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Category: Humanitarian Action

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.
© Nema Juma / Light for the World
  • Economic Empowerment
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  • Humanitarian Action

No one left behind: how inclusion boosts food security in South Sudan

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

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

TO COME © Jens Dörre/Light for the World
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13 good news stories in 2024 

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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October 2024 News Wrap 

Amer Ajith, a Disability Inclusion Facilitator in Jonglei State sitting on a motorised tricycle in flood water in a village in Jonglei State.
Amer Ajith, a Disability Inclusion Facilitator in Jonglei State. © Nema Juma / Light for the World
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Call to protect people with disabilities as ‘unprecedented’ floods hit South Sudan 

Six people are outside, in a red clay field. There are green tress in the distance. They are testing out adapted farming equipment, a woman sits on a machine with wheels.
A group of people test out an adapted farming tool developed in an AgriLab
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September 2024 News Wrap 

A woman sits to the right of a sign for a
Milat Berhanu is an ophthalmic nurse. She was one of the participants in the TT surgeon certification training and the disability awareness and inclusion training in Tigray.
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June 2024 News Wrap

A woman takes part in a Cyclone Simulation exercise in Buzi, Mozambique as part of the ICDP project, funded by Austrian Development Agency. Gender is mainstreamed throughout the project, ensuring that women and girls with disabilities are included in creating emergency response plans to climate-related disasters. She is wearing an bright orange hat and vest, and is using a megaphone. She's standing outside in front of some vegetation.
A woman takes part in a Cyclone Simulation exercise in Buzi, Mozambique as part of the ICDP project, funded by Austrian Development Agency. Gender is mainstreamed throughout the project, ensuring that women and girls with disabilities are included in creating emergency response plans to climate-related disasters. Copyright: Mango Sound/Light for the World
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How to fight intersectional discrimination: six practical tips

Teresa laughs outside, with 8 of her friends standing behind her. She sits in a wheelchair and holds her schoolbags and pencils.
Teresa Jordão is 15 years old and lives in Mafarinha in Mozambique. Physical rehabilitation, supported by Light for the World, has greatly improved Teresa’s mobility. Her father, Jordão Vinte, believes that it is truly important to invest in and ensure an inclusive environment at school, so that all children with disabilities can learn equally.
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11 reasons to celebrate in 2023