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At the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee and during a recent climate action working group, CBM advocated for the inclusion of persons with disabilities affected by climate change.

On 14 August 2021, Haiti was hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. Over 1,400 people have died so far, with thousands missing and injured. Countless people have lost their homes and are exposed to an approaching storm without any protection. CBM is providing immediate aid and is preparing to support earthquake victims with disabilities and their families in particular.

Every 19 August, we celebrate World Humanitarian Day to honour humanitarian efforts made around the globe and to assert the need for supporting people in crisis. This year, we celebrate our local partner staff Esung Elizabeth Mbende, a humanitarian worker at the frontline of the conflict in Cameroon.

CBM alongside other international organisations is part of a project that puts persons with disabilities at the centre of humanitarian preparedness and response. With this project we hope to build and strengthen capacity in inclusive humanitarian action and inclusive disaster preparedness through the active inclusion of persons with disabilities.

The massive destruction caused by Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe posed a real challenge for humanitarian workers to support the affected populations.

CBM, Humanity & Inclusion and the International Disability Alliance release a collection of case studies demonstrating how to include persons with disabilities in a humanitarian context.

Cox's Baazar, Bangladesh—CBM interviews Tahmida from the CDD, who explains her disability inclusion work in response to the Rohingya crisis.

CBM released a new application to promote inclusion of persons with disability in disaster risk reduction and released a new version of its Humanitarian Hands-In Tool (HHoT) Tool.

The guidelines reinforce CBM’s inclusive humanitarian activities, which aim to equally reach and actively involve persons with disabilities.

Our project "Phase 2 - Leave no one behind!" promotes the inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian aid. Using the global Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidance on the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, we are working to help humanitarian actors better understand the human rights-based approach to disability in their work.

On 14 August 2021, Haiti was hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. Over 1,400 people have died so far, with thousands missing and injured. Countless people have lost their homes and are exposed to an approaching storm without any protection. CBM is providing immediate aid and is preparing to support earthquake victims with disabilities and their families in particular.

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.

Every 19 August, we celebrate World Humanitarian Day to honour humanitarian efforts made around the globe and to assert the need for supporting people in crisis. This year, we celebrate our local partner staff Esung Elizabeth Mbende, a humanitarian worker at the frontline of the conflict in Cameroon.

Our partners and staff in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, show selfless commitment during the COVID-19 pandemic by ensuring that persons with disabilities continue receiving inclusive humanitarian services.

CBM is distributing food parcels and hygiene kits to internally displaced persons with disabilities in Nigeria.

CBM alongside its long-standing partners Sundarban Social Development Centre (SSDC) and The Leprosy Mission Trust India (TLMTI) is ramping up relief efforts for those affected by Cyclone Amphan.

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.

Cyclone Amphan made landfall on parts of India and Bangladesh on 20 May and wrecked deadly havoc, lashing coastal areas with ferocious wind and rain. Nearly three million people were evacuated in the days leading up to the storm.