# UK government to double donations to Sightsavers for three months

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/09/17/uk-government-to-double-donations-to-sightsavers-for-three-months/
- Published: 2015-09-17T23:53:53+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The UK government’s Aid Match Scheme is once again to double the donations made
by the UK public to international development charity Sightsavers’ pre-Christmas
appeal.**

All donations made by the UK public in support of Sightsavers’ work to prevent avoidable
blindness in developing countries will be matched pound for pound by the UK government
for the three month period from 15 September to 15 December 2015.

The [funding from the UK government](http://www.gov.uk/uk-aid-match) will enable
Sightsavers to deliver over 12 million treatments for river blindness (onchocerciasis)
and 11 million treatments to prevent elephantiasis (lymphatic filariasis) over the
next three years.

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Caroline Harper, CEO of [Sightsavers](http://www.sightsavers.org), said that the
UK government’s support in match funding the public’s donations would ensure millions
of people in Africa could live healthier and more productive lives.

This year’s fundraising campaign would be promoted by partners including eBay for
Charity, Optical Express, Paperchase and River Island.

Last year the [charity benefited from the Aid Match scheme](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2014/10/09/sightsavers-appeal-launched-live-broadcast-sight-restoring-operation/).

 

**Editor’s note:** _the video previously embedded here (https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=7HRQS97yxK4) is no longer available._

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