Driving change
We are working hand-in-hand with individuals and communities and transforming organisations and policies
Through our approach of sparking lasting change, Light for the World works hand-in-hand with individuals and communities, transforming organisations and policies.
We hold ourselves and the partners we work with accountable for prioritising capacity, and effectively, efficiently, and transparently using funds to deliver these outputs.
Together with our partners and other key stakeholders, we aim to:
- Sustainably strengthen local capacity and quality
- Achieve impactful and accessible programmes
- Transform systems and policies, and the financing thereof, to deliver widespread, sustainable, lasting change
- Make disability rights and eye health a reality for all
Evidence-based programming
Outcome-oriented monitoring, evaluation, and applied research are crucial to us. We use them to continuously learn and adapt our eye health and educational programmes to ensure maximum effectiveness for the people we work with.
Systems change
Our team expertise lies in the complexity of achieving lasting systems change.
Systems change allows permanent positive outcomes for a country and its people. It is an ambitious goal, requiring many intervention types, including:
- pilot initiatives
- comprehensive programmes
- convening of stakeholders
- campaigning and influencing.
Systems change covers the international, national, district, and regional levels and includes a special emphasis on the grassroots community. It requires programmes that do not rely on individual people or funding sources but are instead embedded in the political, market, health, education, and social structures that exist around them.
At Light for the World, we create change with local people, organisations and governments because we want our impact to last.
Theory of change
Our theory of change prioritises our focus areas – eye health and disability rights – and outlines actions and outputs we collectively work on:
- Providing training and advisory services, technical expertise, and programme implementation with partners to continue capacity strengthening and ensure quality, services, and learning.
- Strengthening advocacy, coalitions, strategic communication, campaigns, and mobilising funds to ensure policy and funding requirements are met, our independence remains, and our effectiveness is maximised.
