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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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14 good news stories in 2025 

A group photo of the Disability Inclusion Technical Team and the We Can Work Team Leads.
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Inclusion is for everyone: International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2025  

Person sitting on a wooden bench against a light blue and white wall, wearing a brown jacket over a beige shirt, with a white gauze bandage over one eye and smiling at the camera.
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November News Wrap: Ethiopia eye health campaign delivers over 500 surgeries 

A woman stands in a field tending to lavendar. She is wearing a stylish green jacket, blue jeans and a white shirt. She has short red hair and wears sunglasses and earrings. She is smiling and clearly enjoying her work and standing in the sunshine. There are two greenhouses in the background.
Lydia Wanja, Horticulture Farmer, took part in Inclusive Futures InBusiness project in Kenya. She runs a successful farm. © Dennis Hombe / Light for the World
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Four climate myths that need busting for disability inclusive climate action

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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Bright Stars shine: South Sudan’s blind footballers to make historic international debut 

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

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Celebrating pioneers of child eye health in Africa 

Close-up of the face of Nigest, a young Ethiopian girl as she undergos a vision test. She is wearing a trial frame fitted with test lenses, including a prominent red lens on the left side. A hand adjusts the frame gently. Nigest's expression is calm and focused.
Nigest Unche received glasses after an eye testing at her school. © Genaye Eshetu / Light for the World.
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Dr Dagmawi Abebe: one child eye doctor for 30 million  

Dr Claudette Yaméogo, in a white doctor's coat and wearing a face mask, tests the eyes of a teenage patient. THey sit either side of the machine and are both looking in the lenses.
Dr Claudette Yaméogo tests the eyes of a teenage patient. © Roméo Moov / Light for the World
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Dr Claudette Yaméogo: championing children’s eye health in Burkina Faso 

Dr Rebecca Lusobya is a paediatric ophthalmologist at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. She wears a white doctor's coat and is lookng at the camera.
Dr Rebecca Lusobya is a paediatric ophthalmologist at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
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Dr Rebecca Lusobya: a pledge to protect children’s eyesight in Uganda