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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Header image for article featuring a close-up of a child's face as their eyes are examined — Eye consultation campaign to screen and treat eye problems among internally displaced people and the communities they live in.

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Eye health: time to expand our vision

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Hero image of two women in Mozambique walking with their backs to the camera along a lane between houses. — 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

Header image of Simon Madol — 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

Nafisa Baboo smiling with a group of 6 Ethiopian children. Nafisa has lightbrown skin, short dark hear and wears a red sleaveless dress. — Nafisa Baboo, Light for the World Director for Inclusive Education, with Ethiopian children

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Transforming education begins with inclusion

Amandine aus Burkina Faso sitzt an einem Tisch in der Inklusionsschule in Kaya, Burkina Faso. Ihre Hände liegen auf weißem Papier und sie übt, die Brailleschrift zu lesen. Sie wirkt sehr konzentriert. — This story was published in the donor publication Lichtblicke intern 1 2019 in Austria.

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World Literacy Day: Learning to read with your fingers

Minata sitzt an einem Holztisch und liest die Blindenschrift Braille. Sie trägt ein gelbes T-Shirt und hinter ihr ist die Tafel des Klassenzimmers zu sehen.

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Digital Technologies – The Game Changer in Inclusive Education

Greta, wearing glasses, and Rupert smile as they look at something on a tree. — Thanks to her glasses, Greta sees well. She can go to school and follow lessons easily.

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What decades of leading the way towards an inclusive society truly mean

Die vierjährige Nyamush sitzt am Boden im Südsudan umringt von ihren Schulkolleg*innen. Alle Kinder tragen eine gelbe Bluse mit schwarzem Kragen und schwarze Hosen. Ihr Blick ist wach und interessiert nach oben gerichtet. — Four-year-old Nyamush, a little girl we discovered in one of the IDP camps in Juba, South Sudan, smiling with her sister. She has hydrocephalus, and other growth/physical disabilities, but in the year and a half since we found her, she has started going to school (which she loves!) and is learning alongside other children.

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Beyond a one-size-fits-all approach: celebrating difference with inclusive education

Rupert Roniger, Marion Lieser

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Welcome Marion Lieser, Light for the World’s new Chief Executive Officer

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

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COSP 2022: Why it matters