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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

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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.
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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 

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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

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RED NOSES and Light for the World partners take part in a workshop.
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Fun and games: breaking down stereotypes in Mozambique

A classroom of learners sitting together on a carpet on the floor of a community nursery class in an IDP camp in Juba, South Sudan, whilst their teacher stands in front of them, signing. The teacher has her back to the camera and raises both her hands, which the children are copying her sign language.
Disability Inclusion Facilitator, Esther Piro, teaches sign language to a classroom of children with and without disabilities in a camp for IDPs in Juba, South Sudan. © Bullen Chol / Light for the World.
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Inclusive education in South Sudan: education in emergencies for children with disabilities