CCBRT in the News
Friday 2011-11-18
Advocacy team visit to Belgium appears in CBM newsletter
In November, the Advocacy Team were in Brussels visiting CCBRT's partner, CBM. The trip was a great success with much sharing of ideas and experiences. Read more about the trip here.
Monday 2011-11-14
Following a visit by a team of journalists from Belgium, several articles appeared in the Belgian press.
To read summaries of the articles in English, click here.
Wednesday 2011-11-02
CCBRT's work to eradicate fistula reaches Guardian International on 28 October 2011
To read the article in full, follow this link.
Wednesday 2011-10-19
Employability project features in the EU's quarterly newsletter
To read the quarterly newsletter of the EU Delegation to Tanzania, click here.
Tuesday 2011-10-18
The new wind turbine at CCBRT was inaugurated at a press conference on 13 October an and was well covered in the media
To read about the turbine, and its pioneering production by people with disabilities, follow the link to the article in The Daily News.
Monday 2011-10-17
Leading British newspaper, The Guardian, reports on CCBRT's work using Vodafone M-PESA during a week long visit by CCBRT's CEO, Deputy Hospital Director, and a former fistula patient.
To read the on-line article in full, click here.
Wednesday 2011-05-25
UNFPA reports on the positive role of mobile phone technology in helping to access women living with fistula.
To read the on-line article in full, follow the link.
personal stories
Little Aboubakary is in line waiting to be seen by the consultant at CCBRT Disability Hospital...
changing lives
Little Thomas was born with clubfeet. Thanks to early intervention he will now be able to walk normally like other children. To help more children like Thomas, kindly donate here.
- carried out 22 fistula surgeries
- performed 703 eye surgeries
- performed 43 cleft lip surgeries
- saw 341 patients for physiotherapy
- manufactured 149 new devices for people with disabilities
