Mission Statement and Values

Improve The Quality Of Life Of People With Disabilities

Mission Statement

CBM Vision Statement

An inclusive world in which all persons with disabilities enjoy their human
rights and achieve their full potential.

CBM Mission Statement

CBM is an international Christian development organisation, committed to
improving the quality of life of Persons with Disabilities in the poorest
countries of the world.

Based on its Christian values and over 100 years of professional expertise,
CBM addresses poverty as a cause, and a consequence, of disability, and
works in partnership to create a society for all.



Disabilities: Inclusion and Services

CBM advocates for the inclusion of Persons with Disability as equals in all aspects of society.

CBM believes that Persons with Disabilities have the same rights as others to healthcare, education, and livelihoods.

CBM seeks to provide services for people with sensory, motor, and/or mental impairments.

CBM promotes the prevention of the causes of disability as a priority.

Services: Enabling Partners to Provide High-Quality Services

CBM works through partner agencies—Christian, secular, and governmental—enabling them to provide high-quality preventive, curative, educational, and rehabilitative services in order to maximise the quality of life of an increasing proportion of people with disabilities and those at risk of disability.

CBM supports the provision of services for people regardless of race, religion, nationality, and gender.

CBM emphasises community-focused approaches.

CBM’s work is of such nature that it will contribute to sustainability and self-reliance.

CBM uses its human, financial, and technical resources to optimise the impact of its work on as many people as possible.

Read more: Further values - Sustainability and Professionalism
Further information: Partner Enablement and Sustainability
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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