Read the latest news and stories from CBM Australia’s work helping people with disabilities living in the world’s poorest places.
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Welcome investment for people with disabilities in Federal Budget
Leading disability-inclusive international development agency, CBM Australia, and peak...
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CBM Australia and CURE International rehabilitating lives in Ethiopia
Uniting to improve the quality of life for children...
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Building inclusive and climate-resilient communities in Nepal
New CBM Australia project with ODP and Life Nepal to benefit 1,500 people with...
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Conference promotes #ResilienceForAll
Disability movement leaders presented at the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) in Brisbane in September, educating...
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Help Fight Famine: letters to Parliament
Since July, many CBM Australia supporters have joined our call for MPs across the political spectrum to lobby the...
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Lobbying continues for better funding and policies
CBM urges the Australian Government to re-establish Australia’s international leadership in disability-inclusive development.
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Working Together: Isabel, Charity and Takunda
CBM Global Inclusion Advisory Group partners with World Food Programme to introduce better integration of disability inclusion into their work.
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Women leaders calling to #HelpFightFamine
CBM's Stevie Wills joined 36 passionate Christian women from around Australia in Canberra for Micah Australia’s Women’s Leadership Delegation.
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Philippines devastated by Typhoon Karding (Noru)
The generosity of CBM supporters ensures that no one is left behind and that people with disabilities are included...
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76-year-old sky dives to stop kids going blind
Dave Vincent is turning 76, but a quiet meal with family and friends is not top of his birthday...
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Agriculture-focused self-help group in Nepal sow seeds for Kajiman’s future
CBM ensures farmers with disabilities have a livelihood well...
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Coffee kicks off big inclusion shift in Ethiopia
Ethiopian fieldworkers and community-based inclusive development committees (CBID) successfully use coffee ceremonies to unite everyone.
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New farming methods in Nepal give Sher a boost
CBM partner self-help group in Nepal inspires people with disabilities to reinvent their lives via vegetable farming.
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Government urged to prioritise inclusion of people with disabilities in Australian Aid program
Read all about CBM and ADDC's 11 critical policy...
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The gender-based violence crisis in Cameroon
Research study finds fear of family pressure, the abuser, stigma, not being believed and the judicial system are preventing...
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Working Together: Chirac and Julie
The pair first united on a project in Cameroon in 2018 and are now working together to promote research on gender-based violence against women....
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Our lessons: an approach to disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction in Asia and Pacific
People with disabilities who participated in the research speak...
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Margil and Aljon thank you for their sight-saving surgery
Your support of Miracles Day 2022 helped CBM provide cataract surgery for both children.
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Josefina can see her family for the first time
“You are the angels that God could have sent my way. Finally, my dream came true and thank you...
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89.9 TheLight’s Lucy Holmes’ favourite Miracles Day memory
Two mums who didn’t speak the same language and...