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Mozambique has been hit by four cyclones in two years, destroying the livelihoods of many people. © Mango Sound
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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.

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

2030 IN SIGHT: What’s next for global eye health?

screenshot of Nafisa, a South African woman with shoulder-length darkbrown hair. logos of Light for the World and the Global Disability Summit are in the top corners.
Nafisa Baboo presents Light for the World GDS commitments.

Global Disability Summit 2022: committing to change

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

International Day of Education 2022: Transformation through accessible technology

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2021: The year in review

Jane Weithera on a conference stepping up for her purpose to push inclusion forward.

COSP 2022: Why it matters

Ella stellt Stoffe her und verkauft sie anschließend am Markt. Die junge Frau mit den schwarzen Zöpfen und dem weißen Shirt sitzt in ihrem Rollstuhl und lächelt in die Kamera. Neben ihr lehnt ihr Ehemann, der ein gelbes Shirt und eine braune Hose trägt. Vor Ihnen liegen die selbst hergestellten Produkte aufgereiht, die sie am Markt verkaufen.
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Burkina Faso: Climate change hits the most vulnerable hardest

Elie Bagbila, a Burkinabe man in his mid-50ies with glasses and an orange patterned shirt gives a presentation
Elie Bagbila speaks about Light for the World's engagement with Organisations of Persons with Disabilities

Elie Bagbila: our new Global Head of Rights and Advocacy

Die Teams beim Rollstuhlbasketball im Kampf um den Ball, während dieser durch die Luft geworfen wird.

Inclusion through sport

An older Ethiopian woman wearing white traditional clothing and headscarf sits next to three men in the waiting room of a mobile eye health outreach. She responds to questions from a health professional in a white coat.
Mullu sits in the waiting area of a mobile eye health outreach in Amba and talks to a medical professional.

Tackling the discrimination behind women’s sight loss

Nyamit lives in the IDP camp Mahad. Her picture and story was used in several publications.

Women activists with disabilities say: “#BreakTheBias!”

Tom Shakespeare (new International Chair of Light for the World) at a kick-off event to the Zero Conference 2022 at the Austrian Parliament on the 22nd of February 2022.

Why inclusion is the challenge of the twenty-first century