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Women and children in Mozambique holding on to their goods
Mozambique has been hit by four cyclones in two years, destroying the livelihoods of many people. © Mango Sound
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Celebrating pioneers of child eye health in Africa 

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A woman stands in an audience. She holds a microphone and is addressing someone at the front, out of the frame. Many people sit around her listening. She is wearing traditional dress, including a colorful necklace, headband and belt. The conference room has a large wooden paneled wall in the background, and light green table cloths. Everyone looks serious but interested.
IF closure Kenya Oct 2025 (1) © Dennis Hombe / Light for the World
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Four players from the South Sudan blind football league. Two players are holding aloft the arm of another player. The three are smiling as they come off the pitch and wearing football shirts with Blind Football on the front.
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20.10.2025

Bright Stars shine: South Sudan’s blind footballers to make historic international debut 

People take part in a Cyclone simulation exercise in Buzi district. Helena Rego, a DIF who uses a wheelchair, is supported by two people in red high-visibility jackets and hats. Three other men are also in high-vis clothing. One has a megaphone.
Disability Inclusion Facilitators support Cyclone Simulation exercises in Buzi, Mozambique, as part of the ICDP project, funded by Austrian Development Agency. © Mango Sound/Light for the World.
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16.10.2025

No longer invisible: a new tool for disability data in crises

Fatuma Mahamoud sits outdoors, smiling broadly. The background includes greenery and woven wooden panels. She is a mother of five who expanded her business after joining a Village Savings and Loan Association through the We Are Able! programme.
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No one left behind: how inclusion boosts food security in South Sudan

Close-up of the face of Nigest, a young Ethiopian girl as she undergos a vision test. She is wearing a trial frame fitted with test lenses, including a prominent red lens on the left side. A hand adjusts the frame gently. Nigest's expression is calm and focused.
Nigest Unche received glasses after an eye testing at her school. © Genaye Eshetu / Light for the World.
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Dr Dagmawi Abebe: one child eye doctor for 30 million  

Dr Claudette Yaméogo, in a white doctor's coat and wearing a face mask, tests the eyes of a teenage patient. THey sit either side of the machine and are both looking in the lenses.
Dr Claudette Yaméogo tests the eyes of a teenage patient. © Roméo Moov / Light for the World
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01.10.2025

Dr Claudette Yaméogo: championing children’s eye health in Burkina Faso 

Dr Rebecca Lusobya is a paediatric ophthalmologist at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. She wears a white doctor's coat and is lookng at the camera.
Dr Rebecca Lusobya is a paediatric ophthalmologist at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
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01.10.2025

Dr Rebecca Lusobya: a pledge to protect children’s eyesight in Uganda  

Alice Mbere, a Trainee Disability Inclusion Facilitator in Kenya, smiles while holding up a Disability Inclusion Advisory Service Resource Book. She is wearing a bright dress of red and blue.
Alice Mbere, one of 27 young people with disabilities trained as Trainee Disability Inclusion Facilitators through the We Can Work programme in Kenya. The TDIFs will promote disability inclusion in workplaces, programmes and communities. © Dennis Hombe / Light for the World
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30.09.2025

September News Wrap: young changemakers set to spark inclusion 

Dr Vasco de Gama checks a patient after surgery. He stands on the left wearing a white jacket and holding up 2 fingers. She sits on a medical chair with one eye covered.
Dr Vasco de Gama checks a patient after surgery.
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25.09.2025

The first paediatric ophthalmologist in Mozambique is fighting for better child eye health

A classroom scene with students sitting at desks; a student in the foreground wearing a white and yellow shirt with green accents is writing in a notebook.
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28.08.2025

August News Wrap: powerful partnership brings eye care to thousands in Burkina Faso