Category: Mandate

Andera Delfyna, Learning and Innovation Expert at Light for the World, facilitating a co-creation session. She is smiling and handing a piece of paper to a programme participant. — Andera Delfyna, Learning and Innovation Expert at Light for the World, facilitates a co-creation session.

Economic Empowerment

5 tips for programme co-creation: a guide for NGOs

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.

Humanitarian Action

Call to protect people with disabilities as ‘unprecedented’ floods hit South Sudan

Image of Nigest Unche, standing and smiling in front of a blackboard in a school classroom. Nigest attends Sikela Primary School in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. She received glasses through 1, 2, 3 I can see! a school child eye health programme of Light for the World. ©Genaye Eshetu — Nigest Unche attends Sikela Primary School in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. She received glasses through 1, 2, 3 I can see! a school child eye health programme of Light for the World. © Genaye Eshetu / Light for the World.

Eye Health

Six ways to improve child eye health in sub-Saharan Africa on World Sight Day

It is a big head that says mental health matters, with speech bubbles all around the head. Every person that came to an event I held last year did a painting of those bubbles. We had different colours, which depicts our differences, we all have different things that resonate with. It also symbolizes that we are all at different stages, we are all willing to grow and our collective belief gave us that full picture. We all used different colors, but that is what made it beautiful. — A drawing from many collaborators depicting their mental health

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Disability Rights

10 lessons on disability inclusive mental health from an expert

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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Disability Rights
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Humanitarian Action

September 2024 News Wrap

Ambrose Murangira stands smiling in front of a Light for the World sign — Ambrose Murangira spoke at COP28 about making the green transition inclusive of people with disabilities.

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Disability Rights

Ways to communicate with a Deaf person: 5 top tips

A young woman of short stature, dressed in red and holding a microphone, shares learnings from a We Can Work Academy training session. — A young woman of short stature shares her learnings during a training session in Uganda © Erika Bojarczuk / Light for the World.

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Economic Empowerment

Finding fulfilling jobs: 4 ways to support young people with disabilities

A female trainer stands and shares learnings with the programme participants. She wears glasses, a light blue dress, and holds note books in her hands. Her expression is engaging. — A trainer provides input on core life skills during a session of the We Can Work Academy. © Light for the World

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Disability Rights
Economic Empowerment
Eye Health
Inclusive Education

July 2024 News Wrap

A blue sign with white words reading “Voter parking only” and a white symbol of a wheelchair user. The sign is from an election in Minnesota, United States. — A sign for voters with disabilities. © Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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Disability Rights

Equal access in elections: 5 ways to ensure people with disabilities can vote

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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Disability Rights
Eye Health
Humanitarian Action

June 2024 News Wrap