Seven-year-old Hao always smiling. He underwent the first-stage of his Orbis-subsidized strabismus surgery when just three and remains in urgent need of a second operation. Horrifyingly, as the cost of the follow-up is four times their combined monthly income, his Mum and Dad have zero chance of affording their son’s treatment.
In many developing countries, the problem of blindness is serious. The reason behind is lack of resources, what is even more important is that local doctors do not have sufficient medical skills. Our mission is to empower local communities with the skills and resources necessary to fight blindness on their own. Orbis volunteer doctor, Dr. Vincent Lee who's born in Hong Kong recently returned from the third Orbis’s mission in Shandong. The aim was to equip local doctors with new surgical techniques that would not only empower them but also their fellow doctors.
