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Flying Eye Hospital Lands in Ghana

November 21, 2019

The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital has touched down in Accra, Ghana, for a three-week teaching and training project. It’s the third time the plane has been in Ghana where our teams will be working alongside our usual partners - the Ministry of Health, the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

Vietnamese school boy Tam can see again after Orbis supporters kindly funded his bilateral cataracts surgery

VIETNAM: YOUNG TAM SAVED FROM A LIFE OF BLINDNESS

August 29, 2019

Tam from Quy Nhon, Vietnam, struggled with his vision from an early age. But thanks to your support, and the work of our Vietnam country office and partners we were able to give Tam his sight back without any cost to his family. Tam was diagnosed with bilateral cataracts and had it not been spotted in time, he would have been blind permanently.

Be alert of Glaucoma!

Be alert of Glaucoma!

Do you have migraine, severe headaches, Myopia of over 600 degrees or family glaucoma history? While they frequently go unnoticed, these are the risk factors of developing Glaucoma. But what is glaucoma, how is it caused and what can be done to treat or prevent it?
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PERU: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR EYE HEALTH

PERU: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR EYE HEALTH

We've been working alongside local partners to fight blindness in Peru since 2002; taking a comprehensive and sustainable approach to improve the quality of health systems and services, build the skills of local eye teams & educate communities on eye health awareness.
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Child wears new glasses.

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Let joy shine out!

Let joy shine out!

While your childhood was probably rich with memories from all five senses, youngsters robbed of sight by accidents or congenital problems are missing out on so much! For this reason, we’ve made it our mission to encourage the world’s top medical professionals to join us in providing quality eye checks, treatments, surgery and post-operative care.
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Let Orbis take you back to the 1980s...

EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF THE FLYING EYE HOSPITAL

For more than 25 years, the Flying Eye Hospital has been at the cutting edge of aviation, technology and change – bringing vital eye care to thousands of people worldwide.
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FLYING EYE HOSPITAL TOUCHES DOWN IN CALIFORNIA.

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READ ABOUT OUR IMPACT IN 2018

In 2018 supporters across the globe generously gave over $246 million to Orbis International.
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