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

Josefina can see her family for the first time

“You are the angels that God could have sent my way. Finally, my dream came true and thank you...

89.9 TheLight’s Lucy Holmes’ favourite Miracles Day memory

Two mums who didn’t speak the same language and...

Catie’s Miracle commitment to helping those in need 

From saving her pocket money for two months to donate two Miracles, wearing an...

Called to serve: Dr Reden Rabino the ‘Eye Health Hero’

Enjoy this 'Miracles' flashback about a brilliant man who...

Joanna’s Miracle sight-saving cataract surgery

I often wondered how the surgery had changed Joanna's life and hoped she was still studying hard to achieve...

Somar from Nepal’s new life yields much love (and veggies)

After a workplace accident, a CBM-supported local farming project transformed a man and his...

Powerful Bangladeshi self-help groups impress Australian High Commissioner

A self-help group spokesperson said that, by working together,...

Australian High Commissioner sees advocacy at work in Bangladesh

CBM project team empowers Local Education Office in Bangladesh...

Inclusive schools teach Australian High Commissioner vital lesson  

The most empowering change is led by local communities.

A community hospital preventing blindness in eastern Nepal 

Every Miracles Day, CBM supporters open their hearts to give the Miracle of sight-saving...

CEO Jane Edge reflects on Miracles Day journey

As someone who believes passionately that all people are created equal, it was a personally challenging epiphany joining CBM...

Five years on: Joanna’s Miracle story by her mother, Frenil

Joanna has now graduated from high school and is...

Matthew is praying for a Miracle

Matthew's future could go one of two ways. Treatable conditions like cataracts are cruelly robbing children and adults of their sight daily. And it’s the...

A tiny hospital in the Philippines is helping people see again

On my first overseas project visit with CBM, I wept.

Dr Danny Haddad’s Miracle memory

Witnessing his first sight-saving Miracle cataract surgery will forever remain with Dr Danny Haddad.

My Miracle Memory: Mariska Meldrum, Campaign Manager

We couldn’t help cheering when Dr Rabino held up his fingers, and the man...

10 years of making Miracles

Sabina's mum would see blind children sitting on the street begging, and prayed that Sabina would get her vision back and be able to...

CEO Jane Edge marks 10-year celebration of Miracles Day

Once a year, every year, for the last decade, amazing people like you have...

Embedding disability inclusion in Cameroon councils  

To address the challenges people with disabilities face, CBM Australia is working with partners...

What is a cataract?

Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness, responsible for just over half [51%] the cases of blindness around the world.