Overview

Prevention of Hearing Impairment

Dr. Piet van Hasselt, examines Frederine‘s ear bandage (Madagascar).

CBM aims to reduce substantially the large number of people with hearing impairment by supporting available prevention methods. CBM is also conducting campaigns to raise public awareness and promote health education.

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Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Deafblind Persons

Fatmeh standing in front of the blackboard with sign language teacher.

For most people in developing countries a loss of hearing also means a loss of formal education. Thus the objective of CBM is to improve the opportunities for deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind people to receive any form of education.

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Audiology and Speech Therapy

Speech instructor (for spoken language) Maram Kokash exercising the pronounciation of individual Arabic letters with eight year old Mohammed. The deaf boy is attending the kindergarten in the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf in Salt/Jordan. It is a rehabilitation centre for hearing impaired children and young people.

Hearing impairment has profound consequences on individuals’ abilities to communicate. Audiology and Speech therapy services in CBM primarily target two groups: the young children and the elderly, hearing-impaired people.

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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