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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... Read more

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. Read More

A girl from Indonesia wears special glasses to calculate an eyeglasses prescription.

10.10.2019 CBM Celebrates World Sight Day 2019

For World Sight Day, CBM highlights an eye health campaign in Indonesia and recent contributions to the field of inclusive eye health.

participants laugh and raise their hands during a mental health workshop

09.10.2019 World Mental Health Day 2019

CBM supports the Speak Your Mind campaign message that focuses on suicide prevention for World Mental Health Day 2019.

Happy 4-year-old Yazid in the arms of his mother, Ladifatou (30)

09.10.2019 WHO Launches its first World Report on Vision

CBM contributed technical expertise to WHO's first World Report on Vision, launched ahead of World Sight Day 2019. Read key findings related to CBM.

Matsiabo looks up from her schoolwork and smiles as her teacher comes to her desk.

01.10.2019 World Cerebral Palsy Day 2019

CBM highlights a programme making a difference in the lives of children with cerebral palsy and explains how you can observe World Cerebral Palsy Day on 6 October.

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

23.09.2019 International Week of the Deaf and International Day of Sign Languages 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 New Neglected Tropical Disease Report

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.

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