About Us

Our Vision
cbm envisions an inclusive world in which all persons with disabilities enjoy their human rights and achieve their full potential.

Our Mission
cbm works alongside people with disabilities in the world’s poorest places to fight poverty and exclusion and transform lives. With over 100 years’ experience and driven by Christian values, cbm works with the most marginalised in society to break the cycle of poverty and disability, treat and prevent conditions that lead to disability, and build inclusive communities where everyone can enjoy their human rights and achieve their full potential.

Our Values
- We Champion Inclusion
- We Strive for Justice
- We Pursue Excellence
- We Embrace Partnership
- We Live with Integrity

Our History
cbm (formerly known as the Christian Blind Mission) was founded by the German Pastor, Ernst Jakob Christoffel in Turkey in 1908. His pioneering work, establishing homes for blind children, orphans and the physically disabled in the Middle East and Asia, was driven by his deep faith in God. Although two world wars threatened to destroy his work, he did not give up, continuing the work through illness and into old age. Today cbm continues in his footsteps, as an international Christian development organisation, working to improve the quality of life of the world’s poorest persons with disabilities.
Our Staff
Murray Sheard
Robyn Tane
Judi Jones
Linabel Hadlee
Hermie Petersen
Bruce Morriss
Our Board Members
Susan Willis-Hirst
Ray Coster
Veronia Houghton
Tony McLean
Andrew Smith
Les Stephenson
John Bergin
Geraldine Crudge

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