Africa

I went blind at age 5, but managed to stay in education. We must ensure 93 million children with disabilities get the same chance

A visitor reads a book written in Braille at a specialized library for blind and partially sighted people in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, March 15, 2016. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

A visually impaired girl reads a Braille description at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo Image: REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Yetnebersh Nigussie Molla
President and Co-Founder, Ethiopian Lawyers with Disabilities Association
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