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Women and children in Mozambique holding on to their goods
Mozambique has been hit by four cyclones in two years, destroying the livelihoods of many people. © Mango Sound
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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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Equal access in elections: 5 ways to ensure people with disabilities can vote

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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
26.06.2020

Disability inclusive education only happens when all really means all

  • Humanitarian Action
15.04.2020

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
30.03.2020

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
16.03.2020

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
10.03.2020

Yetnebersh Nigussie becomes a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

  • Eye Health
22.01.2020

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
11.06.2019

Being a Refugee with a Disability

A empty wheelchair is standing in the middle of the woods.
  • Eye Health
05.06.2019

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
11.04.2019

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
12.03.2019

“Most people don’t know they have glaucoma”