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    13 October 2020

    Changing the lives of young people with disabilities

    Together with the Dutch recycling company Eeko we have started collecting old mobile phones and cardridges, through […]
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    13 October 2020

    Independent farmers in Kenya

    Together with different Kenyan partners like UDPK, BoP Inc., and KEPSA, we are now working on increasing the independence of Kenyan farmers. The aim of the project is independence and reducing poverty among […]
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    13 October 2020

    Cambodia’s policy papers

    To raise awareness at the Cambodian government, we have developed policy papers for different topics related to the […]
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    3 July 2020

    Providing information on COVID19

    During this COVID pandemic Light for the World focuses primarily on providing accessible information to people with […]
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    1 July 2020

    “Aid out of Reach”: untold stories from people with disabilities

    Humanitarian organisations can learn a lot from what happened during the Cyclone Idai aid response. The cyclone and […]
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    1 July 2020

    Meet the team: Jasper Oei

    Meet Jasper Oei, Teamleader Programmes by Light for the World the Netherlands. He gives us an insight about his work in the […]
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    2 April 2020

    Corona crisis: update from our countries

    The corona virus COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. Measures have been taken to control the […]
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    2 April 2020

    Cooperation with Plan Laos

    We are committed to the inclusion of persons with disabilities! That is why we encourage and provide […]
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    2 April 2020

    Meet the team: Stephen

    My name is Stephen Njenga, working for Light for the World as the Country Director Kenya. My […]
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    2 April 2020

    World Urban Forum: Make cities inclusive

    There are ten years remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. To accelerate the progress there was […]
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    10 December 2019

    Start of Uganda Business and Disability Network

    Under the Make 12.4% Work Initiative, we have observed reluctance from companies to embrace disability inclusion. Considering […]
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    10 December 2019

    Meet the team: Murali

    Hello there, I am Murali Padmanabhan from India. As Disability Inclusion Advisor I’m working for the three […]
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    10 December 2019

    Access to humanitarian aid – Cyclone Idai

    Thousands of persons perished or were injured, and many millions were displaced. It is estimated that over […]
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    10 December 2019

    Publication: An Untapped Potential

    How Disability inclusive is the Dutch Development sector? In 2016 the Dutch government ratified the United Nations […]
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    28 May 2019

    Millions affected by cyclone Idai in Mozambique

    In Mozambique, 1.8 million people have been affected by the cyclone Idai. Authorities have identified as many […]
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    2 April 2019

    Inclusive Sexual & Reproductive Health

           What do we do we promote inclusive health care services and support the development […]
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    18 March 2019

    Hurricane in Mozambique: Light for the World is committed to support!

    At least 84 people died in the port city of Beira in Mozambique as a result of […]
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    12 March 2019

    Pleading for equal rights in Bangladesh

    In Bagladesh, people with disabilities are standing up for themselves! The Center for Disability in Development (CDD) […]
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    5 March 2019

    Good news from Uganda!

    We are grateful that we have so many loyal donors. Donors who ensure that we can make […]
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    13 February 2019

    The Participation Lab

      Would you like your company to make an active contribution in solving issues around social inclusion […]
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    5 February 2019

    In the Spotlight: Pedro

    “I don’t support or like injustice. And what makes me sad is the silence of righteous and […]
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    5 February 2019

    Training on Disability Inclusion

    The disability inclusion Lab has a team of Disability Inclusion Advisors all over the world. These Advisors provide […]
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    5 February 2019

    Tripling school enrolment in Northern Uganda

    In Uganda, it is estimated that over 70% of children with disabilities have never been to school. […]
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    5 February 2019

    Trying out: internships for youth with disabilities

    More and more companies and development organisations in Uganda are committed to hire persons with disabilities as […]
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    14 January 2019

    Communication matters!

    Can you imagine? You have a wife and a beautiful family; two daughters and their grandmother. But […]
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    11 December 2018

    Disability inclusion benefits us all

    The third of december was World Disability Day – a great day to celebrate the value of human diversity! […]
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    6 November 2018

    In the spotlight: Our colleague Paul Mbatia

    Paul Mbatia works at our office in the Netherlands as a Business Development Specialist. He shares his story […]
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    30 October 2018

    Finding new approaches for youth with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities

    Our Employable partners ADDA (Agency for Disability and Development in Africa) and CDSK (Cheshire Disability Services Kenya) […]
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    30 October 2018

    Our inclusive Road Savety Campaign!

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    30 October 2018

    Webinar on Participatory Design: November 20th  

    On November 20th, 9am CET, Light for the World is organising a webinar on participatory design, based […]
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    30 October 2018

    Partnering to make sexual and reproductive health inclusive!

