Irish Aid Visit
Ireland’s Minister for Overseas Development visits CCBRT Disability Hospital Tuesday 7th July 2009 Ireland’s Minister for Overseas Development, Mr. Peter Power, T.D, today visited CCBRT Disability Hospital in Dar es Salaam a partner organization of CBM Ireland. The Minister, accompanie...
[more...]Irish Aid Support
Irish Aid Irish Aid has been funding CBM projects around the world for the past 3 years. Continuing and expanding its support each year, the influence has been strong enough to make a big difference to the lives of millions. Current CBM projects supported by Irish Aid include: ...
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Take Part in World Sight Day Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be blind or have a visual impairment? CBM is supporting World Sight Day by giving you the chance to find out for just three minutes, by taking our “CBM White Cane Walk.” Equipped with special simulation glasses ...
[more...]Sinead Desmond
Sinead Desmond Sinead Desmond is an anchor on the TV3 morning show 'Ireland AM'. Having previously worked with the Irish Sun newspaper she had come across CBM in her work. She now advocates and represents C...
[more...]Moya Brennan
Moya Brennan Moya Brennan is best known for her lyrical singing and the contributions she has made to Irish music. She is also a supporter of CBM Ireland and was appointed goodwill ambassador in 2001. Sin...
[more...]Rwanda in sight
Rwanda in Sight - with TV3 Sinead Desmond, presenter of breakfast show 'Ireland AM’ on TV3, travelled to Rwanda recently to visit the projects supported and run by cbm. These projects were even running during the genocide years ago. One of the projects Sinead visited was a hospital in G...
[more...]Eye care
Eye care To carry out the much needed consultations and treatments to combat blindness, CBM provides hospitals and department buildings as well as equipment to screen and treat patients. For example, at the Basic Eye Care Services project in Uzbekistan Hospital they now have the expertise and the...
[more...]Medical programmes
Medical programmes CBM provides medication surgery and specialised equipment to manage blindness, deafness, cerebral palsy, club foot, polio, malaria and malnutrition as well as a host of other illness. Mental and physical impairments are more difficult for people to cope with in the developing w...
[more...]Training and research
Training and Research CBM believe developing countries should have their own skilled specialists and infrastructure in place to enable them to help themselves in the long-term. With this in mind the main role of the CBM seconded co-workers is to train national specialists. One of the training proj...
[more...]Education
Education Children with disabilities are least likely to have access to education in the developing world. This has an adverse effect on the child's immediate future as well as impacting on their adult life. Moya Brennan visits a school for the deaf in the Congo CBM addresses this problem throu...
[more...]Community based rehabilitation
Community based rehabilitation The World Health Organisation estimates that between 7 and 10 % of human beings are disabled in one way or another. About 80% of people with disabilities live in developing countries, and of these, less than 5% have access to health services. This picture, as well ...
[more...]Malaria
Malaria Malnutrition and malaria throughout Africa means that infections of the bones and joints are common in children. They have weak immune mechanisms and many live in unhygienic surroundings, so bacteria can easily enter their little bodies. Infected bone can be removed during surgery, but ofte...
[more...]Polio
Polio Years of civil unrest in Uganda (and other countries) has meant that immunisation against Polio was impossible. Many children are now suffering the after effects of this infrastructural collapse. Polio causes paralysis of muscles most frequently affecting the lower limbs. There are thousands ...
[more...]Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy results from a brain injury at the time of birth, or during infancy. Premature birth, lack of obstetric care, and rampant malaria combine to produce a much higher incidence of cerebral palsy in developing countries. Children with cerebral palsy develop a stiffness i...
[more...]Congenital deformities
Congenital Deformities Clubfoot is one of the most common congenital deformities worldwide and affects at least one out of every 1,000 babies born. Lack of immediate treatment leads to a painful condition that can only be corrected by surgery, at an average cost of €205 per child. But even ear...
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