Mental health stakeholders meet in Burkina Faso to build foundation for transforming service in the Region
Still a long way to go to convince world leaders of the need for disability inclusive development
In August 2012, CBM financed the donation of work equipment to deaf and/or hard of hearing people who completed vocational training in Maradi and Dosso, Niger
Paul Caswell OBE, CBM Country Representative for Nigeria, retires after 40 years of service for persons with disabilities
In June 2012, CBM and its local partners celebrate the International Day of the African Child in Togo
As a food crisis is about to affect the whole Sahel region, CBM aims to enable vulnerable families to pass the summer lean season
In March 2012, CBM and its local partners launched a new programme - Inclusive Community Based Development - in Niamey, Niger
Oumou, a young woman with a disability, helping to feed her community with the produce from a garden that she started with the help of CBM
In November 2011 (to coincide with World Disability Day) CBM and local partners launched the World Report on Disability in Lomé, Togo
In line with the objectives of VISION 2020, CBM and its local partners celebrated World Sight Day 2011 in West Africa
25th to 30th September 2011 - raising awareness about the importance of the human rights of deaf people in Nigeria
April 2011 - As a result of the recent unrest in Ivory Coast, CBM partner RACH has begun taking in refugees, including five people with disabilities
CBM supports DESSO, a two-year, post-graduate training program in ophthalmology training young eye-doctors in West Africa
Centre d'Education et Formation Intégree de Sourds (CEFISE) was flooded in late 2009 - CBM assisted in restoration
CBM supports in opening a new ophthalmology training centre on 9th April 2010 in Conakry, Guinea
CBM West Africa recently donated IT equipment and funding to "Kekeli-Neva” in southern Togo
