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Several people from OPDs in South Sudan stand on stage, celebrating and dancing. Many wave crutches in the air.
OPDs celebrate the signing of the UNCRPD in South Sudan
  • Disability Rights

Leading national disability inclusion: OPDs in South Sudan

Image of Stanley Mutuma, a renowned disability rights activist and lawyer who has joined Light for the World’s international board. Stanley is wearing a pink and grey top and sat on a wooden bench.
Stanley Mutuma, a renowned disability rights activist and lawyer, has joined Light for the World’s international board. © Natalie Plhak/Light for the World
  • Disability Rights

Disability activist and lawyer Stanley Mutuma joins Light for the World

Teresa laughs outside, with 8 of her friends standing behind her. She sits in a wheelchair and holds her schoolbags and pencils.
Teresa Jordão is 15 years old and lives in Mafarinha in Mozambique. Physical rehabilitation, supported by Light for the World, has greatly improved Teresa’s mobility. Her father, Jordão Vinte, believes that it is truly important to invest in and ensure an inclusive environment at school, so that all children with disabilities can learn equally.
  • Disability Rights
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  • Humanitarian Action
  • Inclusive Education

11 reasons to celebrate in 2023

Climate action: farmers, facilitators, people with disabilities and design experts work together to build accessible storage for grain and produce. A group of people are building a small circular structure out of wood, with a pointed roof.
Farmers in Mozambique recently took part in a SPARK Agri-Lab, which brought together people with disabilities, facilitators, and design experts to find sustainable agricultural solutions, including assistive technology. Here, they are creating higher and more accessible storage for grain and produce, to prepare for floods and cyclones.
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  • Mandate

Climate action: eight ways to include people with disabilities

Celebrating OPDs on International Day of People with Disabilities. Peter smiles. He is wearing a pale pink shirt and is holding packets of food, which are brown and yellow. We can see some tools around him.
Peter owns a store in a camp for IDPs in South Sudan. He works as a DIF. “I am committed to do more for myself and other people with disabilities. I have been involved in an Organisation of Persons with Disabilities (OPD) for the past seven years and I am really committed to this,” says Peter.
  • Disability Rights
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International Day of People with Disabilities: expert insights from OPDs

A group of several people stand together, some wearing yellow
InPower project participants and staff
  • Gender
  • Disability Rights

Addressing gender-based violence with positive masculinity in Mozambique

People are holding a giant multi-coloured fabric. They have their hands in the air and the mood is celebratory,
RED NOSES and Light for the World partners take part in a workshop.
  • Humanitarian Action
  • Disability Rights
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Fun and games: breaking down stereotypes in Mozambique

Image of a certified Disability Inclusion Facilitators receiving his certificate at the launch of from Ethiopia’s first Disability Inclusion Academy. Pictured are Ergogie Tesfaye, Minister of Women and Social Affairs for the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Abayneh Gujo, Director of the Federation of Ethiopian Associations of Persons with Disabilities, Aynalem Tefera, Light for the World Ethiopia Country Director, and Dr. Simone Knapp, Austrian Ambassador to Ethiopia.
Certified Disability Inclusion Facilitators receive certificates from Ergogie Tesfaye, Minister of Women and Social Affairs for the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and Abayneh Gujo, Director of the Federation of Ethiopian Associations of Persons with Disabilities. Also pictured are Aynalem Tefera, Light for the World Ethiopia Country Director, and Dr. Simone Knapp, Austrian Ambassador to Ethiopia. © Light for the World.
  • Disability Rights

Disability Inclusion Academy unveiled in Ethiopia

Lylian (left) is wearing a white cap and apron and stirring dough in a bowl, while her colleague (right) is wearing a red dress and apron and handles doughnuts. They are surrounded by baked goods.
Lylian with her colleague baking
  • Economic Empowerment
  • Disability Rights

Breaking barriers to economic independence for people with disabilities in Kenya

Lucy smiles outside, surrounded by greenery, wearing a patterned blue scarf and holding a mobility aid.
Lucy Nkatha is the founder of Kiengu Women Challenged to Challenge, an Organisation of Women with Disabilities who advocate for the rights of women and girls with disabilities and freedom from sexual and gender-based violence. She is photographed here in Kiengu village, at one of her advocacy training sessions.
  • Disability Rights

Eight ways to make sure women and girls with disabilities are not left behind