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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 

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 

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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  

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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The first paediatric ophthalmologist in Mozambique is fighting for better child eye health

A classroom scene with students sitting at desks; a student in the foreground wearing a white and yellow shirt with green accents is writing in a notebook.
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August News Wrap: powerful partnership brings eye care to thousands in Burkina Faso 

Kedir Mohamed, a young Ethiopian boy sits smiling in a classroom while wearing a blue eye-testing frame used for vision screening. He wears a bright blue shirt over a pale green T-shirt. Behind him, the wall is painted yellow and blue, with hand-painted text in English that reads questions like “What is your name?” and “How old are you?” The boy appears happy and engaged during a school-based eye health screening.
Kedir Mohamed during a school eye health screening.
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July News Wrap: Students see bright future after specs campaign 

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