COVID-19
You can reach them.You can help them.You can protect them.Your help is urgently needed to help save vulnerable people in the worldâs poorest countries from the triple burden of poverty, disability and COVID-19.All of our lives have been touched in some way by COVID-19 and there are over one billion people worldwide who have been […] FOOD SECURITY & NUTRITION
COVID-19 will impact poor children and see poverty return to historic levels.Thirteen NZ aid organisations, including cbm are warning that children in low-income countries will be the most affected by the global pandemic and we are encouraging Kiwis to help resource their global neighbours to deal effectively with the pandemic.The release today of âThe State of Food […] POCKET MONEY DONATION
12-year-old Naomi, from the Manawatu, has decided she has enough money in the bank, and is now donating her hard-earned pocket money to disadvantaged children like Fatuma in Uganda.Twice a week Naomiâs mum Susan and one of her three daughters, trek next door to clean the Levin golf course. Naomi, 12, Hannah, 10, and Rachel, […] Viola
Give the gift of movement today. So young girls like Viola are never left behind again.Psalm 40:2 says, âHe lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.âSadly, Viola knows all about slimy mud and mire. […] CBM NZ IMPACT REPORT
A message from our Board Chair, Susan Willis-HirstAs I write this, our world is surrounded with uncertainty and fear. One thing we are certain of is that the people cbm serves around the globe need our help more than ever. Those who live in poverty with a disability are profoundly vulnerable to infectious diseases, and the support […] Obed
Please save the sight of children like Obed.While we have all been in lockdown, weâre happy to report that the Kabgayi Eye Clinic in Rwanda has still been operating under strict COVID-19 protocols. Thankfully children like little Obed have had sight-saving cataract surgery, despite a global pandemic. This could not happen without generous supporters like […] INTL DAY TO END FISTULA
On Saturday 23 May we honoured women like Victoria, who are living with Obstetric Fistula.Young women like Victoria, who at just 22-years-old, had lost five babies in five years to miscarriage and stillbirth. If that wasnât enough, after the traumatic birth of her fifth baby, she suffered from obstetric fistula. She was then abandoned by […] GLAM UP & GIVE
âGlam Up & Giveâ is a global social media movement launched on Friday 8 May and since then a number of counties including the UK, Australia, New Zealand have joined with the USA, India, Asia and Europe set to follow.So, cbm NZ has joined with 10 well-known charities in New Zealand who are each working hard to […] Famine
Zimbabwe is in the grip of a deadly food crisis. Millions are facing starvation. Please will you say âYes!â and help do Godâs work with an urgent gift today?âThe generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.â – Proverbs 22:9 NIVAs we try to contain the spread of the COVID-19 […] A TIME OF PRAYER
As the days have rolled into weeks in lockdown, I hope you and your loved ones are well. It is of great comfort to know the plan to fight COVID-19 seems to be working, and next week we will move to level 3. Although our daily lives may not change that much under level 3, […] 