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A woman teacher stands side-on in the middle of a classroom, across from a girl in a wheelchair. They share a laugh as the other pupils look on from their desks. © Light for the World.

Achieving quality learning for all

This World Teachers’ Day, we ask: what’s the best way to make sure all children get the education that is their right?

A man with a post-cataract surgery bandage over his eye smiles as he holds a little girl who is laughing. They are outside, in Mozambique. © Light for the World

Long-lasting help reaps long-lasting health

On World Sight Day, we take stock of Light for the World’s strategy to end avoidable blindness for good.

A girl with a physical impairment smiles as she uses her walker, surrounded by community members in South Sudan. © Julia Gunther

A first for South Sudan’s disability movement

For the first time ever, South Sudan will have a national union for people with disabilities, but what does that mean in practice?

A woman on crutches stands between a person in a wheelchair and a person wearing a colourful cloth. There are food aid sacks in the background and foreground.

5 ways we’re helping people with disabilities weather COVID-19 in East Africa

As coronavirus cases rise in parts of Africa, we look to the east of the continent where our recent initiatives are helping to keep people safe and healthy.

Light for the World team member Jiji Stephen helps children with perception in South Sudan. © Julia Gunther

Meet one of our real life heroes in South Sudan

On World Humanitarian Day 2020, we catch up with Jiji Stephen whose work supporting displaced people with disabilities is transforming lives.

A man wears headphones in a radio studio while making notes with a pen. A microphone is in the foreground.

Let’s Talk about COVID-19 and disability

A unique series of radio polls gives voice to people with disabilities in some of Uganda’s poorest communities.

Our top successes in 2019

12,583,000

Number of treatments given to fight Neglected Tropical Diseases

1,236,000

Number of people reached

68,000

Eye surgeries performed

Persons with disabilities who received rehab wheelchair icon

45,000

Persons with disabilities who received rehabilitation

15,000

Livelihood and empowerment activities

14,000

Children with disabilities who received an education

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Testimonials

Colin Low

Politician and law scholar

I have high regard for the highly professional and committed work LIGHT FOR THE WORLD does in combating injustice and inequality and the marginalisation of disadvantaged groups throughout the world.

Henry Wanyoike

Paralympic Gold Medallist and World Record Holder (Kenya)

I love to make this world a better place together with LIGHT FOR THE WORLD. People with disabilities have a great role to play in any community. They should not wait but stand up and go for their dreams and talents.

Magdalena Scharl

Peer-adviser, BIZEPS

What I particularly like about LIGHT FOR THE WORLD is their appreciation of diversity and above all their real effort to be inclusive at all stages from planning to implementation of programmes.