A Bug Expert Is Helping Save Millions of People’s Sight in Benin, Alongside Global Citizen’s Actions

At the 2018 Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 in Johannesburg, Global Citizens took more than 5 million actions to end extreme poverty, culminating in 60 commitments, and $7.2 billion in funding from world leaders to fight extreme poverty, helping to make a difference in the lives of millions of people today. During the festival, in honor of Nelson Mandela, the Sightsavers led Accelerate program was launched, aimed at eliminating trachoma across 14 countries in the continent. This year we traveled to Benin to meet Sightsavers Senior Neglected Tropical Disease manager, Pelagie, who is leading teams to eliminate and provide treatment for trachoma, and other neglected tropical diseases, while helping whole communities regain eyesight and protect generations from disease. Read the full story here.
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