If you're struggling with your Christmas shopping this year take a look at the range of gifts on offer at our online gift shop www.giftofsight.co.uk

The Sightsavers' gift list gives you a great opportunity to buy your friends and loved ones a fantastic present which could have a huge impact on someone's life in the developing world.

Did you know that two thirds of people around the world who are blind are women?

To highlight this fact, Sightsavers has launched a Women and Blindness campaign in collaboration with iconic photographer Rankin. Working with six renowned make-up artists he has produced some incredible images, and we've launched a micro-site to showcase them:

 http://www.sightsavers.org/rankin

It would be great if you could view the site, share the link with your friends, family and colleagues, and become a fan of Sightsavers on Facebook and Twitter!

Do you live in NYC?  Are you interested in photography, blind people or photography by blind people?  If so, check out the Seeing Beyond Sight Photo Challenge and Party this Saturday from 2-5pm in Brooklyn.  The idea is to blindfold yourself and wander around your world, taking pictures of what you see/feel.  You can always do it on your own, but this event is more social.

Seeing Beyond Sight is a fascinating project by Tony Deifell.  Basically, he gave cameras to blind teenagers and taught them about photography: