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Disability Inclusion Facilitators: young changemakers putting inclusion into action

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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,
Group images as part of the DIF video series. Naome and Doreck high five.
  • Economic Empowerment

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

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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.
Light for the World and the Mastercard Foundation have partnered to enable young people with disabilities to access dignified and fulfilling work by 2030 through the “We Can Work” programme. We will work closely with the African Disability Forum, and national OPDs in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.
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Inclusive sports partnership with adidas Foundation

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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.

Welcome to Light for the World! 

At Light for the World, we believe in a world where people with eye conditions and disabilities can fully exercise their rights to health, education, work, and protection in emergencies. 

Thanks for connecting with us at the Global Disability Summit 2025. 

To find out more about our work and organisation, please have a look at the following resources.

Our 2025 Global Disability Summit commitments

Ahead of the Global Disability Summit, we share our commitments to disability rights.

Our commitments

We Can Work

Light for the World and the Mastercard Foundation have partnered to enable young people to access dignified and fulfilling work by 2030.

We Can Work Resources

In the media

Screenshot of an article on child eye health in Mozambique from The New York Times.
New York Times

The New York Times profiled Dr Isaac Vasco da Gama and his pioneering work on child eye health in partnership with Light for the World.

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A screenshot of the Earth Island Journal article about flooding in South Sudan.
Earth Island Journal

Earth Island Journal reported on the support Light for the World is providing for people with disabilities affected by flooding in South Sudan.

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A screenshot from an Al Jazeera article about blind football in South Sudan. The image features two blind players raising hands with their coach. The headline is: Voy! I’m coming!’: The blind footballers of South Sudan.
Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera reported on the South Sudan Blind Football Premier League and the players behind it.

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Publications

Light for the World Strategy 2030 English

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Annual Report Light for the World International 2023 (incl. income and expenses)

pdf – 895 KB

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Capacity Statement: Economic Empowerment

pdf – 825 KB

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Capacity Statement: Inclusive Education

pdf – 834 KB

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Capacity Statement: Eye Health

pdf – 657 KB

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Capacity Statement: Humanitarian Action

pdf – 924 KB

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Get in touch

A headshot of Professor Tom Shakespeare. He is a white man, wearing a blue shirt in this picture. He has blue eyes. Likewise, he smiles at the camera. Tom has achondroplasia.
Tom Shakespeare became board chair of Light for the World International in 2021.
Tom Shakespeare

Chair

t.shakespeare@light-for-the-world.org

Marion Lieser
Marion Lieser
Marion Lieser

Chief Executive Officer

m.lieser@light-for-the-world.org

Katri Bertram

International Director of Impact & Advocacy

k.bertram@light-for-the-world.org

portrait of Elie Bagbila, a middle-aged Burkinabe man with glasses, shortly cropped hair and a traditional white and black cotton shirt.
Elie Bagbila, Light for the World Burkina Faso
Elie Bagbila

Head of Rights & Advocacy

e.bagbila@light-for-the-world.org

If you are an international organisation interested in exploring collaboration with Light for the World, you can contact us here: partnerships@light-for-the-world.org.    

If you are an organisation based in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, South Sudan, or Uganda, please contact the Light for the World Country Office nearest you. The contact details are on the Focus Countries page.