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Floods after a cyclone hit Buzi, Mozambique in February 2020.

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South Sudan players in white and blue kits celebrate as captain Martin Ladu Paul is presented with the championship trophy. Medals hang around their necks, players hold their hands aloft in celebration and everyone is smiling. — Champions — South Sudan lift the Blind Football African Championship Division 2 title. © Light for the World / Oxygen Media Studios

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Fatuma Mahamoud sits outdoors, smiling broadly. The background includes greenery and woven wooden panels. She is a mother of five who expanded her business after joining a Village Savings and Loan Association through the We Are Able! programme. — Fatuma Mahamoud completed a three-month training programme on Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA) under We Are Able. © Nema Juma / Light for the World

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No one left behind: how inclusion boosts food security in South Sudan

A man smiles. He is sitting outside a corrugated iron shelter. He wears black sunglasses and a purple striped shirt. He has a beard. It looks hot outside and you can see sun shining in the background. — David Liep

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Spotlight on refugees with disabilities

Four players from the South Sudan blind football league. Two players are holding aloft the arm of another player. The three are smiling as they come off the pitch and wearing football shirts with Blind Football on the front.

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A woman wearing earings and a party dress is holding an a golden award tropy. © Doreck Ankunda / Light for the World — Doreck Ankunda, a Disability Inclusion Facilitator and one of the stars of When You Become Me, holds her award. © Doreck Ankunda / Light for the World

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Amer Ajith, a Disability Inclusion Facilitator in Jonglei State sitting on a motorised tricycle in flood water in a village in Jonglei State. — Amer Ajith, a Disability Inclusion Facilitator in Jonglei State. © Nema Juma / Light for the World

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Call to protect people with disabilities as ‘unprecedented’ floods hit South Sudan

Six people are outside, in a red clay field. There are green tress in the distance. They are testing out adapted farming equipment, a woman sits on a machine with wheels. — A group of people test out an adapted farming tool developed in an AgriLab

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A woman sits to the right of a sign for a — Milat Berhanu is an ophthalmic nurse. She was one of the participants in the TT surgeon certification training and the disability awareness and inclusion training in Tigray.

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