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NEWSStudy reveals global cost of vision loss to be nearly USD $3 billion dollarsJune 1, 2010 The global cost of vision loss is estimated to be nearly USD $3 billion dollars ($2,954 billion USD) for the 733 million people living with low vision and blindness worldwide in 2010. These costs are set to rise dramatically through to 2020 unless effective prevention and treatment strategies are adopted worldwide. Read full article
International Noise Awareness Day, 28 AprilApril 28, 2010 Join CBM and professional organisations, community activists and individuals around the world in celebrating the 15th Annual International Noise Awareness Day on April 28, 2010. Read more cbm co-worker from Haiti on BBC videoMarch 22, 2010 Watch the video on British cbm physiotherapist who has worked in Haiti during the recovery efforts.
NY Times Article on Haiti mentions cbm's workFebruary 22, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/world/americas/23amputee.html 'Countless Lost Limbs Alter Life in Haiti’s Ruins' - NY Times article by Deborah Sontag
Diary entry from cbm co-worker in HaitiFebruary 5, 2010Read a diary entry from cbm co-workers Michiel Steenbeek and Marieke Dreise as they talk about their experiences working amongst the desperate people of Haiti. Click here to read.
Video interview with Regional Director for Latin America
January 27, 2010
Update on cbm's response to HaitiJanuary 18, 2010
cbm has two staff currently in Haiti, based in a hospital just outside of Port-au-Prince operated by our partner organisation, Cure International. Valerie Sherrer, cbm Emergency Coordinator and Martin Ruppenthal, cbm Regional Director for Latin America, report: Read More.
Press Release: Haiti Emergency Response - cbm to send assistanceJanuary 14, 2010 cbm international will be sending assistance to help the thousands affected by the earthquake in Haiti. cbm has worked with partner organisations in the country for decades, and currently has 13 projects there. Five of those projects are based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital which has been leveled to rubble. Eye witness reports say the city just "fell apart". Read the Press Release
cbm donors respond to need in South East AsiaDecember 11, 2009 In October, our region was hit by a number of catastrophic events that effected millions of people across South-East Asia. cbm put out an emergency appeal to help the people effected by earthquakes, tsunamis and floods in Indonesia and the Philippines - and the New Zealand public responded. Worldwide contributions to cbm's international appeal reached $1 million USD, of which cbm New Zealand was a contributing country. Here is Rose Carillo's story from Typhoon Ketsana. Read more...
International Day of Persons with Disabilities - 3 DecemberDecember 3, 2009 The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated on 3rd December each year. This year's theme is "Making the MDGs Inclusive: Empowerment of persons with disabilities and their communities around the world." Read more.
Dr Ignacio Ponseti, pioneer of non-surgical club foot treatment, dies at 95October 21, 2009 Dr Ignacio Ponseti, whose pioneering, non-surgical, low-cost club foot treatment benefited hundreds of thousands of children worldwide, has died. He was 95. Dr Ponseti was the first to propose a method of correcting clubfoot, the most common congenital physical disability worldwide, without the need for surgery. click here to read the article
CNBC video features cbm project in Tanzania, maternal healthOctober 2, 2009 A cbm New Zealand supported project was featured on CNBC this month. The organisation called Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania, highlighted in the video, is a cbm local partner. This feature story points to the lack of women's access to quality and affordable health care during child labour. click here to read the article.
World Sight Day8th October, 2009 In celebration of World Sight Day, cbm New Zealand features insights and experiences from two medical advisors based in West Africa. New Zealanders Neil and Tania Murray tell their story and discuss what World Sight Day means to them. click here to read the article.
World-first for Child SponsorshipChallenge Weekly, 17 August 2009A New Zealand innovation that has created a unique approach to child sponsorship could be the catalyst to revolutionising child sponsorship donor programmes worldwide. So says Darren Ward, national director of cbm (formerly Christian Blind Mission), which introduced the new initiative last week. International netballer and Magic defender Leana de Bruin launched the cbm Child Disability Sponsorship programme on August 9... click here to continue reading the article.
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