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Kenya Food Crisis
People with disabilities and their families are on the verge of starvation
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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Some of the people we have helped
NigeriaAmina
“I can now afford to support my children’s hospital bills and I am more involved in taking decisions in my household.”
EthiopiaDinknesh
“The eyelashes are always scratching my eye and it makes it difficult to do any work. It is very painful… But when you pull out your eyelashes, they multiply. At first there is one hair, then they double.”
ZimbabweMary
“I can now work for my grandchildren… I couldn’t see them. Now, I can see them and help them.”
NepalSudip
“I like to go to school But I cannot read the letters on the blackboard… I want to study and become a police officer.”
BangladeshNazmul
“Persons with disabilities are most at risk in this disaster.”
RwandaSalomé
“I was living in darkness, but now there is light again in my life.”
UgandaEmmanuel
“I want my legs to be healed. In the future, I want to be a doctor,”
NigeriaSesan
“When I grow up, I want to work with a car!”
ZimbabwePaul
“The darkness is gone. The mist is all gone and I now don’t have to worry about bumping into things…”
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…”
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”
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How your money is spent
| For every £1 you give: | |
| 85p | goes towards our vital work |
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| 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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