Childhood is to be cherished because it passes by so quickly. The same is true for saving the sight of our world’s 90 million visually impaired youngsters. Most of these kids are easily curable, but only if we and our donors win a desperate race against time.
2022 marks the 40th anniversary since Orbis first began harnessing innovation in the fight against preventable blindness. Long-term Orbis donor, Rosa, and Orbis volunteer ophthalmologist, Dr. Shih, are amongst the many who share our passion. Marla, a little congenital cataract sufferer from Mongolia, is one of our beneficiaries whose future is free from the prison of endless darkness.
Sometimes a simple surgery lasting just a few minutes is all that’s needed to transform a needlessly blind child’s life. Let's turn back time before it's too late and fill young lives everywhere with hope and light.