CBM Australia
Mariska Meldrum is an experienced campaign and marketing professional with a history of leading national initiatives and fundraising strategies. Currently serving as Campaign Manager at CBM Australia since January 2017, Mariska oversees the Miracles Day campaign in collaboration with 33 Christian radio stations. Prior experience includes roles at World Vision Australia, where Mariska held various positions, including Marketing Advisor and Senior Campaign Manager, and received the Bernard Barron Staff Prayer Day Award in September 2015 for exceptional leadership. Earlier roles at Uniting involved establishing fundraising programs and managing marketing communications. Mariska holds a Bachelor of Communications and a Bachelor of Business from Monash University.
CBM Australia
CBM Australia is part of an international Christian development organisation. For more than 110 years globally and 30 years in Australia, we have worked to break the cycle of disability and poverty in the world’s poorest places. We are driven by our vision for an inclusive world where people with disabilities enjoy their human rights and achieve their full potential. We partner with local community organisations, NGOs, and governments to bring the best possible combination of CBM Global Disability Inclusion’s resources together with deeply relevant local knowledge, relationships and influence. We also partner with the disability movement to influence governments, organisations and institutions, providing proven and trusted technical advice along with quality-assurance mechanisms to ensure rights-based, disability inclusive development. Our disability-inclusive advocacy ensures people with disabilities are empowered and included in planning and decision making. We keenly advocate for justice and a generous Australian Aid program. We do this because people with disabilities living in poverty face stigma, violence and discrimination, and have reduced access to health care, rehabilitation, assistive devices, safe and accessible living environments, education and employment. In emergencies, people with disabilities are often the worst impacted and face a higher risk of being injured or losing their lives during a disaster.