Eastern Mediterranean

The goal of cbm’s Regional Office for the Mediterranean Region is to develop relevant, sustainable and effective strategies and programs in the field of disability and development together with local partner organizations, representatives of rights holders (persons with disabilities), national and regional stakeholders, as well as international technical advisers.

cbm's Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office stretches from North Africa (Egypt, Morocco) to Central and South Asia (Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria, Palestine Gaza and West Bank, Tajikistan and Yemen).

The purpose of the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office is to support partner organizations in implementing programs through technical and financial assistance as well as monitoring and evaluating their results. The Regional Office works in close cooperation with regional partners to promote the rights of persons with disabilities and provide access to quality services.

Together with strategic partners we implement comprehensive, high impact programs in North Africa and West Asia:

• National Cross-Disability Program Pakistan with Strategic Partner Comprehensive Health and Education Forum for Deaf Education with Strategic Partner Holy Land Institute for the Deaf in Jordan.
• Cross-Disability Governorate Pilot Program in Yemen with new Partner Social Fund for Development.
• Disability Monitor Initiative-Middle East, a joint initiative of Handicap International and cbm that aims at identifying and sharing regional Good Practice Examples and advocates for the rights of persons with disabilities in the region.
• Comprehensive Educational Program for children with impaired vision in the West Bank in cooperation with Strategic Partner Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation.