Read the latest news and stories from CBM Australia’s work helping people with disabilities living in the world’s poorest places.
Digital Accessibility
One the themes for this year’s Conference of States Parties (CoSP) to the CRPD [Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability] centred around Digital Accessibility – to acknowledge...
What is CoSP and why is it important?
Every year since 2006, individuals and organisations from around the globe gather every year at the Conference of State...
CBM’s statement from the CoSP opening ceremony
I am speaking on behalf of CBM, an international disability and development organization focusing on creating an inclusive world...
A Vision for Leah
Leah’s family Leah lives with her parents Shanitah and Christian, brother and three cousins in a small, incomplete brick house in central Uganda. Unlike other family members, Leah has two...
A sight to behold
“I cannot believe it! Both my eyes can see now.” Yudaya, Uganda Yudaya had waited a long time for this moment. Before receiving surgeries to remove cataracts from both her eyes,...
Nazir’s Story
Dreams make us human: when we lose our dreams, it can be easy to lose hope. Nazir was working towards his goal of completing university with a degree in information...
Evelyn is making a “world of difference” at CBM Australia
The theme for National Volunteer Week 2019 (20-26 May) is...
Sharing the joy of volunteering and Christian fellowship
During CBM Australia’s National Volunteer Week 2019 celebrations, volunteers Piat, Marjorie and Shirley take...
Leave No One Behind In An Increased Aid Budget
CBM Australia welcomes Labor’s commitment to lifting foreign aid spending each year, starting from its first budget and working...
Closing mental health gaps in Nigeria
CBM Australia works closely with people with mental health issues and psychosocial disability*. Our work involves supporting people to...
CBM’s response to Cyclone Idai
Last month, one of the worst recorded tropical cyclones to impact Southern Africa hit Mozambique and continued through to Zimbabwe. Locals in rural areas of...
Surrender Conference 2019: Part 3
CBM Australia’s vision is of an inclusive world in which all people with disabilities enjoy their human rights and achieve their full potential. This is...
Surrender Conference 2019: Part 2
When social justice and Christianity come together, the results can transform both individuals and communities. In Part 1 of our three-part Surrender Conference 2019 series,...
Surrender Conference 2019: Part 1
The relationship between social justice and Christianity is at the heart of each annual Surrender Conference. Surrender is a Christian organisation that seeks to "motivate...
International Day of People with Disabilities 2018
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International Aid budget cuts “unstrategic, unjustified and unfair”
Leading disability-inclusive international development agency, CBM Australia, has described...
See Stevie Wills at Surrender Conference 2019
I’m excited to be performing at Surrender this year. Surrender is an annual conference, engaging people with Jesus’ call...
Because You’re Making A Difference
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CBM Australia welcomes Labor’s promised investment in Australian aid
As active members of Vision 2020 Australia; previous partners...
Disability and unpaid care work: #BalanceforBetter means doing things differently at home
“I wanted to change the world, but I couldn’t...