Women and children in Mozambique holding on to their goods — Mozambique has been hit by four cyclones in two years, destroying the livelihoods of many people. © Mango Sound

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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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screenshot of Nafisa, a South African woman with shoulder-length darkbrown hair. logos of Light for the World and the Global Disability Summit are in the top corners. — Nafisa Baboo presents Light for the World GDS commitments.

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15.02.2022

Global Disability Summit 2022: committing to change

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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08.02.2022

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

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21.01.2022

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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05.01.2022

Welcoming new Chair: Tom Shakespeare

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14.12.2021

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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03.12.2021

Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Flavia and Alem in front of the vision corridor at Entebbe Hospital in Uganda — Flavia and Alem exploring the Vision Corridor at Entebbe Hospital, Uganda.

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01.12.2021

Three women honoured as Eye Health Heroes

François Carbonez [1984 – 2021]

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20.10.2021

Remembering François Carbonez [1984 – 2021]

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13.10.2021

COVID-19 vaccines: access for all or safety for none

A big crowd of people stands around a food and Covid-Protection items wearing masks and waiting patiently.

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12.10.2021

A humanitarian partnership in times of COVID