustainability as always having social, environmental, and economic facets. Addressing the SDGs therefore requires varied approaches -- acting on multiple fronts and involving different actors. It requires the private, public, and non-profit sectors to work together. But joining forces for sustainability is not an easy task. Interests, objectives, and resources vary among stakeholders, and thus many pitfalls might arise. How can partners align on their sustainability vision and make a difference together? In this episode, we hear from Simon Brown about how businesses and non-profits can build strong partnerships for sustainability. Simon is Deputy Technical Director for Economic Empowerment at Sightsavers, an international organization that works with partners to treat and prevent avoidable blindness. With his extensive experience working for both businesses and NGOs, Simon has been building inter-sector partnerships for many decades.

Earlier this month the news came in that a dedicated bus service and indeed clinics were set up in Tipp for people wishing to travel to the North for medical procedures and avail of the Cross Border Healthcare Directive. The pilot trip saw 10 people go to Derry and its success would determine the future of the scheme Sheila Naughton was joined now by the man behind this Tipperary Commissioner of Oaths John O ' Heney with some positive news:

In many societies there are misconceptions about disability and sex. Beatriz de la Pava meets two activists from Pakistan and Nigeria who break taboos and help disabled women access family planning services. Abia Akram is chief executive of the National Forum of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan. She was on the BBC's 100 Women list in 2021 and has spoken out about the unique disability challenges faced by women in Pakistan. Abia is also a trustee with international charity Sightsavers. Lois Auta is the founder and chief executive officer at the Cedar Seed Foundation, an organisation that promotes the participation of women with disabilities in human rights-based development in Nigeria. She focuses on inclusive legislation for people with disabilities. Lois also works on an inclusive family planning project in northern Nigeria run by Sightsavers and BBC Media Action. Produced by Hetal Bapodra and Jane Thurlow (Image: (L) Abia Akram, courtesy Sightsavers. (R) Lois Auta, credit Sejoro Ekundayo.)

In this celebratory episode to close out 2022, we have brought together previous co-hosts and guests to reflect on what we have learned over the past year. We examine our learning along the translational research pathway. The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have a translational research trajectory; that means there is a continuum of science from basic research and labs to embedding change for communities and within sustainable policies and practices. LSTM works with a range of partners globally along this continuum, and in this episode, we will be hearing from some of those that have worked with LSTM and have different positions within programmes and PhDs. Our multidisciplinary guests share their understanding of community engagement and how they ensure that community voice is included in research design, analysis and outcomes throughout the research pathway. This episode features: Beatrice Egid – MRC PhD Student, Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineIn 2017, Beatrice completed a BA in Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford. She began an MSc in Tropical Disease Biology at LSTM in September 2018, during which she undertook a research project determining the level of insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Accra, Ghana, and the metabolic mechanisms driving it. Beatrice started the MRC Doctoral Training Programme at LSTM, with an integrated MRes at Lancaster University in Global Health: Quantitative and Translational Skills, in 2019.Beatrice is undertaking her PhD as part of the ARISE project. Within ARISE, Beatrice's project focuses on vector-borne diseases in waste-picking communities in Vijayawada, India. She will be employing a mixed-methods approach, combining aspects of entomology and policy analysis alongside qualitative and participatory methods. Beatrice has a strong interest in health policy and co-production research approaches. She conducted a desk-based policy project exploring the intersection between vector-borne diseases and city resilience in the context of the Resilient Cities Network (RCN), and has published two papers from her MRes qualitative research project investigating power dynamics in participatory research.Dr. Oluwatosin Adekeye - Assistant Director of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry Ahmadu Bello University Hospital Zaria KadunaA social scientist with varied experience in both clinical and research aspects of health among communities in Northern Nigeria. As a Clinical Psychologist, his work has been both on mental and behavioural disorders and the effects of chronic disease on the well-being of patients and caregivers. As a Social Scientist, he just concluded a study that documented the well-being of people with stigmatizing skin diseases and established a care and support group within the community. More recently he is working on developing a well-being tool for parents and children with disability. Dr Akinola Oluwole – Consultant, Sightsavers, NigeriaDr Akinola Oluwole is an experienced researcher with a special interest in socio-epidemiology of tropical infectious diseases. His multidisciplinary expertise includes spatial disease mapping, monitoring and evaluation of intervention and control programmes and implementation/Health systems research for public health and disease control. He has over Fifteen years' experience working on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Recently, Dr Akinola was the programme lead for two Co-production research projects within the COUNTDOWN consortia, one to develop a care package for Female Genital Schistosomiasis and a second to improve the equity of mass drug administration in Nigeria. Both projects utilised...

