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

A king who shares in our pain… by choice

Stevie Wills, CBM Australia Community Engagement Officer, reflects on the heart of Jesus in a world that experiences pain. Pondering...

Speaking truth to power: supporting women with disabilities to seek justice

This blog was written by Erin Ryan, who works...

Jane Edge talks water in Ethiopia

In 2018, CBM CEO Jane Edge travelled to Ethiopia and recorded this video explaining the critical role that water supply plays in preventing blindness. [embed][/embed] Video...

Pressing for progress in Vanuatu

This blog was written by CBM Australia Advocacy and Communications Officer, Elle Spring, who collected stories of the lived experience of people with disabilities...

Left behind

To be left behind in the midst of chaos and danger would surely be most people’s greatest fear. For the average Australian who will likely never experience this, there are...

Every child deserves an education

Stevie Wills, CBM’s Community Education Officer, shares her experience and memories of school, and how her life wouldn’t have been the same without an...

Christmas potential

This special Christmas blog is written by our very own Stevie Wills, who shares a powerful perspective on the potential we all have. We can only imagine Mary's thoughts and...

International Day of People with Disability

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Meet an ordinary girl with an extraordinary passion for change – Bethany Wake

New opportunities, new hope: meet apprentices Ernest, Cletus and Elfreda

International Day of People with Disabilities 2017

Globally, one billion people have a disability, and 80 per cent live in developing...

Australia’s Foreign Policy White Paper: Promising, with the real proof to come in the Budget papers

CBM Australia welcomes the promise held within the Australian...

Read Stevie’s new poem!

Stevie Wills, CBM Australia's Community Education Officer, performed her incredible poem at The Justice Conference held in Melbourne. You can read her powerful words...

CBM CEO Jane Edge elected to ACFID Board

CBM Australia is proud and excited to announce that our CEO, Jane Edge, has been elected to the Australian...

Felicia’s fight

"No one was caring for them primarily because no one knows what to do. But this has changed, I learned and I tell everyone in my village that there...

Language is life

This blog was written by Advocacy and Communications Officer, Elle Spring, who recently returned from collecting stories of the lived experience of people with disabilities in Vanuatu. Imagine what your...

3 memorable moments from my trip to COSP

I recently had the privilege of attending the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of...

Som is using her voice to create change in her community

"Before I had no money in my pocket, now I can do anything and...