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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

A nurse in green scrubs checks the eyes of a student in a classroom in Burkina Faso.
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Eye health progress in Burkina Faso

Composite photo of Dr Rediet Mesfin and Faustina Ning’a Cikanda, who have joined Light for the World as Senior Experts in Inclusive Education and Economic Empowerment respectively. Rediet is wearing a white dress and Faustina is wearing a brightly-coloured zip-up top. Both are smiling at the camera. The background is yellow.
Dr Rediet Mesfin (left) and Faustina Ning’a Cikanda have joined Light for the World as Senior Experts in Inclusive Education and Economic Empowerment respectively.
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Economic Empowerment and Inclusive Education experts join Light for the World 

We Can Work and OPD representative youth speak at GDS in a fireside chat about inclusive employment. There is a GDS logo in the background and two young people with albinism are on stage delivering a presentation.
We Can Work and OPD representative youth speak at GDS in a fireside chat about inclusive employment.
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Youth lead the way at Global Disability Summit

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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Inclusive sports partnership with adidas Foundation

Several people, including Light for the World staff stand in front of a Light for the World banner smiling to celebrate the launch of We Can Work, one of the good news stories of 2023.
Light for the World and the Mastercard Foundation have partnered to enable young people with disabilities to access dignified and fulfilling work by 2030 through the “We Can Work” programme. We will work closely with the African Disability Forum, and national OPDs in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.
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Our 2025 Global Disability Summit commitments

Two women are outside smiling and high fiving with all hands. Doreck stands up wearing a white tshirt and Naome sits in a wheelchair with a grey shirt and leggings. You can tell they are good friends and having fun together,
Group images as part of the DIF video series. Naome and Doreck high five.
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Disability Inclusion Facilitators: young changemakers putting inclusion into action

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February 2025 News Wrap

Two people stand in a field looking into the distance at green. There is a line of plastic bottles closer to the camera than the people. One woman is wearing an orange and red outfit, and David Ndungu is on the left in a white top and black trousers, using crutches.
David Ndungu and a colleague take a break while developing the elephant deterrents.
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January 2025 News Wrap

Dr Vasco de Gama checks a patient after surgery. He stands on the left wearing a white jacket and holding up 2 fingers. She sits on a medical chair with one eye covered.
Dr Vasco de Gama checks a patient after surgery.
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New York Times reports on child eye health in Mozambique