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Overcoming Barriers to Food Security

March 24, 2023

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Light for the World Uganda – Annual Report 2021

April 4, 2022

Despite the COVID-19 outbreak that befell the globe (2020-2021), we at Light for the World, together with our partners, continued to carry out our mandate of ensuring disability inclusion was at the forefront of the work we do. Read more in our Annual Report 2021.

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Terms Of Reference – Collaborative End Evaluation

March 29, 2022

Light for the World is a global disability & development organisation, enabling eye health services and empowering people with disabilities in some of the poorest regions of the world. View and Download the TOR for our Collaborative End Evaluation here.

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The Eye Health Care Resource Book For Health And Care Trainees

March 18, 2022

In partnership with the Ministry of Health and the Min. of Education and Sports, Light for the World is investing in a comprehensive child eye health programme. This is a resource book that provides everything you want to know about eye health care.

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UN Disability Inclusion Strategy

December 10, 2021

Through the Strategy, the organizations of the United Nations system reaffirm that the full and complete realization of the human rights of all persons with disabilities is an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.

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Bridging The Employment Gap For People With Disabilities

November 23, 2021

We are looking for 30 young persons with disabilities who graduated not more than 5 years ago and are ready to network and possibly find employment opportunities with reputable companies/organisations.

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The Champions of Change in Disability Inclusion 👏

November 5, 2021

In this issue, we celebrate some of the men that have championed disability inclusion across the different socio-economic platforms.

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The Make 12.4% Work – 2020 Review

February 18, 2021

A Year of Learning and Adapting

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DII Series #9 Inclusion of Blind Youth in Vocational Training

January 31, 2021

Inclusion of Blind Youth in Vocational Training. Feeling is believing!

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DII Series #8 Inclusion of deaf youth that have never learned sign language in vocational training

November 29, 2020

Inclusion of deaf youth that have never learned sign language in vocational training. Living in silence no more!

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Stories from the field – COVID-19 response in Uganda: Food Assistance

September 30, 2020

Under Light for the World’s COVID-19 response in Uganda, people with disabilities and their families in selected districts were provided with food assistance to reduce the financial burden on their households and promote a quicker economic recovery for them post-lockdown.

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Let’s Talk Radio Show Report

August 10, 2020

The Let’s Talk radio show a was series that run in April -May 2020 focusing on the impact of Covid on people with disabilities in Uganda with guest speakers including Disability Inclusion Facilitators, regional COVID-19 taskforce members, district leadership and experts.

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Youth Livelihood Program (YLP) Inspiration Cards

July 7, 2020

These inspiration cards have been produced as part of a set of mobilisation tools meant to encourage and motivate youth with disabilities, particularly those with hearing, visual and intellectual impairments to participate in the Youth Livelihood Program.

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Make 12.4% Work: 2019 Review

January 22, 2020

Global evidence shows that 80-90% of persons with disabilities in developing countries are unemployed. In Uganda, many young people with disabilities grow up in an environment of low expectations, often facing neglect and abuse.

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Employment Situation of persons with disabilities and Quota System in Uganda (Full Report)

January 19, 2020

This research study was commissioned by Light for the World and the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) under the Make 12.4% Work Initiative, supported by the National Community Lottery Fund.

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Employment Situation of persons with disabilities & Quota System in Uganda (Research Findings & Conclusions)

January 18, 2020

It is expected that the evidence and lessons from this research will inform the process of reviewing disability employment laws in Uganda and generate actionable strategies for implementing the new quota law. This is a summary of the findings and conclusions.

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DII Series #7 Inclusive Farming under ADIMAP

September 2, 2019

This project targets 1800 people, with and without disabilities, spread across 12 sub villages in Amuru district, Northern Uganda.The project aims at helping farming families achieve greater food security and improved livelihoods while reducing stigma around disability in target communities.

