Rwanda cuts ties with Belgium – impact on our projects
On March 27, 2025, the Rwandan government ended all cooperation with Belgium and Belgian organisations. This means that Light for the World, like other NGOs, must immediately cease its activities...
Early Detection programme in Tanzania
Around 656.000 children and young people suffer from vision loss in Tanzania (source: IAPB). Timely screening and treatment at an early age are crucial as vision loss has an impact...
Light for the World is financing a new Optometry Center in Ifakara
Recently a new Optometry Center was established at the Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health (TTCIH) in Ifakara with financial help from Light for the World. We have provided support...
Jaden’s courageous fight against eye cancer
Jaden is a two-year-old boy living in Ifakara, Tanzania. One day, his parents notice a whitish veil in the center of his right eye. "It was a strange glow that...
Belgian delegation visits Light for the World Tanzania
In February, a delegation from Light for the World Belgium undertook an inspiring trip to Tanzania to see the progress of the supported projects. Thanks to the generosity of our...
Inauguration of the Mulami Muimpe eye clinic
On 27th September 2023, Light for the World Belgium inaugurated a fifth eye clinic in Kananga, southern Congo with a musical ceremony. Staff from partner clinics in the DRC, major...
Eye-coaching for partner clinics
Guaranteeing the quality of eye care provided by its partner clinics and reaching as many patients as possible are still the cornerstones of Light for the World's work. Such ambitious...
Mulami Muimpe in Kananga, DR Congo
The building of the Mulami Muimpe eye clinic in Kananga is progressing on schedule. Building the clinic in Kananga is a sterling example of engineering prowess Light for the World...
Angélique can finally complete her studies
19-year-old Rwandese, Angélique Nyanzira, lives with her parents in the north of Rwanda, in the village of Nyakiriba, in the Burera district. She has three sisters and three brothers and...
Dr Selina: “My dream came true”
Thirty-four-year-old Dr Selina Mruma was able to graduate in ophthalmology from Muhimbili University thanks to the support of the NGO Light for the World. She can now treat most eye...
Our programme in Africa
2022 marks the beginning of our new five-year programme ‘Inclusive Vision’ approved by the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD). In DR Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania, Light for...
Why Kananga?
Having access to specialized eye care is far from obvious in the DR Congo. There is a serious shortage of prevention programmes, trained personnel, infrastructures, state of the art surgical...
Zainabu’s future is looking bright again
52-year-old Tanzanian Zainabu lives in the village of Mletele in the Ruvuma region (in the southeast of Tanzania). She has been blind for seven years. She tells us that it happened...
Good results for ‘Future in Sight’
From 2017 to 2021, Light for the World ran an ambitious programme called 'Future in Sight'. This programme was made possible by the Belgian Development Cooperation. SPECIFIC GOALS With...
Local anchorage in Tanzania
Joseph Banzi, country director in Tanzania Joseph Banzi with one of our itinerant teachers. A step forward in the development of Light for the World Tanzania. In 1997, when...
Braille script: a gateway to the world
2012: Agnes is blind and goes to school with sighted peers. Kilosa, Tanzania - Agnes is 9 years old and a very timid girl. She's blind from laucoma. Increased pressure...
Pioneers in Congolese ophthalmology
Dutch journalist Sarah Haaij traveled to Congo with Light for the World. She wrote a strong article for the Dutch magazine Vice Versa. Discover here what she learned in Congo...
Give access to education
With 11 euro a child with a visual impairment like Agnes can go to school for a month.
Give sight to an adult
With 52 euros you offer cataract surgery to an adult like Melanie.
Give sight to a child
With 150 euro, you can restore the sight of a child like Saidi through cataract surgery under general anaesthesia.
