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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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Celebrating OPDs on International Day of People with Disabilities. Peter smiles. He is wearing a pale pink shirt and is holding packets of food, which are brown and yellow. We can see some tools around him.
Peter owns a store in a camp for IDPs in South Sudan. He works as a DIF. “I am committed to do more for myself and other people with disabilities. I have been involved in an Organisation of Persons with Disabilities (OPD) for the past seven years and I am really committed to this,” says Peter.
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A classroom of learners sitting together on a carpet on the floor of a community nursery class in an IDP camp in Juba, South Sudan, whilst their teacher stands in front of them, signing. The teacher has her back to the camera and raises both her hands, which the children are copying her sign language.
Disability Inclusion Facilitator, Esther Piro, teaches sign language to a classroom of children with and without disabilities in a camp for IDPs in Juba, South Sudan. Light for the World supported the development of a new South Sudanese sign language dictionary, in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare and South Sudan Association of the Deaf, which was published in 2021. © Bullen Chol.
  • Humanitarian Action
  • Inclusive Education
29.08.2023

Inclusive education in South Sudan: education in emergencies for children with disabilities

Image of three women who participated in the project: Overcoming Barriers to Food Security: A photo narrative by people with disabilities. The woman in the middle of the three holds a camera.
A project focused on identifying barriers and solutions to food security in Uganda asked people with disabilities to document their findings through photography. © Light for the World
  • Economic Empowerment
28.08.2023

Food security: people with disabilities in Uganda share barriers and solutions through photography

Several people, including Light for the World staff stand in front of a Light for the World banner smiling
Light for the World Team, Disability Inclusion Facilitators, and member of partner organizations celebrate a successful career fair for youth with disabilities.
  • Economic Empowerment
07.08.2023

Light For the World and Mastercard Foundation Partner to Enable Youth Employment for Young Africans with Disabilities

Image of two girls with food kits received as part of the emergency education project in Kossi.
  • Inclusive Education
  • Humanitarian Action
03.08.2023

Conflict-displaced pupils in Burkina Faso get chance to continue education

Image of Nadège, a student in a classroom in Burkina Faso, using an Evo10 Daisy recorder/player to record lessons and later transcribe them to braille. She wants to become a journalist.
Nadège, a student in Burkina Faso, uses an Evo10 Daisy recorder/player to record lessons and later transcribe them to braille. She wants to become a journalist.
  • Inclusive Education
26.07.2023

2023 GEM Report: How can technology support inclusive education?

Lucy smiles outside, surrounded by greenery, wearing a patterned blue scarf and holding a mobility aid.
Lucy Nkatha is the founder of Kiengu Women Challenged to Challenge, an Organisation of Women with Disabilities who advocate for the rights of women and girls with disabilities and freedom from sexual and gender-based violence. She is photographed here in Kiengu village, at one of her advocacy training sessions.
  • Disability Rights
18.07.2023

Eight ways to make sure women and girls with disabilities are not left behind

Image of two graduates from the Employable programme in front of a Light for the World banner. On the right is Brian Ngugi, who studies Building Technology at Machakos Technical Institute for the Blind in Kenya.
More than 100 students recently graduated from the Employable programme run by Light for the World, including Machakos Technical Institute for the Blind student Brian Ngugi.
  • Economic Empowerment
  • General
14.07.2023

How students with disabilities become ‘EmployABLE’ in Kenya

Image of Nyakhan James, a one-year-old refugee with hydrocephalus, being held by her aunt Elizabeth Nyaper.
  • Humanitarian Action
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19.06.2023

Sudan conflict: the impact on refugees with disabilities

A mentorships forum took place at the Machakos Technical Institute for the Blind in Kenya as part of the EmployAble programme. The programme aims to enable economic empowerment. During the session students learned skills on how to create CVs and write successful job applications.
A mentorships forum took place at the Machakos Technical Institute for the Blind in Kenya as part of the EmployAble programme. The programme aims to enable economic empowerment. During the session students learned skills on how to create CVs and write successful job applications.
  • Disability Rights
12.06.2023

What is COSP and why does it matter?

Grace displays crops for sale in Uganda
Grace received funding from Light For the World through the Make 12.4% Work programme in Uganda, which promoted disability inclusive employment throughout the country, including through sustainable agricultural practices. She used the funds to venture into selling vegetables and maize. The returns from selling these foodstuffs have helped her provide for her family.
  • Humanitarian Action
05.06.2023

An inclusive response to the climate emergency