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DII Series #6 Disability Inclusive Healthy Entrepreneurs

September 2, 2019

Healthy Entrepreneurs aims to change health challenges in rural areas by establishing a large network of Community Healthy Entrepreneurs (CHEs) who are trained to deliver good quality and affordable health products and services to residents of their communities.

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DII Series #5 Skills Development for Youth with Deafblindness

September 2, 2019

In Uganda, persons with deafblindness/multi-sensory impairment experience deeper levels of discrimination compared to those with less complex disabilities. This series looks into skills developement for persons with deafblindness.

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DII Series #4 The iSAVE Program

September 2, 2019

The entry point to economic empowerment for persons with disabilities is creating an atmosphere that enables them to build self-confidence and freely engage with fellow community members. This is an angle currently being explored by the iSAVE Economic Empowerment Program.

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DII Series #3 Disability Inclusion in the Peer Educators’ Academy

September 2, 2019

The Peer Educators’ Academy (PEA) is an annual training program developed and run by Reach a Hand Uganda (RAHU) targeting young people aged 17-24 years with the aim of equipping them with knowledge on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights.

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DII Series #2 Disability Inclusion in Farmers’ Groups

September 2, 2019

The Farmers’ Groups approach is based on the Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI) methodology. ERI is a widely accepted approach, originally developed by CIAT (International Centre for Tropical Agriculture) and first piloted in Uganda in 2003.

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DII Series #1 Disability Inclusion in Rural Apprenticeships

September 2, 2019

Youth with disabilities in northern Uganda experience considerable challenges while accessing mainstream vocational education due to various personal and social limitations, besides facing poverty.

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UN Flagship Report on Disability

December 10, 2018

Flagship report by the UN on the realization of the sustainable developments goals (SDGs) by, for and with persons with disabilities. The report is the outcome of a collective effort, involving United Nations entities and a wide range of other contributors.

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Equality, Non-discrimination and Inclusion Toolkit

December 10, 2018

This toolkit is part of WaterAid’s global strategy on understanding and addressing equality, non-discrimination and inclusion in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) work.

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DISC Tool

April 18, 2018

The Inclusion Score Card is a monitoring tool to measure inclusion at organisational level. It measures how inclusive your organisation is against a set of detailed inclusion criteria. Download the Excel tool here.

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Embracing Practices of Inclusion

April 18, 2018

Stories of how people in Georgia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Vietnam made inclusive development happen in their societies

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Towards Inclusion

April 18, 2018

Towards Inclusion aims to support organizations who wish to commit to an inclusive approach. It establishes the rationale for inclusion and provides technical advice and tools for putting theory into practice.

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The Social Innovation Lab Approach

April 18, 2018

Light for the World sets up and facilitates Social Innovation Labs. These labs bring different actors together, who want to work on stubborn challenges blocking participation of persons with a disability. Together we develop and test solutions on a relatively small scale.

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Resource Book Disability Inclusion

April 18, 2018

This is a resource book on disability inclusive practices. Within this book a variety of resources has been brought together that are relevant for disability inclusion.

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Small Businesses set up and run by People with Disabilities

April 18, 2018

Small businesses set up and run by people with disabilities: An insight into their profile and factors influencing their performance. A briefing paper based on an explorative survey of 120 small businesses in Nairobi and Kigali (November 2015).

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Count Me In

April 18, 2018

This guide provides inspiration material that enthusiastic individuals can use to put the topic of disability inclusion on the agenda of their organisations. But it also gives essential information on how inclusion can be anchored within organisational structures and policies. 

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Leave No One Behind

April 18, 2018

A collection of good examples and tools about how to include ultra-poor and marginalised people in economic development.

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Disability In The Workplace

April 18, 2018

This publication features 14 employers’ organizations and national business and disability networks and their key activities on disability inclusion work, and the different ways that busi­ ness organizations can engage and encourage their member companies to become more dis­ ability inclusive employers.

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The Make 12.4% Work Initiative looks at triggering the private, public and development sector to open up employment opportunities and livelihoods programs to persons with disabilities.

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