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Elie Bagbila, a Burkinabe man in his mid-50ies with glasses and an orange patterned shirt gives a presentation
Elie Bagbila speaks about Light for the World's engagement with Organisations of Persons with Disabilities
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Elie Bagbila: our new Global Head of Rights and Advocacy

four Cambodian project participants riding a transport tricycle on a dirt road. The driver is male and waves and smiles. 2 men and one woman sit behind him on the cart.
Participants of a workshop on designing accessible agriculture solutions are testing their prototype ofa transport tricycle.
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New horizons for Light for the World Cambodia

An older Ethiopian woman wearing white traditional clothing and headscarf sits next to three men in the waiting room of a mobile eye health outreach. She responds to questions from a health professional in a white coat.
Mullu sits in the waiting area of a mobile eye health outreach in Amba and talks to a medical professional.
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Tackling the discrimination behind women’s sight loss

Tom Shakespeare (new International Chair of Light for the World) at a kick-off event to the Zero Conference 2022 at the Austrian Parliament on the 22nd of February 2022.
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Why inclusion is the challenge of the twenty-first century

a young burkinabe girl in a wheelchair in the middle of her friends on a dirtpath through a cornfield
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12 practical ways to push disability up your organisation’s agenda

Ella, a Burkinabe woman in her mid-thirties in her wheelchair with another member of their women's group next to her. Ella wears a sleeveless white top and smiles.
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  • Disability Rights

3 things to expect from the Global Disability Summit

a gray and white EVO10 audio player held in the hands of a Burkinabe student
a gray and white EVO10 audio player held in the hands of a Burkinabe student
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  • Inclusive Education

International Day of Education 2022: Transformation through accessible technology

White man in wheelchair shakes hand with young girl from Mozambique who uses crutches. They are in a brightly coloured yellow and blue school classroom.
Photo of Tom Shakespeare visiting Light for the World programme participants in Mozambique, 2017; including 11-year-old Marta Joao Lucas. (c) Carlos Litulo.
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Welcoming new Chair: Tom Shakespeare

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2021: The year in review

people from the Mozambican disability rights movement including serveral wheelchair users and people with crutches and white canes during a street protest for International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
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Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities