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Light for the World Staff members with medical supply boxes
  • Disability Rights
  • Economic Empowerment
  • Eye Health
  • Humanitarian Action
  • Inclusive Education

2020 – a year of good things?

Nyamit lives in the IDP camp Mahad, South Sudan © Julia Gunther
Nyamit lives in the IDP camp Mahad. Her picture and story was used in several publications.
  • Disability Rights

A first for South Sudan’s disability movement

A guest speaker in the studio, writing notes.
  • Disability Rights
  • Humanitarian Action

Let’s Talk about COVID-19 and disability

Colin Allen Portrait
Colin Allen
  • Disability Rights
  • General

New Ambassador for Light for the World

A young boy is washing his hand from a water canister that is fixated on wood.
Child washing hands in Mozambique.
  • Disability Rights
  • Humanitarian Action

In the coronavirus crisis, people with disabilities face higher risks

Nurse Julia explaining the medication to her patient © Light for the World
Júlia Vasco is a nurse in the outskirts of Beira. She is worried she might spread COVID-19 to her four children.
  • Disability Rights
  • Humanitarian Action

Leaving no one behind during the COVID 19 outbreak

Yetnebersh Nigussie speaks into a microphone at a conference. She is wearing a blue blazer and a white T-shirt.
Yetnebersh Nigussie became World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. The Forum of Young Global Leaders is an independent non-profit foundation established by Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum. It brings together outstanding individuals for a five-year, personalized leadership program. Young Global Leaders lead governments and over 500 companies, are holders of Nobel Prizes and Academy Awards, and they serve as UN Special Ambassadors. © Light for the World
  • Disability Rights

Yetnebersh Nigussie becomes a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

A European Man in a grey T-Shirt sits in between young meen wearing green T-Shirts.
  • Disability Rights
  • Humanitarian Action

Being a Refugee with a Disability

A group of six young individuals are playing basketball. One of them is passing the ball to the other person.
  • Disability Rights

Paralympics: Sports as a tool for empowerment

Ein Arzt aus Äthiopien in einem weißen Kittel steht in einer Menschenmenge und lächelt in die Kamera.
Licht für die Welt hilft in Äthiopien © Ulrich Eigner
  • Eye Health
  • Disability Rights

How to make healthcare truly inclusive