IT’S TIME TO MAKE RIVER BLINDNESS A THING OF THE PAST
River Blindness is one of the world’s leading causes of avoidable blindness.
It is caused by the bite of an infected black fly, who swarm in thick black clouds by fast-flowing water sources.
But it’s not the black fly themselves, but the parasites inside them that are the real enemy. Thousands of parasitic larvae that make people go slowly, needlessly and agonisingly blind.
No one should ever have to go blind from this devastating condition. And with your help today, they don’t have to.
Please donate now to make sure that no one ever has to go blind from River Blindness ever again.
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN CLOSER
For more than 30 years, wonderful CBM supporters like you have eliminated River Blindness from community after community.
This is an incredible success story so far, and one you can be incredibly proud of!
We are closer than ever to eliminating River Blindness once and for all …
… but a few hotspots of infection remain.
We cannot afford to let River Blindness cling on anywhere. If we do, it could all too easily surge back in an agonising wave, bringing misery, blindness and poverty to millions.
So please, will you give as generously as you can to help us eliminate River Blindness for good?
SAVING THE SIGHT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS
We are on the cusp of completely eliminating River Blindness – and protecting the sight of countless generations and communities.
With your help, CBM Australia will be able to deliver the sight-saving drug ‘Mectizan’ to the last remaining hotspots of infection.
Once these communities have been treated with Mectizan twice a year for 10 years…
… we will know that all the parasitic worms that cause River Blindness will be dead. Everyone in that community will be free of them, and River Blindness will be eliminated from that part of the world.
No one will ever have to suffer from River Blindness ever again.
Your generous gift today will play a vital role in this historic moment. Please, will you donate now to save the sight of countless generations?
