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Our work is only possible thanks to Orbis’s incredible supporters. We appreciate all donations, big or small, but by giving a major gift you can play a key role in helping us build a robust eye care legacy that will one day help eliminate avoidable blindness for good and transform lives.

Through partnership with local hospitals or medical institutions, Orbis runs long-term sight-restoring projects in different countries across a project period of 3-5 years.

Your major donation will help start or sustain these projects which aim at preventing blindness through medical training, provision of eye care equipment, awareness building and enhancement of the local eyecare system. We are happy to discuss more on the way we use your donation, and will provide you with regular updates on the project(s) that receive your support.

What Your Support Brings to You

Regular tailored updates about our work and the impact of your support
Invitation to exclusive events where you can meet senior staff and our inspiring medical volunteers
The opportunity to visit an Orbis project (self-funded) to see the impact of your support first-hand
Orbis Thank You certificate
Acknowledgement on Orbis Thank You advertisement (accumulative donations of HKD100,000 or above in a calendar year)

Proposed Projects

VISION CENTERS IN BANGLADESH

From 2020 onwards
There are 750,000 blind people in Bangladesh. This project is taking a revolutionary, multi-disciplinary approach to combat avoidable blindness. Setting up primary eye care centers in rural remote areas with tele-eye health connectivity to district base eye hospitals has found to be an effective model to reach patients.

GREEN VISION CENTERS IN INDIA

From 2019 onwards
Establishing Green Vision Centres (GVCs) in remote areas can make quality eye care services accessible to the communities and it will continue to provide primary eye care services beyond the project duration. GVCs will be powered by solar renewable energy to ensure uninterrupted services in an environmentally responsible manner.

PEDIATRIC EYE CARE IN RURAL CHINA

2023-2028
China is among countries with the highest prevalence of myopia. Uncorrected refractive errors can affect children’s visual development. Orbis is partnering with Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center in Guangzhou to improve the capacity of pediatric eye care service of county-level hospitals in three provinces, incl. Guangdong, Jiangxi and Yunnan.

MONGOLIA PRE-SCHOOL AND SCHOOL-BASED VISION SCREENING

2024–2026

70% of visually impaired Mongolian children do not receive adequate spectacle correction. Hence, Orbis plans to use an innovative approach, carry out vision screenings, and offer free eyeglasses to those who require them. The research data enables the development of a national screening protocol, ultimately benefiting future generations.

BACKLOG CLEARANCE OF TRACHOMATOUS TRICHIASIS IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

From 2019 onwards
Ethiopia has the highest prevalence of active trachoma globally. So Orbis has been contributing to the reduction of avoidable blindness due to trachomatous trichiasis (TT) with focus on TT backlog clearance, through training of Integrated Eye Care Workers & TT case finders, and conducting regular trichiasis surgical intervention.

MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM FOR TRACHOMA CONTROL IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

Ongoing
Through Orbis’s annual mass drug administration, we delivered over 12.3 million doses of the antibiotic Azithromycin to Ethiopians at high risk of trachoma in 2021. We have remained committed to continuing to distribute sight-saving antibiotics, even facing hurdles, as we know how restoring vision changes lives and communities.

CYBERSIGHT – TELEMEDICINE PLATFORM

Ongoing
Over 77,000 eye care professionals from 212 countries and regions have used Cybersight to connect and learn for two decades. The accelerated growth that began when the pandemic hit in 2020 didn’t stop till now, showing how crucial this tool is for ophthalmic education and patient care, esp. in places where physical presence isn't possible.

BECOME PART OF OUR SOLUTION

Thousands of people go blind every year, and millions more suffer from poor vision, simply because of where they were born. Therefore, Orbis prevent and treat avoidable blindness in 18 developing countries worldwide.

If you wish to support a specific place or program, please call 2508-7003 Elaine Lau or 2508-7008 Tephenie Lee for enquiry.

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We'd like to say a big thank you to our generous supporters for giving so many adults and children the vision to thrive in 2023.

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