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"In Asia Pacific, there are 370 million persons with disabilities, 238 million of them of working age. Their unemployment rate is usually double that of the general population and often as high as 80% or more" - Debra A Perry ‘Disability issues in the employment and social protection, 2002 (sourced in the UN Enable Factsheet on Disability & Employment, 2011)
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Where we work - Latin America

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Luis is from Chihuahua, Mexico, and is part of a low-vision programme supported by CBM

Where CBM works, with partners, to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities in Latin America

CBM supports 151 projects in Latin America, administrated by regional offices located in Ecuador, Mexico and Haiti, focusing on the prevention of blindness (Vision 2020), education and rehabilitation, Community-Based Rehabilitation, prevention of deafness, vocational training and other mandate areas.