LIGHT FOR THE WORLD has been instrumental in establishing and promoting inclusion as an integral part of development cooperation.
Our supporters
Supporters
Martin Ledolter
CEO Austrian Development Agency
Benita Ferrero-Waldner
Former Commissioner of the European Union, President of EU-LAC Foundation (Austria)
LIGHT FOR THE WORLD shows a remarkable vision of an inclusive world in which we are all able to live a life of health and dignity.
Ronald Boef
Ambassador, top-10 blind golf players in the world
I realise that I am privileged compared to other people with a visual impairment. I had the chance to make my dreams come true. Peers in developing countries deserve the same opportunities.
Marlene Binggeli
Donor
I have experienced LIGHT FOR THE WORLD as authentic, unpretentious, and lively. Their work for children with disabilities is extremely important. That is why I have made a bequest to them.
Silvia Bopp
Supporter
LIGHT FOR THE WORLD has been supporting the Dr.-Silvia-Bopp Foundation and its goals in a great way. Open-mindedness regarding new projects and a high level of personal commitment characterises LIGHT FOR THE WORLD.
Henry Wanyoike
Paralympic Gold Medallist and World Record Holder (Kenya)
I love to make this world a better place together with LIGHT FOR THE WORLD. People with disabilities have a great role to play in any community. They should not wait but stand up and go for their dreams and talents.
Isidore Ouedraogo
OCADES Burkina Faso
We look with pride at our many shared programmes in CBR, inclusive education and eye health, through which thousands regain their dignity and their place in Burkinabe society.
Colin Allen
President, World Federation of the Deaf
LIGHT FOR THE WORLD, as a well-respected international NGO, continues to take up responsibility to reach out to deaf people and realise Sign Language rights. I personally witnessed the benefits of such a move in PNG.
Grace Lime
Donor
I see a donation to LIGHT FOR THE WORLD as an investment with a high revenue. When you save someone’s eyesight, you save a life. Buy one jeans less in a year and save someone’s eyesight.
Haile Gebrselassie
Olympic Gold Medallist and quadruple World Champion
As Goodwill Ambassador of LIGHT FOR THE WORLD, it seems crucial to me that persons with disabilities should move from the margins of society to its center and enjoy equal rights in all areas of life.
Prince Maximilian von und zu Liechtenstein
Group CEO LGT Group Foundation (Liechtenstein)
I support LIGHT FOR THE WORLD because their dedicated work makes a tangible change in the lives of people hidden or forgotten by society.
Ronald McCallum
Vice-Chairperson of the UN-Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Sydney, Senior Australian for the Year 2011. (Australia)
I am truly honoured to be an Ambassador for LIGHT FOR THE WORLD. My concerns for persons with disabilities are that our human rights and inherent dignity are respected by all.
Colin Low
Politician and law scholar
I have high regard for the highly professional and committed work LIGHT FOR THE WORLD does in combating injustice and inequality and the marginalisation of disadvantaged groups throughout the world.
Alejandra Rivera Eid
IIMS Bolivia
We thank LIGHT FOR THE WORLD for the opportunity to work together for the human rights, inclusion and the empowerment of persons with disabilities in Bolivia.
Thérèse Kafando
Director of CEFISE
I am very proud of and satisfied with the collaboration with LIGHT FOR THE WORLD. Thanks to their support, we are able to reach large numbers of excluded children with disabilities.
Olga Kabré Ouermi
ADA and Co-financed Programmes Officer, Burkina Faso
LIGHT FOR THE WORLD gives me the opportunity to participate in building an inclusive society favorable to the development of people with disabilities.
Fortunat Walther
CEO Medicor Foundation
Throughout our longstanding cooperation, LIGHT FOR THE WORLD has proven to be an efficient and transparent organization that emphasizes supporting locally pre-existing structures and thus sustainability in development.
Josef Stockreiter
Donor
I know that LIGHT FOR THE WORLD is using my donation in an efficient manner to combat preventable blindness.
Magdalena Scharl
peer-adviser, BIZEPS
What I particularly like about LIGHT FOR THE WORLD is their appreciation of diversity and above all their real effort to be inclusive at all stages from planning to implementation of programmes.