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A mass drug administration (MDA) to fight trachoma, which is supported by CBM and Sightsavers is due to recommence in May 2021.

On 7 April 2021, World Health Day will be commemorated globally, under the theme “Together for a fairer, healthier world”. This year we transport you to Uganda, where our partner provides eye care on four wheels.

Since 2018, CBM is working in partnership with the social enterprise organisation Peek Vision Ltd. to carry out visual acuity tests (test to determine whether each eye can see clearly) using a smartphone, thus enabling us to reach people in the most remote regions of CBM project countries.

On International Women's Day 2021, CBM calls for strengthening the potential of women with disabilities. Read the inspiring account of Siata Konaté, who received a training in rice cultivation and now runs a cooperative of 26 rice farmers.

In 2020, CBM alongside its long-standing partners in India – Sundarban Social Development Centre (SSDC) and The Leprosy Mission Trust India (TLMTI) – conducted a 7-month long humanitarian project from June to December 2020 to provide relief aid for those affected by Cyclone Amphan.

This is a personal account by Paew Rattanamongkol who lives in Thailand. Thanks to CBM partner Daughters of Charity, Paew was part of a project to strengthen the rights of persons with disabilities and is now a community leader assisting people with disabilities and improving their social participation at local community levels.