LIGHT FOR THE WORLD

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Photo: An overjoyed Lina is back with her family after surgery. Credit: Ulrich Eigner

Restored eyesight, restored livelihood

An ophthalmic outreach enabled Lina Zaie to grow crops again

Symbolic photo: In 2016, we enabled more than 100,000 eye surgeries. Credit: Ulrich Eigner

New Activity Report 2016 - 2017

Last year's successes in fully accessible PDF format

Portrait of Puja. Credit: Gregor Kuntscher

Puja's Story

Through our CBR programme, Puja from Guwahati was able to finish school

Photo: CTA launch during a CEO & NGO breakfast. Credit: Will Pascall

Call to Invest in Disability-Inclusive Education

NGOs call on governments and donors to prioritise schooling for children with disabilities

Sign language as a teaching medium in Cambodia. Credit: Peter Canton

Disability Inclusion now has its own Lab

Our Netherlands-based Lab is a space for stakeholders to come together to make disability inclusion work.

#CostingEquity: Invest in Inclusive Education!

New report calls for changes to government and donor practice

2016: Six important figures at a glance

10,134,553

people received medication

958,003

patients received eye care services

52,015

cataract surgeries

40,431

children with disabilities reached in rehabilitation programmes

28,601

trachoma surgeries

9,139

children with disabilities received school education

News

I am Employable

2017-21-09

Disability Inclusion Lab launches publication on Inclusive Vocational Training

Photo: Young Africa offers technical and vocational education and training for both self-employment and employment

Effective Philanthropy - Why You Cannot Go It Alone

2017-12-09

Working with and through the right partners makes all the difference - by F. Carbonez

Photo: Cover of our publication, 'Towards Inclusion'

'Towards Inclusion' Launched

2017-07-09

New publication supports organisations in becoming more inclusive

Photo: Inclusive classroom run by Light for the World partner CEFISE, Burkina Faso

Back to school

2017-04-09

School remains a dream for 32 million children with disabilities in developing countries

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Testimonials

Fortunat Walther

CEO Medicor Foundation

Throughout our longstanding cooperation, LIGHT FOR THE WORLD has proven to be an efficient and transparent organization that emphasizes supporting locally pre-existing structures and thus sustainability in development.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Former EU Commissioner, President of EU-LAC Foundation

LIGHT FOR THE WORLD shows a remarkable vision of an inclusive world in which we are all able to live a life of health and dignity.

Wouter Verboon

optometrist

What would thousands of people in developing countries be without LIGHT FOR THE WORLD reaching out to them with eye care, education and rehabilitation? I have seen myself how these people are discriminated and marginalised.