Case Studies

Priscilla's Story
Patricia's daughter Priscilla had inherited congenital Cataracts - the same kind of Cataracts that have blinded Patricia since birth. Heartbreakingly, Patricia feels to blame for her daughter's deteriorating eyesight, and keeps repeating "It's all...
Claude's Story
When Claude was 8 years old, his teachers noticed he was very bright and believed he could gain a scholarship to go to university. He was on his way to a better life than the poverty most people in his area live in. But Claude's dream vanished. Day...
Celebrating our heroes
CBM workers play a special role to ensure your gifts are effectively used, and we would like to tell you about the crucial links between heroes like you, and the people you help. The people who support CBM's work through years of dedicated work - or...
Untreated malaria was causing little El Shaddai's legs to lose strength...
Doctors said there was nothing they could do. Untreated malaria was causing little El Shaddai's legs to lose strength. It was just the beginning of a very long journey for El Shaddai's vulnerable family. El Shaddai undergoing physiotherapy exercises...
Sarah's Story
She's too young to say thank you, but you've given her the chance to see. When Sarah was three weeks old, her mother Maurice took her to visit another young mum. Comparing their two babies closely, Maurice noticed that something was different about...
Naneo's Story
Through support like yours, CBM distributed 350,884 sight-saving vitamin A capsules in just one year. Naneo with a Vitamin A capsule.Photo: CBM
Sadday's story
Sadday: Freed from Retinopathy For children like Sadday, your support for CBM can help to prevent disability. Sadday having her eyes checked on a yearly follow-up. Photo: CBM Four year old Sadday lives in Arequipa, Peru, where premature babies may...
Juned Alam. Photo: CBM
Once threatened with amputation, Juned is now able to play sports with his friends. Juned Alam is only four years old, but his legs showed signs of clubfoot at birth. His mother Reshraf remembers the devastating diagnosis. "The doctor told me that...
Rigat Adomer, a teenager who has received rehabilitation from CBM. Photo: CBM
Through the RAPID (Rehabilitation and Prevention Initiative against Disability) project in Adama, Ethiopia, the future is growing brighter for teens with disabilities. Rigat (right) with her father, who had taken the day off work to help her pick...
Mwajuma smiling after surgery. Photo: CBM
For young adults like Mwajuma, your support for CBM helps break the link between disability and poverty. When Mwajuma went blind, her friends laughed. "They would call me names," she painfully remembers. "They would call after me, 'Blind girl, blind...