    Light for the World has started a partnership with Plan Finland to work on disability inclusion in […]
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    2 October 2018

    Going to pre-school in Mozambique

    In many countries, children with disabilities are less likely to receive the care, supports and services they […]
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    3 September 2018

    The Inclusion Game

    Today Light for the World launches the Inclusive health game! ‘Disability inclusion should not be a heavy topic […]
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    3 September 2018

    The Disability Networking Zone at the International AIDS Conference

    The International AIDS Conference took place in the Netherlands July 23-27, and Light for the World, as […]
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    3 September 2018

    Learning webinar on Early Childhood Development and disability – work in Mozambique and Sri Lanka

    On September 20th, Plan International will host a webinar to hear about two programmes for young children […]
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    3 September 2018

    Young Achievers Award Uganda handed out to disability inclusion trainer!

    The annual Young Achievers Award in Uganda recognizes and celebrates outstanding youth in the Ugandan Community that […]
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    3 September 2018

    Working in the field in South Sudan

    Our colleague Sophia had lived for nine years in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. Her 6-year-old […]
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    23 July 2018

    We are looking for a Disability Inclusion Advisor!

    Light for the World Our vision is an Inclusive Society for All, where no one is left […]
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    28 June 2018

    Participation of persons with disabilities in political and public life

    By Anderson Gitonga – Chief Executive officer – United Disabled Persons of Kenya (Speaker – Round Table […]
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    12 June 2018

    ‘Towards Inclusion’ in practice!

    ICCO Nepal who were instrumental in developing Towards Inclusion along with Mission East Nepal and Light for the […]
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    12 June 2018

    Designing solutions in agriculture

    Last May, we held two design workshops with farmers from the province of Pursat, Cambodia. The farmers […]
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    12 June 2018

    European Development Days: Women with Disabilities on the Rise

    At the European Development Days (EDD), Light for the World was actively involved in raising the voices […]
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    12 June 2018

    Make 12.4% Work!

    On the 3rd of May we launched the Make 12.4% Work Initiative! This Initiative was born out […]
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    12 June 2018

    The Disability Networking Zone

    The international AIDS conference will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 23-27 July 2018. It’s important that […]
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    15 May 2018

    Jalan Setapak Menuju Purworejo yang Inklusiv Disabilitas

    This nice book was published by Pusat Rehabilitasi Yakkum (PRY) in Indonesia, with support from Light for […]
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    7 May 2018

    Better road safety for and by persons with disabilities

    Every day in Cambodia, 42 persons are victims of a traffic accident. Some are killed, others become […]
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    19 April 2018

    ‘Count Me In’ now in Dari and Arabic

    Great news, our most downloaded publication ‘Count Me In’ is now also available in Dari and Arabic. A big […]
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    8 March 2018

    Her Abilities Award

    Light for the World is delighted to announce the launch of Her Abilities, the first global award […]
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    27 February 2018

    Statement regarding integrity

    Recently, the misconduct of Oxfam UK employees came to light during the relief work after the earthquake […]
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    21 February 2018

    Training opportunity in Utrecht, 16-18 April

    The Sustainable Development Goals urge us to Leave No One Behind. Both policy makers and programme implementers […]
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    8 February 2018

    Meet the team: Ambrose Murangira

    “I have always worked on the promotion and protection of rights of people with disabilities. In the […]
    Meet the Lab team read more
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    6 February 2018

    The Disability Inclusion Advisors are here for you

    The Disability Inclusion Lab has a team of experienced disability inclusion advisors all around the world. The […]
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    6 February 2018

    Mainstreaming Rehabilitation Bangladesh

    Between 2013 and 2017, the Centre for Disability and Development (CDD) in Bangladesh and Light for the […]
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    6 February 2018

    Developing the Inclusion Game

    What better way to make service providers aware of the barriers that persons with disabilities face than […]
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    6 February 2018

    Setting up social innovation labs

    Over the past three years, we have been implementing a programme called EmployAble, which aims to get […]
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    31 January 2018

    Video: rehabilitation programme Bangladesh

    In Bangladesh – in partnership with CDD – we were able to offer rehabilitation services to 32,000 […]
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    19 January 2018

    Barriers to health care services for people with disabilities

    A literature review Over the past decades, considerable progress has been made in making health care available […]
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    15 December 2017

    Opening Bell Ceremony at Euronext Amsterdam

    Three years ago, Light for the World foundation struck the opening bell to draw attention to the […]
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    14 December 2017

