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Mozambique has been hit by four cyclones in two years, destroying the livelihoods of many people. © Mango Sound
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A nurse in green scrubs checks the eyes of a student in a classroom in Burkina Faso.
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Eye health progress in Burkina Faso

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Dr Vasco de Gama checks a patient after surgery. He stands on the left wearing a white jacket and holding up 2 fingers. She sits on a medical chair with one eye covered.
Dr Vasco de Gama checks a patient after surgery.
  • Eye Health
28.01.2025

New York Times reports on child eye health in Mozambique

Richard Mativu, the new Country Director at Light for the World Kenya. Richard is a Kenyan man with a beard and glasses. He is smiling and wearing a white shirt.
Richard Mativu is the new Country Director at Light for the World Kenya.
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14.01.2025

Light for the World Kenya welcomes new Country Director

TO COME © Jens Dörre/Light for the World
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09.12.2024

13 good news stories in 2024 

Mohammed Lansah, Learning and Documentation Officer for Ghana for We Can Work, on the left hand side of the photo and Ambrose Murangira, Technical Director Disability Inclusion at Light for the World, on the right hand side. Both are smiling broadly.
Ambrose Murangira, Technical Director Disability Inclusion at Light for the World, and Mohammed Lansah, Learning and Documentation Officer for Ghana for We Can Work, at Inspiration Week.
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  • News Wrap
28.11.2024

November 2024 News Wrap 

Hanadi, a trainee teacher, practises signs during a class. She is in front of a blackboard and wearing a red dress.
Hanadi, a trainee teacher, practises signs during a training session at Rombur National Teachers Training Institute.
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  • Inclusive Education
05.11.2024

Inclusive education in South Sudan: teachers trained in sign language and braille 

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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04.11.2024

October 2024 News Wrap 

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
28.10.2024

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
23.10.2024

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
14.10.2024

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
08.10.2024

10 lessons on disability inclusive mental health from an expert