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13 good news stories in 2024 

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13 good news stories in 2024 

Mohammed Lansah, Learning and Documentation Officer for Ghana for We Can Work, on the left hand side of the photo and Ambrose Murangira, Technical Director Disability Inclusion at Light for the World, on the right hand side. Both are smiling broadly.
Ambrose Murangira, Technical Director Disability Inclusion at Light for the World, and Mohammed Lansah, Learning and Documentation Officer for Ghana for We Can Work, at Inspiration Week.
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November 2024 News Wrap 

Hanadi, a trainee teacher, practises signs during a class. She is in front of a blackboard and wearing a red dress.
Hanadi, a trainee teacher, practises signs during a training session at Rombur National Teachers Training Institute.
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Inclusive education in South Sudan: teachers trained in sign language and braille 

A woman wearing earings and a party dress is holding an a golden award tropy. © Doreck Ankunda / Light for the World
Doreck Ankunda, a Disability Inclusion Facilitator and one of the stars of When You Become Me, holds her award. © Doreck Ankunda / Light for the World
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October 2024 News Wrap 

Andera Delfyna, Learning and Innovation Expert at Light for the World, facilitating a co-creation session. She is smiling and handing a piece of paper to a programme participant.
Andera Delfyna, Learning and Innovation Expert at Light for the World, facilitates a co-creation session.
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Amer Ajith, a Disability Inclusion Facilitator in Jonglei State sitting on a motorised tricycle in flood water in a village in Jonglei State.
Amer Ajith, a Disability Inclusion Facilitator in Jonglei State.
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Call to protect people with disabilities as ‘unprecedented’ floods hit South Sudan 

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Husband, wife and child smiling and being happy over the fact that Tesfanesh (the wife) got an eye surgery and can see again. Tesfanesh is looking at the camera, smiling with an eye patch on her left eye. She is holding is standing in front of her husband, holding her child.
Tesfanesh Tadese Äthiopien 2019 © Ulrich Eigner

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Light for the World sparks lasting change on disability rights and eye health.

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Our approach

A young man with a protective mask and apron stands in front of a red coffee machine and prepares fresh coffee.
Sign Language is used for communication in the Endiro Café © Erika Bojarczuk
Promoting disability rights

There are many barriers to inclusion. With our partners, we tackle equal access to health, education, work and protection in emergencies.

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In der ersten Reihe auf einer Holzschulbank sitzen sieben Jugendliche mit Brillen. Sie alle tragen ein blaues Hemd und blicken in die Kamera.
Brillenverteilung in Schulen© Gregor Kuntscher
Championing inclusive education

Tens of millions of children with disabilities are being left behind. Yet every child has the right to inclusive, quality education.

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An elderly woman who has just had an operation sits smiling in front of a red wall and looks directly into the camera. She is wearing beige linen clothes with dark green ornaments.
Ethiopia 2015 © Light for the World
Promoting eye health

90% of vision impairment and blindness is preventable or treatable. Everyone deserves access to quality eye care, wherever they live.

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Together, we are changing lives:

1,190,000

people reached with crucial support in eye health and disability inclusion in 2023

37,000+

people with disabilities took part in our economic empowerment activities in 2023

750,000+

eye consultations with partners took place in 2023