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Aryam Teklay, a young girl in a school uniform, holds up a small cup of medication during a trachoma treatment campaign, with classmates lined up behind her.
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June News Wrap: 2.6 million people protected from blinding trachoma in Ethiopia 

June 2026 News Wrap — our work, successes and impact 

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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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  • Disability Rights
  • Eye Health
28.05.2025

Eye health progress in Burkina Faso

May 2025 News Wrap — our work, successes and impact.    

Composite photo of Dr Rediet Mesfin and Faustina Ning’a Cikanda, who have joined Light for the World as Senior Experts in Inclusive Education and Economic Empowerment respectively. Rediet is wearing a white dress and Faustina is wearing a brightly-coloured zip-up top. Both are smiling at the camera. The background is yellow.
  • Economic Empowerment
  • Inclusive Education
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19.05.2025

Economic Empowerment and Inclusive Education experts join Light for the World 

Light for the World has welcomed two Senior Experts, focused on Economic Empowerment and Inclusive Education, to support our mission ...

The winners of the We Can Work Storytelling competition in Uganda. On the left is Dr Rachael Kalinaki, in the middle Doreck Ankunda and on the right is Isaac Muhumuza. All three are dressed in bright colours and smiling.
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01.05.2025

Young African storytellers shine in creative We Can Work competition 

Hundreds of young Africans with disabilities have showcased their unique storytelling for a first-of-its-kind competition. 

We Can Work and OPD representative youth speak at GDS in a fireside chat about inclusive employment. There is a GDS logo in the background and two young people with albinism are on stage delivering a presentation.
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  • Disability Rights
  • Eye Health
29.04.2025

Youth lead the way at Global Disability Summit

April 2025 News Wrap — our work, successes and impact.

Four players from the South Sudan blind football league. Two players are holding aloft the arm of another player. The three are smiling as they come off the pitch and wearing football shirts with Blind Football on the front.
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  • Disability Rights
  • Economic Empowerment
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  • Humanitarian Action
  • News Wrap
26.03.2025

Inclusive sports partnership with adidas Foundation

March 2025 News Wrap — our work, successes and impact. 

Several people, including Light for the World staff stand in front of a Light for the World banner smiling to celebrate the launch of We Can Work, one of the good news stories of 2023.
  • Disability Rights
24.03.2025

Our 2025 Global Disability Summit commitments

Ahead of the Global Disability Summit, Light for the World is sharing our commitments to disability rights.

Two women are outside smiling and high fiving with all hands. Doreck stands up wearing a white tshirt and Naome sits in a wheelchair with a grey shirt and leggings. You can tell they are good friends and having fun together,
  • Disability Rights
  • Economic Empowerment
  • General
12.03.2025

Disability Inclusion Facilitators: young changemakers putting inclusion into action

Are you a leader, policy maker or ally? Do you want to improve disability inclusion within your field of work?

  • General
05.03.2025

A letter to my younger self on International Women’s Day

This International Women's Day we reflect with colleagues and programme participants and celebrate resilience and diverse women.

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  • Economic Empowerment
  • Eye Health
03.03.2025

February 2025 News Wrap

Our work, successes and impact in February 2025.

Two people stand in a field looking into the distance at green. There is a line of plastic bottles closer to the camera than the people. One woman is wearing an orange and red outfit, and David Ndungu is on the left in a white top and black trousers, using crutches.
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  • Disability Rights
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30.01.2025

January 2025 News Wrap

Our work, successes and impact in January 2025.

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