Robyn Tane
Engagement DirectorRobyn has worked in the charitable sector for over 12 years. Originally working in the finance sector, she says she had an âah haâ moment in her first charity role where she could âfinally use her skills to help people.â Robyn loves working with the team at cbm to help transform lives disadvantaged by […] Linabel Hadlee
International Programmes DirectorLinabel has contributed with work and research in the international development field for the last 15 years. Linabelâs previous experience includes roles in the United Nationâs Department of Economic and Social Affairs based in New York and as an advisor for the United Nations Environmental Programme. Born and raised in Mexico, Linabel moved […] Heyiriya
In Ethiopia, Heyiriya is desperate to save the sight of her nine-year old granddaughter Sheite.âFor the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.â – Psalm 100:5Sheite is a loving young girl who has been selflessly caring for her grandmother, during Heyiriyaâs long and very painful struggle with Trachoma. […] TO OUR CBM FAMILY
A few short weeks ago, I never thought I would be writing a message to you like this one. Yet as we all unite to fight against COVID-19, I felt it important I update you on our work overseas and changes to our administrative procedures, as a result of the closure of our physical office […] Murray Sheard
CEOMurray was born in Wellington and grew up in Thames. From there, he has lived and worked across the world, including a year within the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.Murray joined cbm in August 2018, after working at Tearfund, where he led the department that introduced the Ethical Fashion Guide and the Justice Conference to New […] Womenâs Day
On International Women’s Day 2020, cbm calls for equal opportunities for girls and women with disabilities, like 30-year old Rita from Cameroon.Every time Rita stands in front of a class, she begins with her own story: “Once upon a time there was a girl who was sick and should have been left in the forest.” […] World Hearing Day
Many of the causes that lead to hearing loss are preventable. Particularly in children, in whom 60% of hearing loss can be prevented through public health strategies. Some interventions can be as straight forward as a timely treatment prescribed for an Acute Otitis Media. This is a painful infection of the middle ear, majorly in […] Mairige & Wajir
Mairige, Wajirâs great-aunt, is totally and irreversibly blind. She believed this happened because a snake spat venom in her eyes, when she was working in the fields in Nigeria.The truth is so much worse. This 70-year old great-aunt talks about unbearable pain, intolerable itching⌠and then her eyes died. The truth is, it was not […] Image alignment test
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 grew […]World NTD Day
cbm celebrated World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day for the first time in January.cbm joined more than 250 partners around the world in the fight to eliminate NTDs and has been successfully involved in the prevention of blindness from onchocerciasis and trachoma for more than 20 years. In 2018, with support from our partners and donors, cbm […] 