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Donate NowTransforming the lives of people with disability, their families and communities in the poorest places of the world.
Driven by Christian values, we tackle poverty, prevent blindness, improve health and change the lives of disabled people.
Last year, we…
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Protected 10 million people from blinding diseases -
Enabled 22,420 children with disabilities to go to school -
Restored sight to 197,602 people through cataract surgery
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- Study shows laser treatment could significantly improve treatment for glaucoma in Africa
- Piloting innovative solutions to improve access to employment for deaf people
- Light up Lives appeal raises £2.3 million to prevent blindness in world’s poorest places
Some of the people we have helped
MadagascarHaova
Thanks to CBM supporters, Haova can now feed her children – and also earn a living to support them into the future.
MadagascarMosa
“We had a nice house in the past but we had to sell it to buy food.”
BangladeshKazol Rekha
My life was good before the accident, like everybody else. I was in school and I got married. But after my accident my husband left me. Community attitudes also changed.
NepalBimala
“I tell everyone who I think is suffering in silence to come forward and seek support and treatment”
BangladeshKamal
“I will never forget the smell of the fires, the screams, these horrible screams. I see these sequences again and again, in my dreams, sometimes I even have flashbacks at daytime.”
MalawiMphatso
“If you are in a group they teach you not just to sit at home, they teach you how to cope with treatment and do work”
MalawiRose and Robert
“I now know how to protect and take care for people with mental illness. I am also able to tell signs and symptoms of mental illness… Above all, I have learnt to love him.”
UgandaShakulu
“Shakulu now goes to school… He is seeing everything for the first time.”
RwandaJeanne
“Now, people call me a person with a disability, not someone who is nothing. Now, the future is better.”
Gabriel
“Without the laser treatment the risk for Gabriel of going blind would have been very high”
UgandaRegina
“Before surgery Regina could not play with others, but now she can play, she can dance, she can do everything.”
ZambiaBalika
“He finally started to speak. It was so exciting!”
IndiaRajesh
“I have always tried to help with the farming, but my abilities were not recognised in the family, or in the wider community… Now I have respect from them. They see me as a person, a successful person.”
UgandaMilly
“Glory be to God, I can see!”
TanzaniaDorotea
“I felt [urine] run down my leg. It happened all the time and I couldn’t stop it. I would sit and not move around… I would like to say thanks a lot to the doctors and the nurses…
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How your money is spent
| For every £1 you give: | |
| 85p | goes towards our vital work |
| 15p | grows awareness and funds |
| <1p | makes sure everything runs properly |
For every £1 spent on fundraising, we generated £6.43 of income.
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