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A doctor examines the eyes of a man named Antonio Ernesto.

“Count us in”: inclusive eye health milestone in Mozambique

For the first time ever, data on people with disabilities will be collected by the Ministry of Health in Mozambique.

Bernice Oyeleke signing her poem. caption says, We have a vision, we have a dream.

Did you miss the Conference of State Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities? Sound complicated? It doesn’t have to be - here’s our five main take-aways from the global platform for disability rights.

three youth sitting on bags of rice at a food distribution site in Burkina Faso

A humanitarian partnership in times of COVID

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of billions, and it has reminded us of our interdependency around the world. We are grateful for our strong programme partnerships which have endured the toughest of external challenges.

graphic of hands black on yellow background saying inclusion in International Sign. Hashtag below says Representation Matters

"Exclusion among the excluded": sign language poetry at the COSP

Her Abilities Award winner, educational leader and author Bernice Adekeye Oyeleke has written a powerful poem. In it, she reflects on her experiences of deafness and exclusion and shares her vision of an inclusive society: "with all hands on deck, we stand united for inclusion".

People in Mozambique - including women and children -- queue in ankle deep, muddy water for support, following repeated cyclones, storms and floods

"The climate fight is right here, right now"

This World Environment Day we look at the impact the climate crisis is having on eye health; and the urgent role Light for the World & our partners have to play.

Two women, one of them carrying a sleeping baby on her back, in front of a waiting line at a hospital in Burkina Faso

New WHO resolution: disability-inclusive healthcare

The World Health Assembly has just adopted a resolution called "The highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities", aiming to turn the right to inclusive healthcare into reality. In this Q&A, Light for the World asks our experts for their take.

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

Martin Ledolter

CEO Austrian Development Agency

LIGHT FOR THE WORLD has been instrumental in establishing and promoting inclusion as an integral part of development cooperation.

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.