Localisation and Partnership

CBM is committed to ensuring the strong representation of people with disabilities and voices from the Global South at all levels.

Positive long-term change is best driven by the individuals and communities most affected by that change. In CBM UK’s case, this means change driven by people with disabilities and our community-based partners in lower-income countries. To enable this change, we need to address deep-rooted inequality and injustice and listen to partners with lived experience who can guide and develop locally-led solutions that are best suited to their own context and situation.

This is why we advocate to shift greater decision-making power towards local actors and communities.

Keeping in line with our Partnership Principles, we aim to support and amplify the voices of people with disabilities locally and globally, not speaking for them but in line with the principle “nothing about us without us”.