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Low vision boy Karthik (11 years old) feeling the surface of a globe. A resource teacher is helping him. In the middle between them there is a classmate of Karthik. She is also touching the globe. The picture was taken in the resource room of a school integrating handicapped children in Coimbatore, India.

Abigail (sitting in her wheelchair) at school. In the background sit her four best friends: (from left to right) Rejoice, Abby, Agness und Taliya

Our Vision, Mission and Values

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

Our Mission: 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...

525 Projects funded

11.95 million People receiving services

55 Countries

371 Partners

Trachoma Prevention Control Programm. Ethiopia, 2016.

CBM in Numbers

By providing comprehensive development aid and support to people with disabilities or at risk in the neediest communities of the world to reduce poverty and work towards empowerment and inclusion, CBM reached millions of persons in 2017.

David who has multiple impairments, including deafblindness, at a therapy lesson (about stimulation) with his mother and another patient.

27.06.2019

On the 27th of June we officially celebrate the anniversary of Helen Keller’s birth. To mark this important occasion, CBM has launched its Guidelines on Best Practice for Persons Living with Deafblindness.

19.06.2019

CBM runs two education projects in Kenya that support Kenya's new inclusive education policy. Fredrick Haga explains his education background and the policy in this Deutsche Welle interview.

Someon runs his own hardware shop with support from CBM (Kenya). ©CBM/argum/Einberger

18.06.2019

Ensuring quality in our work and consistent approach to partnerships, CBM rolls-out documents to support the implementation of Federation Strategy 2023.

22.05.2019

A cross-disciplinary team assessed the impact of CBM-supported eye health programmes in 6 countries. Download the evaluation and poster-presentation.

24.04.2019

April 2019—As an international member of the Global Campaign for Education, CBM campaigns for the universal right to education and actively participates during the annual Global Action Week.

Mental health support after the earthquake in Nepal

07.04.2019

World Health Day 2019—CBM launches the Community Mental Health Initiative to promote meaningful participation in communities, improve quality of life, and broaden the choices of care available for people with psychosocial disabilities.

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