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Yesterday (13th May), the Minister for International Development acknowledged to the International Development Committee that the recently announced cuts to UK Aid will have significant consequences. We are extremely concerned that millions living in extreme poverty will be hit harder and inequalities exacerbated.

As we look back on the Global Disability Summit 2025, we reflect on the summit’s achievements, our new commitments, and the need to defend disability rights in an uncertain world.

We are excited to announce the launch of our new project: Financial Autonomy of persons with Disabilities through Agriculture (FAIDA) – a four-year initiative aimed at enhancing financial inclusion for people with disabilities in Chitwan District, Nepal.

Join us this Holy Week as we reflect on Jesus' entry to Jerusalem, death, and resurrection. For each day in Holy Week, we have written a short prayer for reflection.

This week we’ll be at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford connecting with leaders, innovators, and social entrepreneurs from across the world to discuss how we can achieve large-scale and lasting social change.

We are excited to participate in two important disability inclusion events, taking place in Berlin over the next few weeks. Together with our partners, we hope to shape inclusive policies and ensure that disability inclusion remains a global priority.

Gyles Brandreth, renowned broadcaster and writer, is passionately supporting our World in Focus campaign, highlighting the urgent need to address the 1.1 billion people worldwide living with sight loss today.

In our new blog Mark Barrell, our Director of Advocacy and Influencing reflects on last year’s COP29 and looks forward to the urgent need for more disability inclusive climate action.

At CBM UK ( Global Disability Inclusion) we are deeply concerned by the UK Government decision to cut its contribution to international development aid.

In 2020, you donated an amazing £1,320,921 for people in Malawi to See the Way to a brighter future. Every pound was then matched by the UK government through the UK Aid Match scheme. This funding delivered a three-year project to improve access to eye health services in rural districts in Malawi.

After the completion of our See the Way Malawi project funded by donations and match funding from the UK government through UK Aid Match. Emma Symonds, Programme Manager at CBM UK has shared her reflections on the projects successes.

CBM UK’s partner-led programme, Actions for Change, is testing new ways of shifting resources and decision-making power to our partners. To facilitate shared learning between Actions for Change partners, an exchange visit recently took place between our partners in Nepal and Kenya.