increase four fold the number of people in low- and middle-income countries who are benefitting directly from our work;
double the number of partners organisations we are working with in our two target regions (West Africa & Eastern Europe); and
double our annual turnover so that we can support many more grassroots projects.

Ali Martin Sesay, Vision for the Blind, addressing a group of blind men and women in Kabala (Sierra Leone). We have been working closely with VFB since it was established, helping disabled people fight for their rights and challenging negative public attitudes to disability.

We are working to build social capital and place as much emphasis on partnership and the process of change -- how development is brought about -- as we do on what is actually achieved on the ground or in the field.