Today you can help give the miracle of sight and transform the lives of adults and children, like 13-year-old Patrick, in remote communities in Papua New Guinea.

Patrick was born with congenital bilateral cataracts. Like many children with disabilities in the world’s poorest places, Patrick’s family could never afford the sight-saving cataract surgery he urgently needed.

Without surgery, Patrick would struggle to read his books or the chalkboard at school. No matter how much children with disabilities want to learn – no matter how hard they try – they are being left behind. Their future is bleak.

Patrick would miss out on the future dream he cherished. “I want to become a Pastor. I love the work they do.” How could a Pastor possibly minister across the Highlands’ muddied and rutted tracks, when they could not see?

The need to reduce avoidable blindness in Papua New Guinea is great.

And in places of great need, together we can respond to the call, as in Isaiah 54:2:

“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.”

To widen our hearts,

To see God’s vision of hope for a brighter future,

And to grow as we believe in, and act on, the promises of God.

As cbm is called to ‘enlarge its tent pegs’, please will you consider a Giving Day gift today to give the miracle of sight to more adults and children, like Patrick?

How it works

cbm's Giving Day will run for 24 hours - 10am, 10 September to 10am, 11 September.

Every dollar you generously give will be multiplied x5 by our Government’s Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Cooperation Programme!

Your gift can help buy glasses for adults and children with difficulty seeing, provide sight-saving cataract surgeries, and help support

cbm-funded outreach clinics in remote areas find adults and children with disabilities and refer them for specialist help.

All gifts over $5 are fully tax deductible.

Please join cbm on Giving Day to give the miracle of sight and help break the cycle of poverty and disability.

Thank you for your kind and caring heart.

About cbm

cbm (Christian Blind Mission) aspires to follow the teachings and example of Jesus as stated in Luke 10:27 in His command, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself."

cbm works alongside people with disabilities in the world's poorest places to fight poverty and exclusion and transform lives. Drawing on 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 fulfil their full potential.

The Miracle of Sight