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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.

World map of highlighting countries where CBM is active

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

CBM helped millions of persons with disabilities and at-risk of disabilities improve their lives and end the vicious cycle of poverty and disability. See more 2018 figures.

Two students of EECMY School for the Deaf chat in sign language in Ethiopia. 2018 ©CBM

23.09.2019

23-29 September 2019 marks International Week of the Deaf, with International Day of Sign Languages also celebrated on 23 September. Read how CBM supports the deaf community.

Two CBM staff hold up the report in front of a booth inside the conference.

17.09.2019

CBM releases its 2019 Neglected Tropical Disease Report. The report details CBM's annual efforts to eliminate a set of neglected tropical diseases in Africa and future NTD outlook.

CBM colleagues listen and talk with each other. Zimbabwe, 2019

19.08.2019

Commemorating World Humanitarian Day 2019, CBM highlights the work of two of its own women humanitarians working to support people in crisis.

A group of 11 people standing in front of a banner with logos of DFID and CBM.

09.08.2019

CBM and the UK's Department for International Development have released findings on the first ever disability audit of humanitarian projects in Nigeria. View the report and key findings.

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. Access them here.

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.

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