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10 ways we touched lives in 2022

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Light for the World donated laptops, iPads and other equipment to support visually impaired students in Burkina Faso to read and write. © Light for the World Light for the World donated laptops, iPads and other equipment to support visually impaired students in Burkina Faso to read and write. © Light for the World
Husband, wife and child smiling and being happy over the fact that Tesfanesh (the wife) got an eye surgery and can see again. Tesfanesh is looking at the camera, smiling with an eye patch on her left eye. She is holding is standing in front of her husband, holding her child.
Tesfanesh Tadese Äthiopien 2019 © Ulrich Eigner

Our mission & vision

Light for the World empowers people with disabilities and protects eye health – because an inclusive society is better for all!

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Our approach

An elderly woman who has just had an operation sits smiling in front of a red wall and looks directly into the camera. She is wearing beige linen clothes with dark green ornaments.
Ethiopia 2015 © Light for the World
Promoting eye health

The rate of untreated eye disease is 90% in low-income countries. We believe everyone deserves access to quality eye care, no matter where they live or how much they earn.

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In der ersten Reihe auf einer Holzschulbank sitzen sieben Jugendliche mit Brillen. Sie alle tragen ein blaues Hemd und blicken in die Kamera.
Brillenverteilung in Schulen© Gregor Kuntscher
Championing inclusive education

Education lays the groundwork for a self-determined future. But more than 32.5 million children with disabilities in poorer regions are denied this right. We fight to change this.

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A boy with a disability practices walking on two wooden Bars. The child wears a green pullover and pink trousers. Next to it there is another boy supporting.
Light for the World supports children with disabilities to live their full potential.
Supporting people with disabilities

Barriers to inclusion are still high and many. From the classroom, to the workplace, and beyond. Discrimination against people with disabilities must end now.

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Together, we are changing lives. Check out what we did in 2021:

42,551

eye operations

9,631

children with disabilities attending school

7,874

people with disabilities supported through economic empowerment

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Light for the World donated laptops, iPads and other equipment to support visually impaired students in Burkina Faso to read and write. © Light for the World Light for the World donated laptops, iPads and other equipment to support visually impaired students in Burkina Faso to read and write. © Light for the World
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10 ways we touched lives in 2022

A patient has their eye examined by a doctor
Photos from a mobile outreach site in Ethiopia.
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Putting human rights at the heart of healthcare for people with disabilities

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Sisters Rosa and Anna walk arm in arm along a dirt lane, flanked by houses, in Mozambique. © GCR
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United to end violence against women and girls with disabilities

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Simon Madol, Head Coach of the Blind Football team as a Disability Inclusion Facilitator at Light for the World in South Sudan. © Light for the World
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Promoting peace through football

People struggle to walk through flooding
Cyclone Eloise caused severe flooding in low-lying Mozambique.
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No climate solution without disability inclusion

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Testimonials

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Colin Allen

It’s time the mainstream nurtured, sought out and embraced people with disabilities. Our voices must be heard in all spheres of society. That’s my goal, as an Ambassador for LIGHT FOR THE WORLD.

Colin Allen AM Former President, World Federation of the Deaf & Visiting Lecturer at Rochester Institute of Technology
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Henry Wanyoike

I love to make this world a better place together with LIGHT FOR THE WORLD. People with disabilities have a great role to play in any community. They should not wait but stand up and go for their dreams and talents.

Henry Wanyoike Paralympic Gold Medallist and World Record Holder (Kenya)