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NOOR Provincial Ophthalmic Care
Afghanistan
Delivering training and essential eye health services to the poorest and remotest parts of Afghanistan. Supported by CBM since 1986, the NOOR Provincial Ophthalmic Care (POC) programme organises outreach campaigns to identify and refer patients with eye...
Eye Hospital of Vanga
Africa
A programme providing essential eye health care to thousands of people in the Bandundu Province. The Eye Hospital of Vanga is a department of a large district general hospital in Vanga, Bandandu Province. The department covers a population of more than 6.5...
Centres Mpandilu
Africa
A key centre for education and the rights of children with intellectual and hearing impairment in the Kasai region. The Centre Mpandilu is a large school for more than 350 deaf and intellectually impaired children in the Central Provice of Kasai. The school...
Integrated Services for the handicapped people of Bujumbura
Africa
A programme providing a comprehensive range of services to people with physical and visual impairments. This community-based rehabilitation (CBR) programme covers a population of around 400,000 people, to which it provides outreach campaigns and...
Eye Programme at Malagasy Lutheran Church Hospital
Africa
A programme delivering essential eye health care services and training to the people of the Antsirabe district. The Eye Work Programme provides eye care for the Antisrabe district through an eye department based at the Malagasy Lutheran Church Hospital in...
Hôpital de I'ECC/CBFC Yakusu
Africa
An eye health care programme delivering essential services to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This eye care programme, which is based in Kisangani, close to the Congo River, covers a population of around 700,000 people. The programme runs three sites in...
Institut Médical Evangélique
Africa
A programme delivering comprehensive treatment and training to some of the poorest parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Situated in the Bas Congo province, this project serves a large department within the Institut Médical Evangélique de...
Agricultural Training Centre for the Blind and Deaf
Africa
A programme offering vocational training for those who are deaf, deafblind and visually impaired. Supported by CBM since 1974, the Agricultural Training Centre for the Blind and Deaf at Sikiri in the rural South Nyanza province, offers a range of vocational...
Mashonoland East Vision 2020 Programme
Africa
An eye care programme delivering essential treatment to the blind and visually impaired in eastern Zimbabwe. CBM has supported the Mashonoland East Vision 2020 Programme since 2004. It is based in the Marondera Provincial Hospital some 75km east of Harare....
SALFA Eye Project
Africa
An essential eye health project reaching out to more than 3.5 million people in Antananarivo. Supported by CBM since 2004, the SALFA Eye Project's Eye Department is one of four hospital departments responsible for providing eye care services to more than 3.5...
Jairos Jiri Naran Centre
Africa
A residential school providing education and training for children with hearing impairments. Supported by CBM since 1986, The Jairos Jiri Association's Naran Centre is a residential school for children with hearing impairments, based in the town of Gweru. The...
Jairos Jiri Outreach Programme
Africa
Providing essential community-based rehabilitation to people with disabilities in the Bulawayo Province. Supported by CBM since 1991, the Jairos Jiri Outreach Programme is a comprehensive community-based rehabilitation (CBR) programme based in Bulawayo, in...
Schieffelin Institute of Health Research and Leprosy Centre
Asia and Pacific
A leading programme for leprosy and eye health research and training in the Tamil Nadu state of India. A surgical room at the Schieffelin Institute of Health Research and Leprosy Centre in Karigiri. Photo: CBM
St. Joseph's Development Trust
Asia and Pacific
A comprehensive rehabilitation programme delivery services to those affected by the 2004 tsunami. Supported by CBM since 2007, St. Joseph's Development Trust provides rehabilitation services to the coastal regions of Nagapattinam and Kanyakumari Districts of...
Helen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Deafblind (HKIDB)
Asia and Pacific
A programme providing essential education and training to deaf and deafblind children and young adults. Founded in 1979 and supported by CBM since 1998, the Helen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Deafblind (HKIDB) follows a philosophy of 'total communication...
Community Agency for Rehabilitation and Education (CARE)
A child receives early stimulation activities.
Belize
A Community Based Rehabilitation programme that provides nationwide rehabilitation, education, advocacy and networking services for persons with disabilities.
Dr Andrew Potter (Ophthalmologist)
Benin
An ophthalmologist who provides essential eye care services to thousands of people in Benin. Dr Potter provides essential eye care in Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger. Photo: CBM.
Programa para la Prevención del Déficit Auditivo
A girl undertakes a hearing test.
Bolivia
Programme National Intégré de Lutte contre les Maladies Tropicales Négligées
Four Mectizan tablets in a hand. Photo: CBM
Burundi
A national campaign to eliminate River Blindness and other neglected tropical diseases (NTD). Established in 2003, and implemented in partnership with the World Bank funded African Program Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) and the Mectizan® Donation Program (...
APRECIA Prevención de Ceguera
Central and South America
A programme that delivers eye health treatment and awareness services to the Santa Cruz region. Supported by CBM since 1992, the APRECIA Prevention of Blindness programme is attached to a school and rehabilitation centre for blind children. The programme runs...
