Gyles Brandreth urges public to Support CBM UK’s World in Focus Campaign to end avoidable sight loss
Broadcaster and writer Gyles Brandreth is lending his passionate support to Cambridge based, Global Disability Inclusion charity, CBM UK’s World in Focus campaign, highlighting the urgent need to tackle avoidable sight loss affecting 1.1 billion people worldwide.
CBM UK taking part in it's biggest ever Big Give Christmas Challenge
This December, Cambridge-based international disability charity CBM UK is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge – where for one week donations will be doubled.
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.