Kellie
Mother Marie can smile again, Kellie can now see!1 Corinthians 16:14 says âDo everything in love.âLove has saved Kellieâs sight. Her motherâs love. Her neighboursâ love. And the loving kindness of people like you.Kellie is three years old, and lives in Rwanda with her mother Marie. She has such big, beautiful eyes. How could they possibly […] UN Eye Resolution
cbm celebrates important Eye Resolution passed by the United Nations.In late July, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution committing the international community to eye care for the 1.1 billion people living with preventable sight loss by 2030.The resolution came about after years of endeavour by the International Agency for the Prevention of […]2020 Impact Report
Thank you for your ongoing support. Throughout the turbulence of 2020 cbm continued to offer life-saving and life changing help to those in the most need.Almost all of our programmes have been able to continue, with some requiring a move toward a health focus alongside work to contain the pandemic. cbm continues to forge ahead […]COVID-19
COVID-19 is tearing through Papua New Guinea. And people with disabilities are at the back of every queue for help.âHave I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.â â Joshua 1:9Our lives continue to be […] Meet Benjamin
Two-year-old Benjamin was born with congenital bilateral cataracts.He is the youngest of five children and, unfortunately, he is not the only one in his family living with blindness. His older sister and both parents are also blind. Daily life for this family is a struggle. Some in their local community say the family is cursed, […]Isolated in Nepal
Abandoned at birth by his mother, and with an alcoholic father, 11-year-old Yam is fully reliant on his grandmother for his routine tasks and mobility due to his clubfoot.Yam loved going to the local community school, an hourâs walk away. Most days, his grandmother devotedly carried Yam on her back, to drop him off and […]Maimunat
âYou have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy.â – Psalm 30:11Nigeria is placed among the top 10 most dangerous places for a woman to give birth. Countless women there are living with the humiliation and shame of obstetric fistula.To see how your […] Yam
âHave I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.â – Joshua 1:9Abandoned at birth by his mother, and with an alcoholic father, 11-year-old Yam is fully reliant on his grandmother for his routine tasks and […] End Obstetric Fistula
Obstetric fistula is a health condition that has life-threatening consequences for women in some of the poorest countries in the world, and is sadly associated with shame and stigma.With the United Nationsâ International Day to End Obstetric Fistula on 23 May, cbm is shining a light on this preventable, treatable condition and our work towards eradicating it.A […]Suman
Little Suman is just like the lost lamb in Luke 15. He was born with bilateral clubfoot and because of this, he was left behind⌅âIf you had a hundred sheep and one of them strayed away and was lost in the wilderness, wouldnât you leave the ninety-nine others to go and search for the lost […] 