A global Christian organisation whose primary purpose is to improve the quality of life for those living with the double disadvantage of poverty and disability.
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13 Jun 2019
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14 May 2019
Thanks for following us on Twitter, we value your support! Have you seen what's been happening on our Facebook page, follow us to keep up to date on all our news.
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7 May 2019
Emergency Project Officer Alberto Tonon, CBM, has further updates from the disaster relief in Zimbabwe. Now that the families have been receiving food for a month, he can see a flame in their eyes. Something is changing; they are starting to hope again.
cbm.org/news/blog/blogs/blog…
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7 May 2019
Six year old Kuma tells us how it feels to live with the bacterial eye infection Trachoma, “It feels as though there is sand in my eyes, and I need to get it out. Sometimes it hurts so much I have tears flowing down my eyes. When my eyes hurt I start getting headaches.”
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5 May 2019
NZ Sign Language Week. Our thoughts are with those living with the double disadvantage of poverty and disability. Like Diane in Burundi who attended a cbm supported school where she learnt sign language and was then able to teach her siblings so they could communicate with her.
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3 May 2019
cbm NZ has been supporting Dr David Muhire Karama at the Kabgayi Hospital in Rwanda. In 2018 he performed an astonishing 2,397 eye surgeries, including 1,209 cataract operations of which 116 were on children. Read Dr David’s story...
cbm-nz.org.nz/news/395-inspi…
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1 May 2019
While we celebrate Mother’s Day this month, we also think about those who need your help to provide medical services to keep babies safe and protect young mothers from the tragedy of fistula.
Read Diana’s story… cbm-nz.org.nz/get-involved/c…
10 Apr 2019
Emergency Project Officer Alberto Tonon has been in Zimbabwe for a few days now assessing the situation and identifying the most affected areas where we will be providing support.
What is clear... cbm.org/news/blog/blogs/blog…
9 Apr 2019
It's not too late to make a difference... we need your urgent support to help provide life-saving essentials for the 127,500 people who lost their homes during Tropical Cyclone Idai which hit Zimbabwe on 15 March.... cbm-nz.org.nz/news/393-cyclo…
25 Mar 2019
Devastating images are coming from our partner in Zimbabwe. 2.5 million people are... scontent.fakl1-2.fna.fbcdn.n…
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4 Oct 2018
PLEASE GIVE TO OUR EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR THE PEOPLE OF SULAWESI, INDONESIA
Terrifying earthquakes and a tsunami struck Indonesia on 28 September in Central Sulawesi.
cbm and our partners are responding with emergency support to those most affected. We... cbmnz.org.nz/
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30 Sep 2018
Devastating scenes from Indonesia following a major earthquake and tsunami. Please pray for all those affected.
bbc.com/news/world-asia-4568… bbc.com/news/world-asia-4568…
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19 Sep 2018
“In typhoons, those with disabilities are the least able to flee or protect themselves in their homes. It’s the forgotten, tragic story of disasters and emergencies”, said Dr Murray Sheard, CEO of cbm New Zealand. “cbm... facebook.com/CBMNZ/videos/31…
5 Sep 2018
Pepetua suffered complications during labour, which left her with fistula, leaking urine uncontrollably. Fortunately, she was referred to our partner hospital in Tanzania where she received free corrective surgery.
She is... facebook.com/CBMNZ/posts/189…
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4 Feb 2018
cbm has performed over 12 million sight-restoring surgeries since 1066 - thanks to you.
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