Category: Mandate

Vincent looks at the blackboard. His teacher points with a stick at a word he seems to be reading. — Vincent is deaf and goes to an inclusive school in Burkina Faso © Gregor Kuntscher

Inclusive Education

Disability inclusive education only happens when all really means all

Humanitarian Action

Responding to the unprecedented – Light for the World and ‘COVID-19’

A young boy is washing his hand from a water canister that is fixated on wood. — Child washing hands in Mozambique.

Disability Rights
Humanitarian Action

In the coronavirus crisis, people with disabilities face higher risks

Nurse Julia explaining the medication to her patient © Light for the World — Júlia Vasco is a nurse in the outskirts of Beira. She is worried she might spread COVID-19 to her four children.

Disability Rights
Humanitarian Action

Leaving no one behind during the COVID 19 outbreak

Yetnebersh Nigussie speaks into a microphone at a conference. She is wearing a blue blazer and a white T-shirt. — Yetnebersh Nigussie became World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. The Forum of Young Global Leaders is an independent non-profit foundation established by Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum. It brings together outstanding individuals for a five-year, personalized leadership program. Young Global Leaders lead governments and over 500 companies, are holders of Nobel Prizes and Academy Awards, and they serve as UN Special Ambassadors. © Light for the World

Disability Rights

Yetnebersh Nigussie becomes a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

Eye Health

Global eye health expert Dr. Wabulembo joins Light for the World

A European Man in a grey T-Shirt sits in between young meen wearing green T-Shirts.

Disability Rights
Humanitarian Action

Being a Refugee with a Disability

A empty wheelchair is standing in the middle of the woods.

Eye Health

10 Facts You Need to Know About Climate Change

A group of six young individuals are playing basketball. One of them is passing the ball to the other person.

Disability Rights

Paralympics: Sports as a tool for empowerment

An ophthalmologist is conducting a eye exam on an elderly woman. The woman is looking into the machine while the ophthalmologist is holding the machine and looking at the computer screen.

Eye Health

“Most people don’t know they have glaucoma”