We need your support
Now more than ever, the people we exist to serve are most in need.
With hospitals and clinics still open to provide services to the most vulnerable, the most neglected, the most forgotten, CBM Australia is actively working with field partners to ensure essential programs are delivered and people with disabilities are included in response efforts.
Currently, there are over one billion people with disabilities and they are unduly impacted during times of crisis and disaster. It is imperative that CBM continues to work with our partners to ensure no one is left behind.
CBM partners are advocating to governments to ensure that people with disabilities have access to COVID-19 vaccination, along with everyone else.
Our COVID-19 priorities
- Equip our partner hospitals and clinics with health care equipment, including masks and gloves.
- People with disabilities and those most at risk are able to maintain their health and hygiene.
- Provide safe, clean water for washing and drinking, and cleaning products like soap.
- Provide emergency aid packages to those facing food crisis and starvation.
- Ensure that people with disabilities are able to access vaccination along with everyone else in their community.
CBM COVID-19 response
The World Bank estimates that between 119 and 124 million people joined the global poor in 2020. CBM and our supporters understand that people with disabilities are more likely to live in poverty, and people living in poor communities are more likely to have or acquire a disability.
CBM Australia’s program partners acted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of community members got access to:
- COVID-19 information and training
- Hygiene kits
- Food rations
- Food crop starter kits
- Accessible water supplies
- Mental health support.
Global and national surveys conducted during the previous 12 months have highlighted that people with disabilities have been disproportionally affected by COVID-19. They have experienced poorer health outcomes, lower access to education, reduced services and supports, and increased violence and abuse.
COVID-19 in 2020-21 has led to:
Higher rates of infection and death from COVID-19
Less access to health care and information
Worsened mental mealth
Lack of involvement in response planning
Loss of income plus little or no financial assistance
Reduced access to disability supports and services
Increased gender-based violence
Inaccessible remote learning
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CBM is providing emergency aid packages to those facing food crisis and starvation and is providing safe, clean water for washing and drinking, and cleaning products like soap. This ensures people with disabilities and those most at risk are able to maintain their health and hygiene.
CBM Australia is equipping our partner hospitals and clinics with health care equipment, including masks and gloves.
CBM is an International Christian development organisation devoted to improving the lives of people with disabilities in the poorest places on earth. Poverty and disability go hand in hand creating a cycle of inequality, isolation and exclusion that leads to the most extreme forms of poverty.
We call for urgent action from the Australian Government to form an inclusive international response. Together, we propose measures to fully include people with disabilities in COVID-19 planning and ensure ongoing engagement throughout the crisis
Here at CBM we see every day how each of us can make a difference for people with disabilities living in poverty. There are so many ways to be involved, whether that’s becoming a supporter, sharing CBM’s with family and friends, or praying for us and our programs — each of these helps reach people who need it most.
A donation to CBM Australia will go towards a broad range of initiatives that support all of our communities to better face the risk of COVID-19.