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The Asia and Americas Regional Office has launched the Impact Fund, a fund that will support projects with the potential to sustainably scale and improve the lives of persons with disabilities in their communities.

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), also known as World Disability Day is observed on 3 December each year. This Day aims to promote awareness of disability issues and mobilise support for the dignity, rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities.

The ‘Community Based Inclusive Development’ (CBID) Initiative at CBM launched an Innovation Fund in 2021. With this Fund, we want to celebrate and encourage the ingenuity of people we work with and the power of community. This fund provides a space for creative thinking about social innovation with practical impact on the lives of persons with disabilities in their communities.

As part of the partnership between CBM and Peek Vision, a new school eye health programme is underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the first CBM-Peek programme to launch in the country and is being implemented by our partner ALERT Hospital in collaboration with district health and education authorities.

World Children’s Day is celebrated every year on the 20th of November, the day in 1989 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. On this Day, we raise awareness, promote and celebrate children’s rights and children welfare, in order to build a better world for them.

Last month, CBM Ethiopia received an official recognition letter from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA) in Ethiopia. This is an act of appreciation for CBM’s contribution to the development of the 2nd UNCRPD Report for Ethiopia, as well as for our leading role in the Disability INGOs Network (DINGO).