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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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Duncan Mwirichia, a landscape gardener and entrepreneur who has a hearing disability. Duncan is a Kenyan man, wearing blue overalls. He is holding a green plant and standing in front of a row of plants. He is smiling. — Duncan Mwirichia, a landscape gardener and entrepreneur who has a hearing disability.

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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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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

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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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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