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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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Disability-inclusive humanitarian action in practice: a young man with a crutch collects food aid at an IMPACT-BF site in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Disability-inclusive humanitarian action in practice: a young man with a crutch collects food aid at an IMPACT-BF site in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Alexandra Compaore/Light for the World.
  • Humanitarian Action

Disability-inclusive humanitarian action: 5 practical steps for NGOs 

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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.
  • Disability Rights
  • News
01.12.2023

International Day of People with Disabilities: expert insights from OPDs

A group of several people stand together, some wearing yellow
InPower project participants and staff
  • Gender
  • Disability Rights
25.11.2023

Addressing gender-based violence with positive masculinity in Mozambique

People are holding a giant multi-coloured fabric. They have their hands in the air and the mood is celebratory,
RED NOSES and Light for the World partners take part in a workshop.
  • Humanitarian Action
  • Disability Rights
  • News
22.11.2023

Fun and games: breaking down stereotypes in Mozambique

Image of a certified Disability Inclusion Facilitators receiving his certificate at the launch of from Ethiopia’s first Disability Inclusion Academy. Pictured are Ergogie Tesfaye, Minister of Women and Social Affairs for the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Abayneh Gujo, Director of the Federation of Ethiopian Associations of Persons with Disabilities, Aynalem Tefera, Light for the World Ethiopia Country Director, and Dr. Simone Knapp, Austrian Ambassador to Ethiopia.
The first of its kind Disability Inclusion Academy in Ethiopia, designed to facilitate disability inclusion in the public and private sectors, launched in Addis Ababa in November 2023. © Light for the World.
  • Disability Rights
02.11.2023

Disability Inclusion Academy unveiled in Ethiopia

Lylian (left) is wearing a white cap and apron and stirring dough in a bowl, while her colleague (right) is wearing a red dress and apron and handles doughnuts. They are surrounded by baked goods.
Lylian with her colleague baking
  • Economic Empowerment
  • Disability Rights
13.10.2023

Breaking barriers to economic independence for people with disabilities in Kenya

A woman smiles in a field, wearing a bandage over one eye. Restoring vision loss can help provide food security, one of the sustainable development goals.
Working towards food security (SDG 2). Vison loss and blindness among agricultural workers and rural farmers causes a ripple effect that touches not only families, but entire communities. Fewer hands working the fields results in lower household income, less food reaching the market and more people going hungry.
  • Eye Health
11.10.2023

2030 IN SIGHT: The impact of eye health on sustainable development

A female doctor, wearing a white jacket, glasses and mask is carrying out an eye exam on a male patient, as part of glaucoma treatment.
Jean François Bouda, a doctor in law, who teaches at the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, is examined by Professor Zabsonre. The exam reveals that he has 40 percent and 60 percent of vision in each of his eyes. “If I am not careful, I may gradually lose the use of my eyes” he says. “I will follow my treatment scrupulously, respect the appointments and follow the prescriptions as recommended. My health, my independence and my job are at stake.”
  • Eye Health
  • News
02.10.2023

The “silent thief of sight”: glaucoma treatment and management

Image of Abel Nelson Manuel, a seven-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, looking at a book in a classroom. Abel received rehabilitation from AMAVIDA, a local partner of Light for the World in Mozambique. In an example of inclusive education, he now attends school and learns with other children his age. Copyright for the photo is Ulrich Eigner / Light for the World
Abel Nelson Manuel, a seven-year-old boy who has cerebral palsy, received rehabilitation from AMAVIDA, a local partner of Light for the World in Mozambique. In an example of inclusive education, he now attends school and learns with other children his age. © Ulrich Eigner / Light for the World
  • Inclusive Education
08.09.2023

8 things to know about inclusive education

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. © Bullen Chol / Light for the World.
  • 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