'El Shadai' RBC Instituto Psicopedagógico
Central and South America
A community-based rehabilitation programme for children with visual, hearing, mental and physical impairment. The programme provides a comprehensive service to children with a wide range of impairments. Photo: El Shadai.
Prevention of childhood blindness in Latin America
Central and South America
A major programme for the prevention of childhood blindness reaching across Peru and Brazil. This programme focuses on both retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and low vision. The ROP and low vision activities in Peru are based in Lima, reaching out to the...
Prevention of childhood blindness in Latin America
Central and South America
A major programme for the prevention of childhood blindness reaching across Peru and Brazil. This programme focuses on both retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and low vision. The ROP activities are based in Rio de Janeiro, whilst low vision activities are based...
RBC Université Catholique du Graben
Democratic Republic of Congo
A community-based rehabilitation programme aiming to reduce avoidable blindness and other preventable disabilities in Butembo. In partnership with the Diocese de Butembo-Beni, we are working in close cooperation with various institutions and other local...
Department of Ophthalmology
Democratic Republic of Congo
A comprehensive eye care department reaching out to those most at need. The ophthalmology department at the Catholic University of Graben was founded in 1989, at the request of the local population, which stands today at around 2 million.
Centré Hospitalier Bethesda
Democratic Republic of Congo
A major provider of essential outreach eye health services to the African Great Lakes region. This eye unit based in Goma, includes a large outreach service within the African Great Lakes region, working within a population of three million in the Goma...
Hôpital Evangélique
Democratic Republic of Congo
A provider of eye health care to Southwest DRC, the Republic of Congo, and Angola. The Hôpital Evangélique de la Communauté Evangélique de l'Alliance au Congo Kikonzi (CEAZ) eye department is part of a Christian Alliance Mission...
Centré pour Handicapés 'Heri Kwetu'
Democratic Republic of Congo
A programme providing essential treatment, rehabilitation and training to the people of South Kivu region. Supported by CBM since 1987, the centre, which is located on the shores of Lake Kivu, is run by the Catholic Church in Bukavu. It serves a population of...
Yirga Alem Hospital
A group of eye patients await examination. Photo: CBM
Ethiopia
Essential eye health services for around 2.2 million Ethiopians. The Yirga Alem Hospital is run by our partner Southern Nations Nationalities Peoples Region (SNNPR) Health Bureau and includes a separate eye unit which was constructed with CBM support. The eye...
WWHearing Global Initiative
Europe
A global initiative aiming to distribute low-cost standardised hearing aids and services in developing countries and underserved communities. CBM joined together with the World Health Organization (WHO) and a wide range of governments, NGOs, users and...
Operational Research
CBM logo
Germany
CBM UK funds a unit within the Progamme Development Department based at our International Office in Bensheim, Germany. The unit works on developing and coordinating a strategic approach to research relevant to CBM’s areas of work. CBM supports a variety...
Empowerment of Persons with Visual Impairment in Ghana
Ghana
Formed by the Ghana Society for the Blind, The Ghana Material Resource Centre for the Disabled, and the Mampong Akwapim Deaf/Blind School, this CBM-supported project provides essential training for blind and visually impaired adults and children in two...
Programa de Rehabilitación Páralisis Cerebral (PREPACE)
Honduras
Providing essential rehabilitative therapy to children with Cerebral Palsy. Programa de Rehabilitatión Páralisis Cerebral (PREPACE) works mainly with children who have Cerebral Palsy and require rehabilitation. The pogramme is working to improve...
Arpana Research and Charities Trust
India
A major provider of eye health care services to the poorest rural communities in Haryana State. Supported by CBM since 1982, the Arpana Research and Charities Trust, located just North of Delhi, provides eye health care services within a range of community...
Blind People's Association (BPA)
India
A provider of comprehensive rehabilitation services in Northwest India. The project provides rehabilitation to children and adults, including Daya (above) who is deaf and was also blind from cataracts. Photo: CBM
Dr Somervell CBR Medical and Psychosocial Rehabilitation Programme
India
A comprehensive rehabilitation programme providing access to essential healthcare in Kerala, India. The Programme provides a comprehensive range of services to people with a wide range of disability. Photo: CBM.
Aceh Community Mental Health Programme
Indonesia
A programme providing psychosocial rehabilitation, and challenging attitudes towards mental health. The programme provides support to families as well as individuals who are affected by mental illness. Photo: CBM
Maseno School for the Deaf
Kenya
A residential primary school offering education for deaf and hearing impaired children in rural Western Kenya. Supported by CBM since 1980, this residential primary school for hearing impaired children provides education to over 200 students with 22 teachers...
Tumutumu School for Hearing Impaired children
Kenya
A school providing education and vocational training to children with hearing impairments in the Central Province of Kenya. The Tumutumu School for hearing impaired children is a small residential school for around 70 students. It has steadily risen through...
