Read the latest news and stories from CBM Australia’s work helping people with disabilities living in the world’s poorest places.
How CBM’s Advisory Work in Papua New Guinea is Influencing Faith Based Aid Programs and Churches
CBM estimates that only 7% of people with a...
Improving Access to Education for Children with Disability Through CBM’s Advisory Work
CBM estimates that only 5% of the 413,000 children...
Improving the Lives of People With Disabilities Through Influencing Legal Framework in PNG
People with disabilities experience greater inclusion and their lives...
Disability group sets up COVID-19 helpline
In many cities across India, NGOs and state government agencies have initiated many services for households affected with Covid-19....
COVID crisis in India: supporting the most vulnerable
“The second wave of COVID-19 has a devastating impact, claiming lives in the community....
Evaluation Confirms CBM Work Effective in Supporting Neglected Tropical Diseases Eradication
Most people in Australia have never heard of a...
Seeing the Future: Improving Eyesight in Refugee Camps
Kabir is a Rohingya man living in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, with...
Help Her See. Help Her Succeed: Allen’s Story
First Allen’s eyes started itching, then they reddened, and them the pain became unbearable…...
Help her see. Help her succeed: Minu’s story
Minu has never been outside the confines of her small village in one of...
Help Her See. Help Her Succeed: Shalom’s Story
Little Shalom sits on the veranda and listens to the sounds of other children...
How we’ve worked together over the years with Pacific Disability Forum
For more than 10 years, CBM Australia and the...
Disability aid budget stagnates while COVID-19 rampages
Leading disability-inclusive international development agency, CBM Australia is appalled that the Federal Government has...
Anne’s COVID-19 Reflection: Celebrating our volunteers
Anne Verwoert has volunteered at CBM for over 25-years at the Kew and Box...
Celebrating our Volunteers – National Volunteers Week 2021
National Volunteer Week (NVW) runs from May 17 to 23, and is an opportunity...
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
Obstetric fistula is a health condition that has life-threatening consequences for women in some of the poorest countries in...
Climate change will lead to increased eye disease
Global rates of vision impairment are on the rise, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable. CBM has been a leading...
Meaningful Gifts for Mother’s Day
Mother's Day is just around the corner. Rather than chocolates or flowers, why not give a special mum in...
People are not starving, they are being starved
CBM has joined over 260 humanitarian agencies around the world to warn that rising hunger levels are going to...
Audio devices make all the difference during Covid-19 lockdowns
Nanay is a regular visitor at the CBM supported eye-clinic in the Philippines –...
Indonesia devastated by tropical cyclone Seroja
It is a devastating reality that Indonesia experiences more disaster events than almost any other country. On average, the...