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July News Wrap: Trained entrepreneurs with disabilities grow incomes by 35% in Kenya 

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Juster Kathure Michubu smiles as she holds up a length of patterned fabric in her tailoring shop in Kenya. © MFC Production/Light for the World

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Juster Kathure Michubu smiles as she holds up a length of patterned fabric in her tailoring shop in Kenya. © MFC Production/Light for the World
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July News Wrap: Trained entrepreneurs with disabilities grow incomes by 35% in Kenya 

Aryam Teklay, a young girl in a school uniform, holds up a small cup of medication during a trachoma treatment campaign, with classmates lined up behind her.
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June News Wrap: 2.6 million people protected from blinding trachoma in Ethiopia 

Disability-inclusive humanitarian action in practice: a young man with a crutch collects food aid at an IMPACT-BF site in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Disability-inclusive humanitarian action: 5 practical steps for NGOs 

A woman and a young girl, smiling, stand together outdoors on a grass area outside hospital buildings. The woman has her arm around the girl's shoulders. The girl wears a yellow and blue floral dress.
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May News Wrap: Uganda child eye health outreach restores sight for over 70 people  

Deborah Achieng (left) and Maureen Thuku (right), both participants from Zetech University, stand together smiling and wearing white T-shirts co-branded with the Standard Chartered Foundation and Light for the World logos. A Light for the World Kenya banner is visible behind them.
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April News Wrap: Young people join RISE employment programme in Kenya  

A woman smiles and holds up a copy of the Light for the World Kenya Country Strategy 2026–2030. Behind her is a large screen displaying a photo collage of people supported by Light for the World Kenya's programmes, with the Light for the World logo and the word
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March News Wrap: Light for the World Kenya launches new strategy for disability inclusion

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Duncan Mwirichia, a landscape gardener and entrepreneur who has a hearing disability. Duncan is a Kenyan man, wearing blue overalls. He is holding a green plant and standing in front of a row of plants. He is smiling.

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Light for the World sparks lasting change on disability rights and eye health.

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Moses on his new tricycle surrounded by his classmates. Moses has his arm raised and is smiling. His classmates are also smiling.
Promoting disability rights

There are many barriers to inclusion. With our partners, we tackle equal access to health, education, work and protection in emergencies.

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Image of Abel Nelson Manuel, a seven-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, looking at a book in a classroom. Abel received rehabilitation from AMAVIDA, a local partner of Light for the World in Mozambique. In an example of inclusive education, he now attends school and learns with other children his age. Copyright for the photo is Ulrich Eigner / Light for the World
Championing inclusive education

Tens of millions of children with disabilities are being left behind. Yet every child has the right to inclusive, quality education.

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Promoting eye health

90% of vision impairment and blindness is preventable or treatable. Everyone deserves access to quality eye care, wherever they live.

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