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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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Light for the World Team, Disability Inclusion Facilitators, and member of partner organizations celebrate a successful career fair for youth with disabilities.
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Light For the World and Mastercard Foundation Partner to Enable Youth Employment for Young Africans with Disabilities

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Dr. Vasco da Gama examines the eye of a young boy in Quelimane, Mozambique. Dr Vasco da Gama is a pioneer in the drive to improve child eye health in Mozambique.
These pictures show Dr. Vasco da Gama with his patients at the Central Hospital Quelimane. These fotos show child friendly pictures at the walls of the eye department at the Central Hospital Quelimane. Dr. Vasco da Gama (Head of the eye department) is responsible for them. They create a nice atmosphere for the children and raise awareness among the parents about common eye health issues and how to face them. On this picture he looks at the eye of his patient Ministro António (cataract). Dr Vasco da Gama is a pioneer in the drive to improve child eye health in Mozambique.
  • Eye Health
  • General
29.11.2023

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

A group of several people stand together, some wearing yellow
InPower project participants and staff
  • Gender
  • Disability Rights
25.11.2023

Addressing gender-based violence with positive masculinity in Mozambique

People are holding a giant multi-coloured fabric. They have their hands in the air and the mood is celebratory,
RED NOSES and Light for the World partners take part in a workshop.
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22.11.2023

Fun and games: breaking down stereotypes in Mozambique

Image of a certified Disability Inclusion Facilitators receiving his certificate at the launch of from Ethiopia’s first Disability Inclusion Academy. Pictured are Ergogie Tesfaye, Minister of Women and Social Affairs for the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Abayneh Gujo, Director of the Federation of Ethiopian Associations of Persons with Disabilities, Aynalem Tefera, Light for the World Ethiopia Country Director, and Dr. Simone Knapp, Austrian Ambassador to Ethiopia.
Certified Disability Inclusion Facilitators receive certificates from Ergogie Tesfaye, Minister of Women and Social Affairs for the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and Abayneh Gujo, Director of the Federation of Ethiopian Associations of Persons with Disabilities. Also pictured are Aynalem Tefera, Light for the World Ethiopia Country Director, and Dr. Simone Knapp, Austrian Ambassador to Ethiopia. © Light for the World.
  • Disability Rights
02.11.2023

Disability Inclusion Academy unveiled in Ethiopia

Image of Nigest Unche, standing and smiling in front of a blackboard in a school classroom. Nigest attends Sikela Primary School in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. She received glasses through 1, 2, 3 I can see! a school child eye health programme of Light for the World. ©Genaye Eshetu
Nigest Unche attends Sikela Primary School in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. She received glasses through 1, 2, 3 I can see! a school child eye health programme of Light for the World. ©Genaye Eshetu
  • Eye Health
20.10.2023

Six ways to improve child eye health in sub-Saharan Africa

Lylian (left) is wearing a white cap and apron and stirring dough in a bowl, while her colleague (right) is wearing a red dress and apron and handles doughnuts. They are surrounded by baked goods.
Lylian with her colleague baking
  • Economic Empowerment
  • Disability Rights
13.10.2023

Breaking barriers to economic independence for people with disabilities in Kenya

A woman smiles in a field, wearing a bandage over one eye. Restoring vision loss can help provide food security, one of the sustainable development goals.
Working towards food security (SDG 2). Vison loss and blindness among agricultural workers and rural farmers causes a ripple effect that touches not only families, but entire communities. Fewer hands working the fields results in lower household income, less food reaching the market and more people going hungry.
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  • Eye Health
11.10.2023

2030 IN SIGHT: The impact of eye health on sustainable development

A female doctor, wearing a white jacket, glasses and mask is carrying out an eye exam on a male patient, as part of glaucoma treatment.
Jean François Bouda, a doctor in law, who teaches at the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, is examined by Professor Zabsonre. The exam reveals that he has 40 percent and 60 percent of vision in each of his eyes. “If I am not careful, I may gradually lose the use of my eyes” he says. “I will follow my treatment scrupulously, respect the appointments and follow the prescriptions as recommended. My health, my independence and my job are at stake.”
  • Eye Health
  • Latest
02.10.2023

The “silent thief of sight”: glaucoma treatment and management

Image of Abel Nelson Manuel, a seven-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, looking at a book in a classroom. Abel received rehabilitation from AMAVIDA, a local partner of Light for the World in Mozambique. In an example of inclusive education, he now attends school and learns with other children his age. Copyright for the photo is Ulrich Eigner / Light for the World
Abel Nelson Manuel, a seven-year-old boy who has cerebral palsy, received rehabilitation from AMAVIDA, a local partner of Light for the World in Mozambique. In an example of inclusive education, he now attends school and learns with other children his age. © Ulrich Eigner / Light for the World
  • Inclusive Education
08.09.2023

8 things to know about inclusive education

A classroom of learners sitting together on a carpet on the floor of a community nursery class in an IDP camp in Juba, South Sudan, whilst their teacher stands in front of them, signing. The teacher has her back to the camera and raises both her hands, which the children are copying her sign language.
Disability Inclusion Facilitator, Esther Piro, teaches sign language to a classroom of children with and without disabilities in a camp for IDPs in Juba, South Sudan. Light for the World supported the development of a new South Sudanese sign language dictionary, in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare and South Sudan Association of the Deaf, which was published in 2021. © Bullen Chol.
  • Humanitarian Action
  • Inclusive Education
29.08.2023

Inclusive education in South Sudan: education in emergencies for children with disabilities