CBM UK’s See the Way project conclusion: Transforming Eye Health in Rural Rwanda
CBM UK is thrilled to announce the successful conclusion of their three-year See the Way project, preventing and treating avoidable blindness in Rwanda. Funded by generous CBM UK supporters and the UK government through the UK Aid Match scheme, this project has significantly improved the quality of life for thousands of people across Rwanda.
Sarah Bennington talks for the first time about transformative trip to Zimbabwe
Sarah Bennington, age 41, is talking for the 1st time about a “transformative” trip that she made recently to Zimbabwe.
Pandemic leading to alarming levels of avoidable blindness, warns Cambridge charity
International disability charity, CBM (Christian Blind Mission), based in central Cambridge, is warning that the Coronavirus pandemic is having an alarming impact on the numbers of people living avoidably blind.
Give the gift of sight this Christmas
CBM UK is running a Christmas Miracles appeal until the end of December. The Cambridge based charity is asking people to spend £24 - perhaps the same amount as the average person would spend on a Christmas gift - to give the miracle of sight to people living in the world’s poorest places this Christmas.
Cambridge charity raises £2.3 million with Light Up Lives appeal to save sight in world’s poorest places
Charity CBM, based in central Cambridge, has raised £2.3 million for its Light up Lives appeal to prevent blindness and restore sight in the world’s poorest places.
CBM launches emergency appeal to support 'invisible crisis' in Madagascar
Cambridge-based international disability charity CBM is warning that families in southern Madagascar are on the verge of starvation, with people resorting to eating insects, leaves and cactus plants to survive. The UN World Food Programme has called this an “invisible crisis” that is getting worse every day. CBM has launched an urgent fundraising appeal to help.
CBM charity raises £2.8m to help people See the Way to a brighter future with 2020 appeal
A fundraising appeal by Christian Blind Mission (CBM) in 2020 raised an enormous £2,882,712.00 to help people in the world’s poorest places See the Way to a brighter future. The appeal was launched online by Diane Louise Jordan.
Join CBM for an inspiring week of live stories from an eye hospital in Zimbabwe
Cambridge-based international disability charity CBM is inviting people to follow a week of live stories from an eye hospital in Zimbabwe to witness the incredible human impact of sight-restoring treatment.
Coronavirus contributing to blindness crisis in Zimbabwe: Cambridge charity launches appeal to help
Cambridge charity CBM is warning that hundreds of thousands of people are living needlessly blind in Zimbabwe – and the situation is worsening due to Coronavirus. CBM is launching a fundraising appeal today to improve access to sight-saving treatment and until 20 May all public donations will be doubled by the UK government.
Join the 'Tea Party for Sight': annual CBM Sunday organised by Cambridge charity moves online
Cambridge disability charity CBM is inviting groups to come together to mark CBM Sunday on 11th October 2020, but this year the charity expects that most events will be held online.
Cambridge charity CBM launches coronavirus emergency appeal
Overseas disability charity CBM, based in Cambridge, is launching an emergency appeal to protect the most vulnerable people during the coronavirus crisis.
TV presenter Diane Louise Jordan to visit sight saving projects in Rwanda
Broadcaster Diane Louise Jordan, well known for presenting iconic TV shows Blue Peter and Songs of Praise and recent participant in Channel 4’s Stand up to Cancer Sink or Swim series, will visit Rwanda to witness the life-changing impact of projects to prevent blindness.
See the Way appeal raises over £1.8m to save sight in the world’s poorest places
Between 15 February and 14 May 2019, generous supporters donated an amazing £845,000 to help people in the world’s poorest places See the Way to a brighter future – and every pound was then doubled by the UK government. This match funding, combined with Gift Aid, takes CBM UK's appeal total to an incredible £1.8 million.
UK government doubling donations helping people See the Way to a brighter future
Cambridge-based overseas disability charity CBM is launching a new campaign to help people with sight problems in the world’s poorest places – and from this week until 14 May the UK government will match all public donations to their See the Way appeal.
Cambridge based charity launches new programme to prevent childhood blindness in Nigeria
Overseas disability charity, CBM UK, launches a new programme to prevent childhood blindness in Nigeria. Over three years, 1.5 million children in 11 States of Nigeria are expected to benefit from this programme, which will improve access to sight-saving eye health services through a wide range of activities, including training health and community workers, funding treatment and providing glasses…
Cambridge charity granted $200K for African glaucoma trial
Standard Chartered’s Seeing is Believing programme - a collaboration between the international bank and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) - has awarded CBM UK, the overseas disability charity based near Cambridge, an innovation grant totalling almost $200,000 to establish the optimal and most cost-effective primary treatment for glaucoma in Africa.
CBM launches 'Breaking Barriers – Opening Doors' advent calendar
In the lead-up to Christmas, CBM UK, the overseas disability charity based in Cambridge, is launching its very own advent calendar with a digital twist. CBM’s ‘Breaking Barriers - Opening Doors’ advent Calendar is like no other. Each day until Christmas, people will open a door and discover CBM’s magical work with disabled people across the world.
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated every year on 17th October. The theme this year is, “Working together towards a world without discrimination: Building on the experience and knowledge of people in extreme poverty”.
World Sight Day - a coffee fixes-all
Have you ever thought you could achieve more from your morning coffee, other than making yourself a little more alert? Well, now you can…
Bangers and cash: CBM asks donors to Giveacar
CBM UK, the overseas disability charity based in Cambridge, is asking the public to crunch their old cars for cash as part of a novel fund-raising scheme run by the Giveacar social enterprise.
CBM’s partner welcomes former US President
CCBRT (Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania), one of the partners of CBM UK, the overseas disability charity based in Cambridge, welcomed the former President of the United States of America, George Bush and his wife Laura last month.
£1.7 million will help to restore sight
CBM, the overseas disability charity’s match funding appeal through Standard Chartered Bank’s 'Seeing is Believing' programme, has raised £1,700,000 – more than double its target!
CBM announces new President
Dave McComiskey has been appointed the new president and CEO of CBM International, based in Germany. Dave took over from Cambridge-based Dr Allen Foster at the beginning of July.
Standard Chartered Bank launches project to help 4 million visually impaired children
Standard Chartered Bank has just launched the first of the five $5million projects as part of their ‘Seeing is Believing’ programme to help tackle children’s eye health across Africa. The programme led by CBMUK, the overseas disability charity based in Cambridge, will contribute to improved child health and the reduction of avoidable blindness in children in East Africa.
Are you an enthusiastic and dynamic person looking for a new challenge?
Do you want to help make a difference? CBM UK, an international Christian disability and development organisation, is looking for three new dedicated trustees to join their board.