# Sight Savers International re-launches its website with staff around the world now in charge of content

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/04/06/sight-savers-international-relaunches-its-website-staff-around-world-now-charge-content/
- Published: 2006-04-06T10:01:16+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Sight Savers staff, including those with visual impairments, in up to 18 different
countries around the world will be responsible for their own content on the UK charity’s
new website. The site, complete with a new content management system and a fresh
new look, was officially launched this week. The top priority for Sight Savers, 
which works in 33 countries restoring sight and preventing blindness, was to improve
the site’s accessibility and overall user experience, while at the same time, enabling
staff both in the UK and overseas to add their own content as easily as possible.

 

One of the main challenges was finding a content management system that was easy
to use and suitable for people with visual impairments and moderate internet connectivity.
As an organisation that works to improve the lives of those that will never see 
or who have low vision, it was essential for Sight Savers to re-design the site 
to meet the highest standards of accessibility. To do this a content management 
system called Rhythmyx, supplied by Percussion was implemented by technology company
Unified Solutions in collaboration with the Sight Savers’ in-house web team.

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Matt Blake, Web Manager at Sight Savers said: ‘We have managed to combine a fresh
new look with high accessibility. Now Sight Savers staff across the globe can feel
they share ownership of this resource and help ensure it has all the latest news
and information for our donors, supporters and casual surfers.’

 

New and improved features include:

 

Eye Doctor – an educational interactive game where you get to be an eye doctor

 

Online donations

 

Electronic Press Office

 

Photo galleries of Sight Savers work from around the world

 

Visit: www.sightsavers.org

 

Ends

 

For further information or a screen shot of the site contact James Georgalakis on
01444 44 66 71/86 or Michelle Akande on 01444 44 66 55 or email pr***@*********rs.
org

 

**Notes to editors:**

 

1. Sight Savers International works in over 33 developing countries to prevent blindness,
restore sight and improve life for those who will never see.

 

2. In addition to the 37 million people who are blind in the world, 161 million 
people are visually impaired.

 

Since 1950, Sight Savers has restored sight to 5.5 million people and prevented 
blindness in 84 million.

 

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