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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
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10 ways we touched lives in 2022

Jane Weithera on a conference stepping up for her purpose to push inclusion forward.
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COSP 2022: Why it matters

four Cambodian project participants riding a transport tricycle on a dirt road. The driver is male and waves and smiles. 2 men and one woman sit behind him on the cart.
Participants of a workshop on designing accessible agriculture solutions are testing their prototype ofa transport tricycle.
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New horizons for Light for the World Cambodia

Burkinabe woman with glasses and shoulder-length curly hair in a white lab coat and a facemask under her chin standing next to ophthalmic machine
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2030 IN SIGHT: What’s next for global eye health?

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12 practical ways to push disability up your organisation’s agenda

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Nafisa Baboo presents Light for the World GDS commitments.
  • Disability Rights
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Global Disability Summit 2022: committing to change

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a gray and white EVO10 audio player held in the hands of a Burkinabe student
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  • Inclusive Education

International Day of Education 2022: Transformation through accessible technology

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2021: The year in review

A woman wearing a blue, green and yellow headscarf looks towards the camera while she holds on to the fenced front of the food stall she sells from in South Sudan.
Tuna Marcello Dafaallah, 29, is an entrepreneur. Tuna has cerebral palsy and lives in a camp for displaced people in South Sudan. © Marlies Madzar
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8 things you need to know about people with disabilities in emergencies

A woman with a disability that impairs her ability to walk, rides a bicycle while balancing her cane over the bike handles.
Bintou Ouedraogo, who has a physical disability, balances her cane over her bike handles while she cycles.
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A journey at the intersection of gender and disability

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Akoi (right) is 15 years old and has monthly injections into his joints to ease the pain of severe arthritis. He is head boy and top of the class at school and wants to become a lawyer so he can fight for the rights of persons with disabilities. © Light for the World
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South Sudan signs for disability rights

Young people with disabilities at an EnableMe art workshop in Kenya.
Light for the World Kenya's EnableMe online platform connects people with disabilities across the country, like these young people who met offline for an art workshop. (c) Light for the World
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Towards a world of zero barriers for people with disabilities

An ophthalmologist holds a blue torch towards the eye of a woman patient during eye care outreach in Mozambique.
In Mozambique, National Women’s Day provided an excellent opportunity to promote eye health services through a public eye screening event for women and girls. © Mango Sound/Light for the World
  • Eye Health

10 ways to make sure women and girls get the eye care they need

Two children in India walk to school
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What happens when we leave?

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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