Where we work

As part of the CBM Global Federation, CBM Ireland supports work in over 11 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

CBM is dedicated to helping people affected by the double-disadvantage of poverty and disability. Poverty and disability go hand-in-hand, making people with disability among the poorest in the world, and far more likely to be isolated, and experience inequality.

We have community-based programmes in 11 countries, across four continents, working with local partners to help people break free from this cycle. Our partners deliver medical services, community-based rehabilitation, access to education, livelihoods training, and emergency humanitarian response. We also work with local governments to ensure disability is central to services they provide and allocation of resources.

The CBM approach focuses on ensuring that no one is left behind and that the most vulnerable are included in both long-term development and disaster relief work. We address poverty both as a cause and a consequence of disability. Along with other members of CBM Global, this work delivers support services to millions of people annually.