Asgedech
Asgedech is being blinded in a most painful way, while trying to raise five grandchildren, who suffer the same condition – but you can help change everything for Asgedech and her five grandchildren âŚAs many grandparents in New Zealand know, raising children and grandchildren on your own can be challenging, but what a testimony of […] Vision First in PNG
World Sight Day is an international event observed annually in October to draw attention to blindness and low vision and to give those affected a voice.This year, cbm New Zealand took the opportunity to celebrate World Sight Day and promote eye health with the community of Goroka, a town in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. […]World Sight Day
Today, as we celebrate World Sight Day, itâs timely to look back on the history of cbm New Zealand (formerly known as the Christian Blind Mission).Founded by the German Pastor, Ernst Jakob Christoffel in Turkey in 1908, his pioneering work, establishing homes for blind children, orphans and the physically disabled in the Middle East and […]Humanitarian Aid
Three-year old Haris undergoes physiotherapy at the cbm-CDD rehabilitation health centre in Coxâs Bazar, Bangladesh. His disability limits his movement and daily activities, in particular, playing with other children, leaving Haris feeling lonely and isolated.Harisâ parents and three siblings are Rohingya Refugees, having fled their farm in Myanmar when neighbouring villages were affected by violence […]Saleha
This is an exodus in our time. Almost a million people have fled from a land that has rejected, killed and maimed them. An exodus of devastating misery on a Biblical scale has happened in our time. When this first happened, it was world news. The camera crews have now left, but the human crisis […] Theo
Theoâs dad never knew the joy a parent has when their child sees them come into a room, that moment when their face lights up from recognition. Because of cataracts, the blinding white curtains growing inside his eyes, Theo couldnât see his dad.âWe were very worried,â said Theoâs dad. âIf Theo is blind, he will […] Fortunat & Dibelyi
Fortunat was once a woodsman who supported his family by cutting boards beside a river, where black flies often bit him. Like New Zealanders and our mosquitoes, Fortunat thought the flies were just a nuisance, but they were deadly. The flies infected him with parasitic worms, which bred in vast numbers beneath his skin. âLumps […] Dinknesh
Dinknesh lives in constant fear. She suffers from trachoma, an infectious eye disease that causes extreme pain. And with every blink, she gets closer and closer to permanent blindness.But what makes Dinknesh most afraid is the fate of her three small children. Who will look after them when she goes blind?But it does not have […] Ramsaran
At five years old, Ramsaran would watch his older siblings disappear down the mountainside to school. He was heartbroken that he could not follow them.With his feet bent painfully inwards, he was identified to have clubfoot in both feet, and because of this he spent most of his time alone.“For I will restore health to […] Rebecca
See how cbm child sponsorship have set a little girl free from double clubfoot.In Uganda, Rebecca and her mother lived in such poverty, they could not afford $2 a year to use the village tap. Free water was an hour away on foot, but Rebecca could barely walk at all. She had bilateral clubfoot. Both […] 