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Photo: The Light for the World delegation at GDS 2018. Credit: Light for the World

7 things you should know about the Global Disability Summit

A summary of key results of the London Global Disability Summit 2018

Photo: Kadidiatou attends school together with her non-disabled peers. Credit: Emmanuel Kansié / Light for the World

Inclusive Education: A quick guide

Why Inclusive Education? Q & A, tutorial videos, and resources.

Photo: Selamawit and her mother, Zinabua, from Awassa. Credit: Light for the World

Community-Based Rehabilitation: A quick guide

Why Community-Based Rehabilitation? And how does it work?

Photo: video still of Litsy Ramos and her mother

Litsy's dream

Litsy, a student with Light for the World's partner FASSIV, wants to become a famous painter

Photo collage: empowered women with disabilities. Credit: Light for the World

Her Abilities Award

Light for the World announces first global award honouring achievements of women with disabilties

Photo: Inclusive Livelihood project in Rwanda. Credit: Marjan van der Lingen / Light for the World

Disability Inclusive Livelihood

Changing lives at community level

2017: Six important figures at a glance

12,999,134

people received medication

1,319,784

number of persons reached

93,082

eye surgeries

33,904

children with disabilities reached in rehabilitation programmes

20,640

livelihood activities

9,062

children with disabilities receiving school education

News

Burkina Faso: Implementing disability rights

2018-30-10

5 Things to Know About the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Burkina Faso

Going to pre-school in Mozambique

2018-24-10

We want children with disabilities to be inlcuded in pre-schools and primary schools. Learn how.

Outreach, big group of people Credit: Ulrich Eigner

IAPB Photo Competition Stories: Gezaw Sheferaw

2018-12-10

Our photographer Ulrich Eigner's photos are featured by The World Sight Day IAPB Photo Competition.

A tribute to Albert Bock [1974 – 2018]

2018-24-08

Light for the World mourns the loss of a dear, respected colleague & friend

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Testimonials

Isidore Ouedraogo

OCADES Burkina Faso

We look with pride at our many shared programmes in CBR, inclusive education and eye health, through which thousands regain their dignity and their place in Burkinabe society.

Paulien Bruijn

Coordinator Inclusive Development

We help people with disabilities with rehabilitation and education and train other development organisations to reach people with disabilities in their programmes. I am looking forward to the day when we are no longer needed.

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.