    Book ‘Everybody Matters’ about SRHR & disability inclusion

    We would like to share the new book that has been launched by the Dutch Coalition on […]
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    6 December 2017

    Test your Sign Language skills

    3 December is World Disability Day. A great day to draw attention to the importance of sign […]
    Training South Sudan read more
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    27 October 2017

    Empowerment training for Deaf People Organisations South Sudan

    Light for the World tries to alleviate social and economic hardship that people with disabilities suffer in […]
    Boys from Tanzania read more
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    25 October 2017

    Over £2 million awarded to empower disabled people in Tanzania and Uganda

    Big Lottery Fund’s new international programme – the East Africa Disability Fund – awards £2.1 million of […]
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    16 October 2017

    Vacancy: Disability Inclusion Advisor in Kenya

    We are looking for a qualified person for the position of: Disability Inclusion Advisor (fulltime) in Kenya […]
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    2 October 2017

    Barefoot Guide 5: Mission Inclusion

    Stories and Practices of building ​a world where all belong Everyone agrees that inclusion is hard, that […]
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    26 September 2017

    Disability & gender champion from Ethiopia awarded 2017 ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ Right Livelihood Award

    Yetnebersh Nigussie, a 35 year old lawyer from Ethiopia, receives prestigious award She has dedicated her life […]
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    21 September 2017

    East Africa: trial EmployAble programme helps almost three quarters of participants with disabilities find paid work

    London, 21 September 2017: The international disability and development organisation Light for the World today publishes new […]
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    12 September 2017

    Vote for The Spindle Innovation Award

    Our Disability Inclusion Score Card (DISC) is nominated for the The Spindle Innovation Award. We really need your vote […]
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    7 September 2017

    ‘Towards Inclusion’ launched in Kathmandu

    Lalitpur, Nepal Light for the World, Mission East, and ICCO Cooperation, jointly held a book launching event […]
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    1 September 2017

    New issue of Vision & Development

    Check out the latest issue of Vision & Development: our magazine about ophthalmology in development cooperation.
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    1 August 2017

    Launching Skills for Work Project

    Youth unemployment and lack of market oriented skills training opportunities are two major challenges facing young people […]
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    9 June 2017

    Dicky Nieuwenhuis new director

    The board of Light for the World Netherlands has appointed Dicky Nieuwenhuis as director. She will start […]
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    7 June 2017

    Side-event Conference of States Parties to the CRPD

    Together for Ensuring Sexual and Reproductive Health and Human Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities: How […]
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    28 April 2017

    Call to Invest in Disability-Inclusive Education

    NGOs call on governments and donors to prioritize schooling for children with disabilities On Thursday 27th April […]
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    26 April 2017

    Annual Report 2016

    An exciting year Thank you for taking the time to read about the activities and achievements of […]
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    24 April 2017

    Results EmployAble at a glance

    For the past three years we have worked on the EmployAble programme in Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda. […]
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    18 April 2017

    We are hiring: Disability Inclusion Advisor Uganda

    We are looking for a qualified person for the position of Disability Inclusion Advisor (fulltime) in Uganda […]
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    29 March 2017

    #CostingEquity: Invest in Inclusive Education!

    New report calls for changes to government and donor practice A report launched at the United Nations […]
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    1 March 2017

    Her Body, Her Rights

    Case study identifies major barriers to sexual health education for girls with intellectual disabilities Interview with our […]
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    27 February 2017

    Every Life Matters

    The Every Life Matters programme went off to a great start during a planning meeting in Rwanda […]
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    27 February 2017

    Sharing experience on inclusive TVET

    In December 2016 Light for the World took part in InfoPoint Lunchtime conference organised by the DEVCO […]
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    27 February 2017

    Austria – Disability Inclusive Business Development

    On October 13th 2016 the workshop about inclusion of persons with disabilities in the business sector was […]
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    27 February 2017

    Mozambique – Disability Inclusive Programming

    Within the partnership agreement between Plan International Mozambique, Light for the World and Uhambo to build the […]
    Her Body, Her Rights read more
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    27 February 2017

    Her Body, Her Rights

    Women with disabilities are often considered to be sexually inactive and are therefore denied access to information […]
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    15 February 2017

    Disability Inclusive Relief and Rehabilitation in Nepal

    Natural disasters and humanitarian crises hit vulnerable groups hardest. Amongst these are persons with disabilities and their […]
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    10 February 2017

    Training: Inclusive Facilitation

    Training on inclusion of people with disabilities in trainings & workshops 29,30 & 31st of March 2017 […]
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    10 February 2017