Kerugoya School for the Deaf
Kenya
A primary school that provides essential education and training for children with hearing impairment. The school provides primary education to children with hearing impairment. Photo: CBM/Kerugoya School for the Deaf.
Kuja Primary School for the Deaf
Kenya
A programme providing education and training to deaf and hearing impaired children in the South Nyanza Province. Supported by CBM since 1983, this large residential school for hearing impaired children, provides education to students from the poorest...
Kambui School for the Deaf
Kenya
A large residential school offering education and vocational training to children who are deaf and hearing impaired. Supported by CBM since 1977, this large residential school for hearing impaired children provides comprehensive education and training to...
Sambava Eye Hospital
Madagascar
A provider of essential eye health care services to people of North Eastern Madagascar. Supported by CBM since 2005, the eye unit, which is part of Sambava Hospital, is located in the town of Sambava in the north eastern region of Madagascar. The eye unit is...
Eye Programme at Hospitaly Vaovao Mahafaly
Madagascar
A programme delivering essential eye health care services to the people of Mandritsara district of Madagascar. The Eye Programme at Hospitaly Vaovao Mahafaly ('Good News Hospital') has been supported by CBM since 2004, and is run by the Association of Baptist...
Nkhoma Eye Hospital
A group of men waiting for examination.
Malawi
A provider of essential eye health services and outreach campaigns in rural Malawi and Mozambique. The Nkhoma Hospital serves some of the poorest people in the world. Nkhoma is situated in a rural area of Central Malawi, and serves a population of 4.5 million...
Low Vision Programme
Mexico
A programme offering comprehensive eye health and rehabilitation services to children and young adults with low vision. The programme provides education to children and young adults with low vision. Photo: CBM 
Eastern Regional Eye Care (EREC) Programme
Nepal
A far-reaching eye care programme providing essential treatment and services to those at risk of avoidable blindness. The programme takes eye screening camps into rural areas of Eastern Nepal. Photo: CBM/Biratnagar Eye Hospital.
Christian Vocational Training Centre for the Disabled
Nigeria
Reaching a population of around 300,000, this programme provides essential support for people with disabilities. The Centre provides a CBR programme that helps to equip disabled people with new income generating life skills. Photo: CBM.
Mental Health Programme
Nigeria
A mental health programme, providing essential treatment and rehabilitation in a remote area of Nigeria. Amaudo Itumbauzo is a mental health programme situated in a remote area of Abia State in south east Nigeria.
Comprehensive Health and Education Forum (CHEF) International
Pakistan
A comprehensive programme bringing eye health and education to the people to Pakistan. The CHEF programme provided many people with emergency aid during the 2010 floods. Photo: CBM.
Callan Services for Disabled Persons (Wewak)
Papua New Guinea
A nation-wide hub of services to persons with disabilities in Papua New Guinea - training and providing essential community-based rehabilitation methods. Just one of the children who have received treatment for clubfoot at this project. Photo: CBM/Mannion
Eye Care Programme for the Eastern Highlands
Papua New Guinea
Providing essential eye health care and professional training in one of the remotest parts of the world. The Unit carried out more than 11,000 consultations in 2009. Photo: CBM. CBM has posted a succession of ophthalmologists to the Eye Unit situated in the...
Negros Occidental Rehabilitation Foundation Inc. (NORFI)
Philippines
A leading provider of training and community-based rehabilitation services. The project teaches parents how to provide rehabilitative exercises to their children who have cerebral palsy. Photo: CBM
International Deaf Education Association (IDEA)
Philippines
A model programme providing comprehensive rehabilitation for deaf people and raising community awareness. The project includes a school for deaf children, who pose here with Mike Davies OBE, CBM UK's Head of Programme Development. Photo:CBM
Community-based Rehabilitation in Iloilo Province
Philippines
A unique project run by and for people with disabilities. This community-based rehabilitation (CBR) programme is run by the Association of Disabled Persons of Iloilo (ADPI). The project is unique in that it was formulated, founded, managed and staffed...
Prévention de la Cécité
Republic of Congo
Providing essential eye care services to the people of Brazzaville. Supported by CBM since 1985, the Prevention of Blindness programme is run by the Salvation Army in the capital of Brazzaville, which has a population of around 1.5 million people. The...
Kissy United Methodist Church Eye Hospital
Sierra Leone
Providing essential eye care services to the densely populated capital of Sierra Leone. Kissy United Methodist Church Eye Hospital has been supported by CBM since 1987. Photo: CBM/Buchan.
The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH)
United Kingdom
A research and education group, working to improve eye health and eliminate avoidable blindness. The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), which is based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), is a research and education group...
Comprehensive Community-based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT)
United Republic of Tanzania
The largest provider of disability and rehabilitation services in Tanzania.
Jairos Jiri Vocational Training Centre
Zimbabwe
A provider of comprehensive rehabilitation for people with disabilities in South West Zimbabwe. The Jairos Jiri Vocational Training Centre is located at Mzilikazi, a suburb of Bulawayo - the second largest city in Zimbabwe. The centre was founded in 1950 and...