Read the latest news and stories from CBM Australia’s work helping people with disabilities living in the world’s poorest places.
Working together to make life easier in Cameroon
People with disabilities often find themselves isolated and homebound due to shame, fear of community judgement and families that...
Australian Ambassador amazed by Inclusive Communities
Since 2018, CBM has been supporting work in South Bangladesh to establish more inclusive...
Better together with our volunteers – National Volunteer Week 2022
Ruth Payne has been volunteering with CBM Australia for...
How engaging OPDs in CBM field programs ensures greater inclusion of people with disabilities
Engaging Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs) in CBM...
How working with Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs) strengthens our advisory work
How working with Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs)...
What Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs) value about our advocacy work
Working closely with local organisations of people with disabilities...
Working Together: Patrick and Lidel
Each month, CBM Australia takes a look behind the scenes at our employees who are devoted to improving the lives of people with disabilities...
How we applied human-centred design to refresh Luke14
For over 10 years, CBM Australia’s Luke14 program has helped churches and Christian communities...
Time to end obstetric fistula
Obstetric fistula is a health condition affecting between 50,000 and 100,000 women worldwide each year. Although largely preventable, it often has life threatening consequences for...
After seven years of obstetric fistula, Halimat is finally free
Across Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, it is estimated that more than 2 million women...
Celebrating Mother’s Day: Lucy’s Story
Around the world, parents are united through their unconditional love for their children and their willingness to go above...
Glenys Sigley reflects on 18 years as a CBM Ambassador
Glenys Sigley is CBM’s Eternal Giving Club Ambassador. The Club is part of our...
Disaster preparedness in the Pacific story series
The Pacific is hit with several disasters every year including cyclones, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis. These island nations...
AHP Disaster Ready helping people with disabilities in Fiji
CBM Australia, through the Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP) Pacific Disaster READY program, is supporting several...
Disability and planning for disaster in the Solomon Islands: Jabis’s story
While these days he lives in the capital city,...
Disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction in the Solomon Islands: Ellena’s story
The word “tropical” often conjures images of sunny skies...
Moses finds the mental health support he needs
When the CBM-supported Comprehensive Community Mental Health Program (CCMHP) came to Moses Nigerian village, the results were life-changing.
Chief Harun – a father who moves from shame to mental health advocate
How CBM's Comprehensive Community Mental Health Program helped a...
Demesugh challenges the stigma around mental health
Nigerian man overcomes a psychosocial disability to become a local Self-Help Group secretary and...
Big changes in attitudes and approaches: mental health in Nigeria
200 million people living in Nigeria. Only 250 are...