Category: Economic Empowerment

Inclusive Futures set of Covid Learning Reports

COVID-19 and the shocking impact of exclusion

Dorcus Kabahenda is a DIF (Disability Inclusion Facilitator). She is standing upright looking and smiling into the camera. Her crutches are placed underneath her armpits. — Dorcus, age 33, is a Disability Inclusion Facilitator with Light for the World Uganda’s programme Make 12.4% Work.

Economic Empowerment

On a mission to make work environments inclusive

We work for an inclusive and equitable society where the rights of people with disabilities are fully realised and barriers are removed.

Two children are looking at the camera. One child is holding a sign where — Shishu Sarothi 2017 India © Light for the World

“Nothing about us without us.” is the motto of the global disability rights movement

Towards a common goal

We believe the exclusion and discrimination of people with disabilities is wrong in every sense of the word.

Through our advocacy, we work for an inclusive and just society where the rights of people with disabilities are fully realised and barriers to their equal participation are identified and dismantled.

Light for the World aims to influence governments, policymakers and lawmakers to ensure that their work involves people with disabilities at every stage. In achieving this, we are able to raise awareness for the rights of individuals with disabilities within our focus areas of eye health, inclusive education, economic empowerment and beyond.

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) forms the basis of our work. “Nothing about us, without us”, the motto of the disability rights community, guides our efforts.

We work in partnership because making sustainable changes requires strong allies and cooperation at all levels. As a non-profit organisation we provide support for local and national disability rights advocacy through our country offices. Also, we are active in advocating towards regional entities, such as the African Union and the European Union, and international organisations.

Together with Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), Governments and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), international agencies and networks, we fight for inclusion in development cooperation, humanitarian action and everyday life.