Media
Light for the World in the media
We are proud to share coverage of our programmes, projects and expert colleagues in media outlets and partner platforms worldwide. For media enquiries, please see the contact information at the bottom of this page. Check out our guide for tips on media reporting on disability.
For Children in Rural Mozambique, the Future Comes Into Focus (28.01.2025)
The New York Times profiled Dr Isaac Vasco da Gama and his pioneering work on child eye health in partnership with Light for the World.
Resilience in South Sudan (07.04.2025)
Nieman Journalism Lab reported on the support Light for the World is providing for people with disabilities affected by flooding in South Sudan.
‘Voy! I’m coming!’: The blind footballers of South Sudan (12.01.2025)
Al Jazeera reported on the South Sudan Blind Football Premier League and the players behind it.
More media coverage
- Trachomatous Trichiasis surgery equipment handed over to Tigray Regional Health Bureau. (15.04.2024) (Tigrai TV)
- Income-generating activities for people with disabilities and women protected and equipped against GBV (26.03.2025) (LeFaso.net)
- People with disabilities are overwhelmingly left out of climate-disaster response plans. These activists want to change that (11.03.2025) (Earth Island Journal)
- Fragile, Flooded South Sudan Asks: What About Those With Disabilities? (20.02.2025) (The Xylom)
- Light for the world strengthens the capacities of 30 small people in personal development (21.01.2025) (LeFaso.net)
- Five tips for co-creating programmes (13.01.2025) (Bond)
- People with Disabilities ask for inclusion in leadership positions (18.12.2024) (Kenya News Agency)
- Floods are battering South Sudan. This aid worker helps villagers plan for the worst. (16.12.2024) (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Cyclone-prone Mozambique strives to protect disabled people (09.12.2024) (Deutsche Welle)
- Visually impaired footballers told to approach 2028 Paralympics with winning mindset (09.12.2024) (Eye Radio)
- Building on the results of its SPARK project, Light for the World advocates for scaling up agricultural inclusion (04.12.2024) (LeFaso.net)
- Musa Mwambu becomes first blind news anchor for National Television in Uganda (03.12.2024) (NTV Uganda)
- Inclusive education in South Sudan: teachers trained in sign language and braille (05.11.2024) (ReliefWeb)
- ‘A disability is not inability’: How this blind soccer league is changing lives in the world’s newest country (29.10.2024) (CNN)
- Call to protect people with disabilities as ‘unprecedented’ floods hit South Sudan (24.10.2024) (ReliefWeb)
- South Sudan faces the worst floods in 60 years (19.10.2024) (El Pais)
- South Sudanese with disabilities bear the brunt of floods (09.09.2024) (AfricaNews)
- Stanley Mutuma – embracing inclusion in Kenya (02.08.2024) (akzente)
- NMG, Light for the World pursue disability inclusion (15.09.2024) (Monitor)
- Life-skills training empowers vulnerable families (05.09.2024) (Voice of America)
- Moving on: Lucy Nyaga and Katri Bertram join Light for the World (30.06.2024) (Devex)
- Harnessing diversity for agricultural resilience (10.06.2024) (IFAD)
- Entebbe Hospital receives high-tech eye health machine (08.06.2024) (New Vision)
- Disability Inclusion Facilitator Nicholas Odhiambo on tackling mental health stigma (29.05.2024) (Nation)
- South Sudan launches first sign language training centre (14.05.2024) (Voice of America)
- Sign language learning centre opens in Juba (14.05.2024) (The Tower Post)
- “Prioritize Pediatric Progams” (07.05.2024) (The Ophthalmologist)
- South Sudan blind football league promoting disability inclusion (04.05.2024) (BBC Global News Podcast – listen from 9.24)
- A workshop for the accessibility of digital educational resources adapted for the benefit of people with disabilities (02.05.2024) (LeFaso.net)
- Living with disability in a South Sudan refugee camp. (25.04.2024) (BBC Focus on Africa)
- Empowering Teachers with Technology for Inclusive Learning: A Pilot Initiative in Burkina Faso (24.04.2024) (UNESCO)
- Football Dreams & The Dinka Boys (28.03.2024) (Goal Click)
- The fight to cure South Sudan’s mysterious neurological disorder (25.03.2024) (The Guardian)
- Persistent Education Access Challenges for Disabled in South Sudan (22.02.2024) (Voice of America)
- Sitting Down With… Geoffrey Wabulembo, Medical Director, Eye Health and NTDs at Light for the World (31.01.2024) (The Ophthalmologist)
- ONG Light for the world : Six enfants handicapés reçoivent des kits de couture et de mécanique (22.12.2023) (Le Faso.net)
- Ugandan Director Mathew Nabwiso Seeks to Challenge Some of the Existing Narratives about People with Disability (15.12.2023) (Voice of America)
- Empower entrepreneurs with disabilities to boost economy, foster inclusivity (11.12.2023) (The Star Kenya)
- Why do deaf Africans struggle to access their rights? (22.09.2023) (DW)
- Why South Sudan Has Become A Focal Point For Blind Soccer Players (28.07.2023) (Forbes)
- Au Soudan du Sud, les débuts prometteurs du cécifoot (02.07.2023) (RFI)
- The promising beginnings of blind football in South Sudan (27.06.2023) (Juba in the Making)
Contact
For media enquiries, including interview requests, images and language guidelines, contact Robert Kidd.
