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Carrying out maternal mental health training in Ghana
Tuesday, 10th September, 2019
CBM is working in Ghana to improve mental health support for new and expectant mothers. The project, funded by Jersey Overseas Aid, the Headley Trust and the UK government through their Aid Direct programme, is training midwives and other health prof...Find out moreSalomé’s Story in pictures: from darkness to light
Tuesday, 27th August, 2019 | CBM UK
For 2 years, Salomé was blind due to cataracts, which had robbed her of vision, leaving her isolated, struggling to care for her grandchildren and unable to read her precious bible. But in April, thanks to our supporters Salomé had sight-saving su...Find out moreWorld Humanitarian Day: Making emergency relief disability-inclusive
Monday, 19th August, 2019 | Rachel Aston
Across the world, 132 million people are in need of assistance because of humanitarian crises, but only seven in ten are likely to receive aid. Around US$25 billion is needed this year to provide food, shelter, health care, emergency education, prote...Find out moreTime for honest reflection: How well is the UK performing on the SDGs?
Thursday, 25th July, 2019 | Kirsty Smith
UK presents its Voluntary National Review This year’s High Level Political Forum at the United Nations in New York was an important one for the UK Government, as it presented its Voluntary National Review (VNR) on the Sustainable Development Goals ...Find out more12th Session of COSP: Putting Policy into Practice
Thursday, 13th June, 2019 | Kirsty Smith
The Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN website – open in new tab). (COSP) meets this week at the United Nations in New York. In its 12th year, this session focuses on ensuring the inclus...Find out moreCreating a mentally friendly environment
Friday, 24th May, 2019 | Kirsty Smith
“I was hearing strange voices so to stay in the community, close to people, I felt they were endangering my life. I felt they might kill me. So I just locked myself away for security…. Only when I heard the voice of my wife I would open the doo...Find out moreMeeting courageous women living with fistula in Tanzania
Thursday, 23rd May, 2019 | Kate Mortimer
Today is International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. If that comes as a surprise to you, you’re not alone. I’d never heard of this devastating condition until I became part of the CBM family. But recently, I was fortunate enough to visit one of C...Find out moreBuilding on 15 years of learning, growing and empowering in mental health at CBM
Thursday, 16th May, 2019 | Julian Eaton
On World Health Day, April 7th 2019, we launched the new CBM Community Mental Health Initiative. Our Mental Health Director, Julian Eaton, marked the occasion by sharing his thoughts on the journey that has got us to this point and explains what the ...Find out moreSalomé's Story - Building Connections Across The World
Thursday, 9th May, 2019 | Rosi Jack
I’m back in Cambridge after an incredible week in Rwanda – and Salomé is back at home with her daughter and grandchildren. Thanks to sight-restoring cataract surgery last week at our partner hospital, Kabgayi Eye Unit, she is able to see them ...Find out moreThe power of friendship
Tuesday, 16th April, 2019 | Rosi Jack
I recently had the great pleasure of visiting our partner hospital, Kabgayi Eye Unit, in Rwanda. There, I met two women whose friendship was so powerful and inspiring; I will never forget it. I met Marie before and after her cataract surgery. Marie l...Find out more