Read the latest news and stories from CBM Australia’s work helping people with disabilities living in the world’s poorest places. 

Mindfulness of People with Disabilities as Restrictions Ease

Community Education Officer Stevie Wills’ hopes for inclusive communities as we begin to emerge...

Redirecting Efforts to Build Community Protection: The Philippines

Redirecting efforts to build community protection: The Philippines When...

Responding to COVID-19 in Indonesia

Responding to COVID-19 in Indonesia In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic one way in which CBM has been working in Indonesia is to build...

Shadishori’s Story: disability rights and education

Shadishori has a mobility impairment. In 2007, CBM's partner organisation, Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra...

Creating Work Opportunities for People with Disability.

Creating Work Opportunities for People with Disability. Mangal got involved with CBM partner organisation, MSS’s...

Suman’s Story: changing attitudes about disability and sport

“When I was at school, I watched other kids...

Redirecting efforts to build community protection in India

In lower-income countries, the repercussions of COVID-19 placed additional strain on health services, leaving...

Nutrition training to help women in Ethiopia manage food insecurity

In addition to responding to Covid-19 challenges, the CBM...

CBM Australia Media Release: 29/05/20

29/05/2020 CBM Australia welcomes Australia’s international COVID-19 response, though warns that ambition without investment will leave people with disabilities further...

URGENT BULLETIN : Latest Report From the Field

LATEST REPORT FROM THE FIELD   HYGIENE CRISIS: SOAP IS LIKE GOLD DUST NOW Here in Australia we’re well used to the...

An Urgent Message from CBM Bangladesh 

I write to you from Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh asking you please to help us now, today. Our...

Cucu’s Journey to Greater Inclusion

Cucu Saidah’s work as a disability advocate and inclusion advisor has taken her from her homeland Indonesia to Japan,...

Gerard’s Story

Gerard Ybanez looks up from his work desk. He stops soldering microchips in his outdoor electronics repair shop at his parents’ sprawling house on the road from Madredejos. “I fix...

Celebrating our volunteers this National Volunteers Week

What does 26,500 hours of donated time look like? The answer can be seen in...

The need for early intervention in treatable conditions: a story from Ethiopia

Early intervention is crucial in addressing treatable conditions and...

Abdurahman had a dream that he wanted to work a motorcycle repair shop

Abdurrahman (above left) is helping a car mechanic during...

Ibu Mariti’s Cataract Surgery

Ibu Mariti looks lovingly at her son, something she wasn’t able to do when she had cataracts. Ibu Mariti lives in East Java with her...

The challenge of an inclusive government response to COVID-19: Snapshot from the Philippines

Advocating to governments to improve their policies and programs...

Eye Screening in Schools in East Java

When we arrived at this school in East Java there was much excitement as we interrupted the routine of...

Packaging relief: Responding to COVID-19 in the Philippines

In light of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, CBM Australia’s projects have temporarily changed focus...