Trachoma remains the world's leading infectious causes of blindness, yet for decades we have had the antibiotics to treat it. Sightsavers is an international charity dedicated to preventing avoidable blindness and is working in Africa and Asia to eradicate this disease. Their programs are having a significant positive impact. A key to their success is effective use of GIS technology to track and manage both the disease and treatment coverage. We sat down with Andy Tate, Senior (NTD) Data and Reporting Advisor at Sightsavers to learn more about their work and how they are leveraging GIS technology from Esri. Learn more about Sightsavers: https://www.sightsavers.org/ Learn more about Esri: https://esri.com/health Find more great health IT content: https://www.healthcareittoday.com/

Sight Savers have launched a new campaign to ensure gender equality is maintained on the CRPD committee, Ellie's been speaking to one woman who is a member of the committee, to find out what this means and why it's so important...  To find out more about Sight Savers and the #EqualUN Campaign, please visit their website here: Sightsavers launches global #EqualUN campaign | News | Sightsavers To find out more about the #BraketheBias Campaign, please visit this website: IWD: IWD 2022 campaign theme: #BreakTheBias (internationalwomensday.com) (Image shows: Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, member of United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Sightsavers' Global Advocacy Manger for social inclusion, stands for a portrait.)

Episode 50: It's A New Day! (Getting Past Your Past) In this very special episode, I have a soul rich and inspiring conversation with Greatness A.T.O about how we can leverage the past from the lenses of a victor. Whilst overcoming the past is a conscious effort; it requires being intentional and  self aware.In this episode, Greatness brings truly unique insights which shattered stereotypical thinking about what it means to be in the present, accept where you are on your journey. She also shared about how she canceled her wedding 7-days prior, and all her child-hood traumas having grown up from a dysfunctional family. She also shared some incredible insights on how to be more, do more and have more and how to overcome the shackles of the past.This episode is for every and anyone  who desires clarity and courage to set themselves free from their past limitations, as well as those they have unconsciously set for themselves.About My Guest: Greatness A. T. Olorunfemi is a United Nations trained Women private Sector Trainer on Gender Tools, Gender Concept, Womens Economic Principles, Peer Education Trainer and Life Skills Trainer for teenagers and young adults. She is a licensed HR practitioner, a management consultant, a seasoned professional with several years' of experience in microbiology, social development, consulting, human resources, training, life, career, and relationship coaching, employability and soft skills facilitator and entrepreneurship development.Greatness is an alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School with a certificate in Non-profit Management Programme for Senior Executives, Daystar Leadership Academy, an associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) Nigeria, a team member on the partnership with Small & Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), a facilitator and mentor with the UKAid and Sightsavers project for People Living With Special Disabilities (PWDs) amongst others.A Certified Master Mentor and Relationship Coach from The Institute of Marriage and Family Affairs, USA. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Microbiology, certifications in Neuro-Linguistics Programming, Emotional Freedom Technique, amongst others.She is a Management Consultant, Professional Coach, inspirational and transformation speaker, author, and Digital Moderator at Ms. Kathrel Business Solutions. She is the founder and President of Greatness Unleashed By Love Foundation which is a not-for-profit organization. She is focused on helping teenagers, young adults, the abused, orphans, inmates, drug addicts, and sex workers unleash their Greatness irrespective of their pasts and present. Her team has partnered with some secondary schools, tertiary institutions, orphanages, brothels, rehabilitation centers, and reformatory institutions and has done several projects including the Feed 50 project which fed almost 2000 underprivileged in 6 months.Greatness is passionate about helping unmarried people get it right and prepare young adults to choose and become the right spouse, and have a better marriage than what they have seen before with amazing mentors who are beautifully married. She created an online course, titled ‘Why Good People Marry wrong' and authored Rescued By Love: Why I canceled my wedding, which comes highly recommended for anyone planning to raise a role model marriage and choose a spouse. Her second book, From Lemons To Lemonade: How to use your pain to unleash your greatness is a book containing practical steps on emotional recovery for anyone who is suffering or who has suffered any. It also builds resilience to achieve your dreams despite all obstacles.Connect with Greatness:www.instagram.com/greatnessatowww.linkr.ee/GreatnessATOhttp://www.opod.one/thebeautifullybroken

