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Mozambique has been hit by four cyclones in two years, destroying the livelihoods of many people. © Mango Sound
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Four players from the South Sudan blind football league. Two players are holding aloft the arm of another player. The three are smiling as they come off the pitch and wearing football shirts with Blind Football on the front.
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Inclusive sports partnership with adidas Foundation

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Several people, including Light for the World staff stand in front of a Light for the World banner smiling to celebrate the launch of We Can Work, one of the good news stories of 2023.
Light for the World and the Mastercard Foundation have partnered to enable young people with disabilities to access dignified and fulfilling work by 2030 through the “We Can Work” programme. We will work closely with the African Disability Forum, and national OPDs in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.
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24.03.2025

Our 2025 Global Disability Summit commitments

Two women are outside smiling and high fiving with all hands. Doreck stands up wearing a white tshirt and Naome sits in a wheelchair with a grey shirt and leggings. You can tell they are good friends and having fun together,
Group images as part of the DIF video series. Naome and Doreck high five.
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12.03.2025

Disability Inclusion Facilitators: young changemakers putting inclusion into action

International Womens Day cover pic
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05.03.2025

A letter to my younger self on International Women’s Day

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03.03.2025

February 2025 News Wrap

Two people stand in a field looking into the distance at green. There is a line of plastic bottles closer to the camera than the people. One woman is wearing an orange and red outfit, and David Ndungu is on the left in a white top and black trousers, using crutches.
David Ndungu and a colleague take a break while developing the elephant deterrents.
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30.01.2025

January 2025 News Wrap

Dr Vasco de Gama checks a patient after surgery. He stands on the left wearing a white jacket and holding up 2 fingers. She sits on a medical chair with one eye covered.
Dr Vasco de Gama checks a patient after surgery.
  • Eye Health
28.01.2025

New York Times reports on child eye health in Mozambique

Richard Mativu, the new Country Director at Light for the World Kenya. Richard is a Kenyan man with a beard and glasses. He is smiling and wearing a white shirt.
Richard Mativu is the new Country Director at Light for the World Kenya.
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14.01.2025

Light for the World Kenya welcomes new Country Director

TO COME © Jens Dörre/Light for the World
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09.12.2024

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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28.11.2024

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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05.11.2024

Inclusive education in South Sudan: teachers trained in sign language and braille