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Show Society How Able People With Disabilities Are

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In the interview, Cyril Siriwardena, Project Manager Advocacy of CBM’s partner Motivation, and Secretary General of the Disability Organisations Joint Front (DOJF), tells what Access for All Campaign in Sri Lanka has achieved so far.

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3. December - International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Young women sit at computer desks in class, typing.

Persons with disabilities in developing countries are often restrained from exercising their right to information – this is one message to be stressed on 3 December 2006. The International Day of Persons with Disabilities addresses accessibility to information technologies.

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Disabilities and Poverty - A Vicious Circle

People with disabilities are more in danger to suffer from social isolation, economic strain and no access to basic health care and schooling. They sink deeper into poverty.

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CBM: Disability Issues Should Be Included In Millenium Development Goals!

Only when the interests and needs of persons with disabilities are considered in development work, the UN Millennium Development Goals can be met.

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Mental Health Disorders - A global problem addressed within the community

Hands clinging together. The Picture was taken in the course of a trip to the tsunami affected regions of Sri Lanka.

Globally, at least 400 million people have a disabling neuro-psychiatric condition. Neuropsychiatric disorders account for 11% of the global disease burden. CBM Christian Blind Mission is confident, that this global problem can be handled within the communities.

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Social Exclusion is a Violation of Human Rights

Dr. Heiner Bielefeldt, Director of the German Institute for Human Rights (Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte, Berlin) analyses the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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New publication about cbm's work, vision and values

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We invite you to share our vision to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities and to reduce the risk of disability from disease and exclusion for those who live in the most disadvantaged societies around the world.

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World Health Organization thanks CBM for its outstanding work

Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General WHO and Dr Allen Foster, CBM President

CBM President Professor Allen Foster met with World Health Organisation Director-General Dr Margaret Chan, for the WHO's global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness "Vision 2020: The Right to Sight” on the eve of World Sight Day 2007 at the WHO's headquarters.

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