Season 2, Episode 16An estimated three million people in Uganda live with vision loss, and more than 80,000 of them are blind. The most common cause of blindness in Uganda — cataracts — can be corrected with straightforward surgery. But with only 45 eye doctors for 46 million people, treatment is out of reach in many of Uganda's communities. Gladys Atto is the sole ophthalmologist serving 1.2 million people in Uganda's remote Karamoja region. Atto – who recently won the prestigious Josephine Nambooze Women in Medicine award – tells Africa Science Focus that a new Sightsavers-supported ‘superstructure' will mean she can begin training new doctors to help with her mission to reverse avoidable blindness.   Africa Science Focus, with Michael Kaloki. Learn more about Gladys Atto's careerDo you have any comments, questions or feedback about our podcast episodes? Let us know at podcast@scidev.net

Listen to the panel discussion: Decolonisation: practical approaches from other sectors, featuring Aleem Ali, CEO of Welcoming Australia, Natalia Revelo La Rotta, Junior Designer at Colloqate, and Irène Bahati, Teaching assistant at ISP-Bukavu, moderated by Caroline Harper, CEO of Sightsavers, and learn from organisations and initiatives outside the civil society sector that are also attempting to dismantle racist and colonial power structures.

The second ever Global Disability Summit is taking place in February and Sightsavers want commitments from the government. Our Ellie Marsh has been speaking with Ross McMullan at Sightsavers to find out more. For more information visit: Global Disability Summit - Home Image shows: The Global Disability Summit logo. A grey outline of the globe atop a white background with words GLOBAL DISABILITY SUMMIT written atop. 'DISABILITY' is written in different colours. 

Our exciting new series of online debates will explore civil society perspectives on the emerging digital world every first Thursday of the month from 16:00 CET. Moderated by Vicky Tongue, the 7th Digital Debate discussed whether cybersecurity is a blind spot for civil society actors on the internet. Our panellists: -Suha Mohamed, Strategy and Partnerships Lead at Aapti Institute, India -Adrien Ogée, Chief Operations Officer of the CyberPeace Institute, Switzerland -Anthony Wadlow, Controller of Governance and Assurance for Sightsavers, UK Discover our further readings about this critical topic: https://bit.ly/2YqgVnT Check out the Cyber Incident Tracer (CIT) HEALTH developed by CyberPeace Institute: https://bit.ly/3DIOT5F

