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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.

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

Lucy smiles outside, surrounded by greenery, wearing a patterned blue scarf and holding a mobility aid. — Lucy Nkatha is the founder of Kiengu Women Challenged to Challenge, an Organisation of Women with Disabilities who advocate for the rights of women and girls with disabilities and freedom from sexual and gender-based violence. She is photographed here in Kiengu village, at one of her advocacy training sessions.

Disability Rights
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Eight ways to make sure women and girls with disabilities are not left behind

Image of two graduates from the Employable programme in front of a Light for the World banner. On the right is Brian Ngugi, who studies Building Technology at Machakos Technical Institute for the Blind in Kenya. — More than 100 students recently graduated from the Employable programme run by Light for the World, including Machakos Technical Institute for the Blind student Brian Ngugi.

Economic Empowerment
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How students with disabilities become ‘EmployABLE’ in Kenya

A mentorships forum took place at the Machakos Technical Institute for the Blind in Kenya as part of the EmployAble programme. The programme aims to enable economic empowerment. During the session students learned skills on how to create CVs and write successful job applications.

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What is COSP and why does it matter?

Grace displays crops for sale in Uganda — Grace received funding from Light For the World through the Make 12.4% Work programme in Uganda, which promoted disability inclusive employment throughout the country, including through sustainable agricultural practices. She used the funds to venture into selling vegetables and maize. The returns from selling these foodstuffs have helped her provide for her family.

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Humanitarian Action

An inclusive response to the climate emergency

An image of Zehara Mohamed Ali, a trader with a disability, who has benefitted from a VSLA loan. — Zehara Mohamed Ali, a trader with a disability, was able to re-start her business after receiving a VSLA loan. © Light for the World.

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Economic Empowerment
Humanitarian Action

Combining emergency response with lasting resilience in Ethiopia

A Light for the World employee helps moving someone's wheelchair in the rubble.

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How to be inclusive when a crisis hits

Main image for South Sudan signs UNCRPD article — 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

Main image for end-of-year good news article — 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

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