Overview

Prevention of Blindness

A baby with an eye bandage, lying in its bed.

In over two thirds of cases, blindness could have been prevented or can be cured. CBM aims to eliminate these unnecessary cases of blindness by preventing and treating the main diseases which cause blindness.

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Education of Persons with Visual Impairment

Children attending a school lesson in the Government Vocational Blind School (GVBS), in Kabul / Afghanistan.

CBM is committed to afford equal educational opportunities for persons with visual impairment. For this reason CBM is sponsoring education, training and awareness programmes.

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Low Vision Care

Brian, six-year-old low vision patient. Picture was taken during a research trip to Kenya in February 2004.

As a consequence of their poor vision, people are often socially and economically disadvantaged. CBM endeavours to enable these people to make use of their restricted vision in the most effective way.

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CBM active in post-emergency phase on the ground in Haiti

Washline had a femur fracture treated with an internal fixator and still needs crutches to walk. Port-au-Prince after the earthquake which hit Haiti on 12 January 2010.

CBM has raised more than two million EUR for Haiti's Emergency response and reconstruction programmes. The situation in the Haitian capital remains tough for persons with disabilities. Photo: CBM

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CBM supports Partner in Concepción, Chile

A collapsed building in Talca, approximately 300 km (186 miles) south of Santiago, Chile. A magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck the Latin American country in the early hours of February 27, 2010. Picture copyright: Reuters/Victor Ruiz Caballero, courtesy www.alertnet.org

Picture copyright: Reuters/Victor Ruiz Caballero, courtesy www.alertnet.org
Following the 8.8-magnitude earthquake with epicentre close to the Chilean city of Concepción and aftershocks, CBM will support its Partner in the region. CBM has one Partner Project in need of reconstruction, located in Concepción, the country's second largest city.

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Projects worldwide

Projects worldwide