Greatness A. T. Olorunfemi is a United Nations trained Women private Sector Training on Gender Tools, Gender Concept, Women's Economic Principles, Peer Education Trainer and Life Skills Trainer for teenagers and young adults, a licensed HR practitioner, a management consultant, a seasoned professional with several years' experience in microbiology, social development, consulting, human resources, training, life, career, and relationship coaching& employability and soft skills facilitator and entrepreneurship development. She is an alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School with a certificate in Nonprofit Management Programme for Senior Executives, Daystar Leadership Academy, an associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management, Nigeria, a team member on the partnership with Small & Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) and CIPM Nigeria, a facilitator and mentor with the UKAid and Sightsavers project for People Living With Special Disabilities (PWDs) amongst others. A Certified Master Mentor and Relationship Coach from The Institute of Marriage and Family Affairs, USA. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Microbiology, certifications in Neuro-Linguistics Programming, Emotional Freedom Technique, amongst others.She is a Management Consultant, Professional Coach, inspirational and transformation speaker, author, and Digital Moderator at Ms Kathrel Business Solutions.She is the founder and President of Greatness Unleashed By Love Foundation which is a not-for-profit organization focused on helping teenagers, young adults, the abused, orphans, inmates, drug addicts, and sex workers unleash their Greatness irrespective of their pasts and present. Her team has partnered with some secondary schools, tertiary institutions, orphanages, brothels, rehabilitation centers, and reformatory institutions and done several projects including the Feed 50 project which fed almost 2000 underprivileged in 6 months. She is passionate about helping unmarried people get it right and prepare young adults to choose and become the right spouse, and have a better marriage than what they have seen before with amazing mentors who are beautifully married.

TNC's CEO, John Waterhouse interviews Matt Jago, Head of Information Systems Operations at Sightsavers, for the 4th Down The Wire Podcast Episode: How to Build, Deploy and Manage an Agile Global Network.Matt Jago is one of the highest profile IT leaders in the UK, both as a result of his work at Sightsavers, as well as his long term contribution to the Charity IT Leaders organisation, which brings together CIOs from the UK's largest charities and NGOs.With the rise of cloud-based applications, a huge increase in the agility requirement for network and telecoms, and the vast uptake of remote working as a result of Covid, many organisations are scrambling to build new infrastructures to support these new challenges.  Matt and his team have spent many years developing innovative ways to deliver network and telephony services to their global users.  As a result Sightsavers has been very early adopters of some strategies that are now becoming much more mainstream, including using internet services delivered by local ISPs instead of MPLS, and cloud-based telephony.  Crucially, Matt and his team have developed a very agile operating model to support these solutions.https://www.sightsavers.org/www.networkcollective.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-... Email: info@networkcollective.co.ukMusic byRiptide by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4288-riptideLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

For the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their advocacy and programming work to make cities more inclusive. In this episode, RN Mohanty, Chief Executive Officer of Sightsavers India, tells us why this programme in Bihar represents a first of its kind - both for Sightsavers and in India - as a highly scaleable new model for integrating primary eye health services into urban public primary health services. RN explains why it is important for an organisation like Sightsavers to work in partnership with government to show what is possible in terms of improved service delivery for urban poor communities and how integration into the public health system will work, and supporting the government as the best placed actor to scale up to other cities. Explore the Centre’s ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ report: http://icscentre.org/innovationreport from November 2020. Find out more about Sightsavers India at their website: https://www.sightsaversindia.in/. This podcast is kindly supported by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and its Strong Cities 2030 initiative. Promoting global collaboration and knowledge sharing for sustainable urban development. Find out more about Stronger Cities 2030 at: https://www.kas.de/en/strong-cities-2030.

Jalikatu Mustapha is one of just four eye doctors in the whole of Sierra Leone. Her work was recently recognised by Queen Elizabeth II. Jalikatu shared an online chat with the British monarch in which she described how simple operations are changing lives in her country. But Jalikatu’s life almost took a very different course. She was a child during the Sierra Leone civil war, her family nearly lost their lives in a gun battle in a hotel. Her father, a leading economist of the time, had been asked to become the Minister of Finance in the new military government. He didn’t want the job so instead the family were trying to escape. Jalikatu now works with the charity Sightsavers.   Presenter: Jo Fidgen Producer: Deiniol Buxton Picture: Jalikatu Mustapha Credit: Moseray Koroma

As part of this year's World Sight Day, international sight loss charity Sightsavers are asking us all to #RaiseYourGlasses to raise awareness of the need for better eyecare in developing countries.Iain Jones from the charity speaks to Steven Scott about how one billion people's eyesight problems could have been prevented if glasses were available to them.Find out more here: https://www.sightsavers.org/world-sight-day/