    Training: Disability Inclusive IDP Camps in South Sudan

    Capacity Building programme for Humanitarian Organisations Is your organisation able to meet the minimum standards for disability […]
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    7 February 2017

    Accessible playgrounds in Bolivia

    Last year we visited Bolivia to give advice to the Cochabamba council about accessible playgrounds. Within one […]
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    27 January 2017

    Proud member of ILO

    As from this week Light for the World is member of the Global Business and Disability Network, […]
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    20 January 2017

    My story, my rights

    How individual stories of people with disabilities can contribute to knowledge development for UNCRPD monitoring The Convention […]
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    16 January 2017

    Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal

    The Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal was started in 1997, with the support of Action for Disability, […]
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    19 December 2016

    Who does what in the Lab

    Sander I am working on building the Lab team. My ambition: Everybody should work in an inclusive way […]
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    12 December 2016

    European Disability and Development Week

    How do we best position youth with disabilities for employment? EU-CORD members Light for the World and […]
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    9 December 2016

    Learning about CBR

    WHO and IDDC have developed an online tool in the CBR guidelines. This tool helps to understand […]
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    5 December 2016

    South Sudan’s disabled struggle to make ends meet

    Because of World Disability Day, Aljazeera did a media coverage about our work in IDP camps in South Sudan: […]
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    30 November 2016

    SDGs and Disability Indicators

    We are very happy to share with you our excitement about more inclusive framework of the 2030 […]
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    30 November 2016

    South Sudan: First Official Basic Sign Language and Dictionary Developed

    South Sudan receives its first basic sign language and sign language dictionary. It will be officially launched […]
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    24 November 2016

    Share your dream

    3 December is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year we want to make a […]
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    22 November 2016

    EmployAble Learning & Sharing Conference

    From 24-28th of October, the EmployAble Learning & Sharing Conference took place in Kigali with more than […]
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    21 November 2016

    InBusiness Programme

    This year we have started the InBusiness project. This project focusses on supporting micro-entrepreneurs in Kenya. We […]
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    21 November 2016

    Lobby and advocacy

    The Dutch government was the 166th country to ratify the CRPD this summer! Light for the World […]
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    21 November 2016

    Cambodia office up and running

    The Disability Inclusion Lab in Cambodia is registered and up and running! After working in Cambodia for […]
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    18 November 2016

    World Toilet Day

    What is World Toilet Day? World Toilet Day is a day to raise awareness and inspire action […]
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    15 November 2016

    Handheld video magnifier

    Thank you Zoomax for donating two handheld video magnifiers. They will be shipped to our inclusive TVET […]
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    14 November 2016

    Disability Inclusion in livelihood programmes in India

    From 2nd till 6th of May 2016, Mr. Murali Padmanabhan, regional gender and disability inclusion advisor of […]
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    11 November 2016

    Accessible education in Mozambique

    A film made in collaboration with Young Africa about students with physical disabilities in Mozambique. In collaboration […]
    Bangladesh read more
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    10 November 2016

    PerspActive launched

    October 31st 2016 marks the start of PerspActive; a Dutch cooperative of nine organisations working in development […]
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    10 November 2016

    Startups in the slums

    Matthias Nederveen visited Kenya to explore the opportunities for setting up businesses for youngsters with disabilities. Abel […]
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    10 November 2016

    Share your dream

    3 December is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year we want to make a […]
    Bangladesh read more
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    7 November 2016

    Leave No One Behind

    The working group on Social Inlcusion with the Partos Learning Platform published a practical guide: ‘Leave no […]
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    30 August 2016

    Join the course in Sri Lanka

    Do people with disabilities have equal opportunities to participate in your projects? In this course you will […]
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    1 July 2016

    Livelihood & food security

    People living in extreme poverty first need to secure their daily consumption needs before they can graduate […]
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    1 July 2016

    Why disability inclusion?

    Persons with disabilities are often left out of poverty reduction and development programmes. If they would be […]
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    1 July 2016

    Inclusive business and value chain development

    Public private partnerships are booming. Inclusive business development, marketing for the poor and value chain development are […]
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    1 July 2016

    Entrepreneurship & access to financial services

    Self-employment in the informal sector is an important survival strategy for people with disabilities. Because of lack […]
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    1 July 2016

    Vocational training & employment

    Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) helps young people to learn a trade and enables them […]
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    28 June 2016

    Refugees with disability are often overlooked

    An interview with Klaas Aikes, Programme Coordinator about the situation of refugees with disabilities in South Sudan […]
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    7 June 2016

    Manual Low Vision Care in Africa

    The manual ‘Low Vision Care in Africa’ is now available in four languages. The Spanish ans Portuguese […]
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