Equal World Campaign from Sightsavers is calling on UN member states to meet the needs of people with disabilities during the coronavirus outbreak.   We spoke with John Chiti, a musician and activist from Zambia that just released a single to raise awareness of the campaign, about his work and how he uses music to raise awareness of albinism. You can sign the petition here: https://campaigning.sightsavers.org/  (Image shows a photo of John wearing a pale green shirt)

The session in which we discuss the Americorp experience with Aaron Jacobs. Aaron graduated from the University of Virginia with a double major in Political Science & Public Policy, and then spent a year in Alabama - testing the vision of pre-schoolers, coaching middle-school debates, and helping adults with tax preparation. ImpactAmerica.com Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA- free tax prep) SightSavers.org  

The charity Sound for Sight recently partnered with Sightsavers to hold a fundraising gig in London, which featured a wide array of musical talent. RNIB Connect Radio’s Barry Snell caught up with charities founder Laura Westcott, to hear how the evening went. [www.soundforsight.com](https://www.soundforsight.com/)

Caroline Harper joins us to discuss her perspective on leadership, the misconceptions of charities, and her experience performing on the most prestigious public speaking stage of all. You can watch and read all of Caroline’s talks on the links below: Obama - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueMNqdB1QIE JFK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouRbkBAOGEw Elizabeth I (transcript) - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A84363.0001.001/1:1?rgn=div1;view=fulltext Dan Pallotta -https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong Jill Bolte Taylor - https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight?language=en Caroline - https://www.ted.com/talks/caroline_harper_what_if_we_eliminated_one_of_the_world_s_oldest_diseases For an enhanced podcast experience download the Entale app: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/entale-the-visual-podcast-app/id1321535463?mt=8 And for more of the best talks be sure to subscribe to TED Talks Daily: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ted-talks-daily/id160904630?mt=2 Join the #TooT community for bonus content: https://www.facebook.com/groups/861211404268730/

In episode 13 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering the recent RPS Hundred Heroines initiative and the CPR report by Kristen Chick Photojournalism's Moment of Reckoning.  Plus this week photographer Tom Stoddart takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer's the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?' Tom Stoddart began his photographic career on a local newspaper in his native North-East of England. In 1978 he moved to London and began working freelance for publications such as The Sunday Times and Time magazine. During a long and varied career he has witnessed such international events as the war in Lebanon, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the election of President Nelson Mandela, the bloody siege of Sarajevo, the wars against Saddam Hussein in Iraq. In 1997 Tony Blair gave Stoddart exclusive behind the scenes access to his election campaign as the Labour Party swept to victory after 18 years of Conservative government in the United Kingdom. Over the years Tom has worked with charities and NGO's such as Medecins Sans Frontieres, Oxfam, Christian Aid, Care International and Sightsavers. His extensive work on the catastrophic AIDS pandemic blighting Africa has been widely published and exhibited. His photography has been honoured with awards from World Press Photo, Visa pour l'image, Pictures Of The Year and the Eddie Adams Workshop. In 2012 his Perspectives retrospective outdoor exhibition was displayed at London's South Bank and attracted 225,000 visitors. Now established as one of the worlds most respected photojournalists, Stoddart is represented by, and works closely with Getty Reportage, to produce powerful photo-essays on the serious world issues of our time. www.tomstoddart.com You can also access and subscribe to these podcasts at SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/unofphoto and on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-photographic-life/id1380344701 Grant Scott is the founder/curator of United Nations of Photography, a Senior Lecturer in Professional Photography at the University of Gloucestershire, a working photographer, and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Focal Press 2014) and The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Focal Press 2015). His next book #New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography will be published by Bloomsbury Academic in January 2019. His documentary film, Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay will be screened across the UK and the US in 2018. © Grant Scott 2018

Thousands of years ago, ancient Nubians drew pictures on tomb walls of a terrible disease that turns the eyelids inside out and causes blindness. This disease, trachoma, is still a scourge in many parts of the world today -- but it's also completely preventable, says Caroline Harper. Armed with data from a global mapping project, Harper's organization Sightsavers has a plan: to focus on countries where funding gaps stand in the way of eliminating the disease and ramp up efforts where the need is most severe. Learn more about their goal of consigning trachoma to the history books -- and how you can help. (This ambitious plan is one of the first ideas of The Audacious Project, TED's new initiative to inspire global change.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thousands of years ago, ancient Nubians drew pictures on tomb walls of a terrible disease that turns the eyelids inside out and causes blindness. This disease, trachoma, is still a scourge in many parts of the world today -- but it's also completely preventable, says Caroline Harper. Armed with data from a global mapping project, Harper's organization Sightsavers has a plan: to focus on countries where funding gaps stand in the way of eliminating the disease and ramp up efforts where the need is most severe. Learn more about their goal of consigning trachoma to the history books -- and how you can help. (This ambitious idea is part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

El tracoma es una infección ocular muy dolorosa que conduce a la ceguera. Ha existido durante miles de años, y hoy en día hay cerca de 200 millones de personas en peligro a nivel mundial. La locura de todo esto, dice Caroline Harper, es que es completamente prevenible. Armada con datos de un proyecto de mapeo mundial, su organización, Sightsavers, tiene un plan: concentrarse en los países donde la falta de fondos impide eliminar la enfermedad, como así también aumentar los esfuerzos en las áreas de mayor necesidad. El objetivo: hacer que esta enfermedad pase a la historia. Este ambicioso plan es una de las primeras ideas de The Audacious Project, la nueva iniciativa de TED para inspirar el cambio global.

Le trachome est une infection oculaire terrible qui rend aveugle. Il existe depuis des millénaires ; environ 200 millions de personnes dans le monde sont à risque aujourd'hui. Ce qui est fou, d'après Caroline Harper, c'est que cette maladie est évitable. Armée des données d'un projet de cartographie mondiale, son organisation Sightsavers a un plan : se concentrer sur les pays où les écarts de financement font obstacle à l'éradication -- et intensifier les efforts dans les zones les plus touchées. L'objectif est de faire disparaître cette maladie. Ce projet ambitieux est l'une des premières idées de « The Audacious Project », la nouvelle initiative de TED pour inspirer des changements au niveau mondial.

O tracoma é uma infecção ocular agonizante que causa a cegueira. Já existe há milhares de anos e cerca de 200 milhões de pessoas no mundo são vítimas dela hoje. O mais incrível é que, diz Caroline Harper, ela é completamente evitável. Munida de dados de um projeto de mapeamento global, sua organização Sightsavers tem um plano: concentrar-se em países onde as lacunas de financiamento impedem a eliminação, e também intensificar os esforços nas áreas de maior necessidade. O objetivo: destinar esta doença para os livros de história. Este plano ambicioso é uma das primeiras ideias do The Audacious Project, a nova iniciativa do TED para inspirar mudanças globais.

Тысячи лет назад древние нубийцы изобразили на стенах ужасную болезнь, от которой веки выворачиваются наизнанку и вызывают слепоту. Эта болезнь, трахома, всё еще остаётся бедствием во многих уголках Земли, но её можно остановить, — утверждает Кэролайн Харпер. Используя данные, полученные в ходе глобального проекта по картированию, организация Харпер Sightsavers разработала план: сосредоточиться на странах, где бюджетов недостаточно для борьбы с болезнью, и бросить все усилия туда, где свирепствует болезнь. Узнайте больше об их цели сделать так, чтобы трахома осталась только в учебниках истории, и о том, как вы можете помочь. (Этот амбициозный план — один из первых в рамках The Audacious Project — инициативы TED по изменению мира.)

Dr Joseph Oye, the Sightsavers Country Director in Cameroon is in Dublin and he we are delighted that he has made time to come in to talk to us here on Global Village.