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Flying Eye Hospital lands in Barbados
Improving eye care in the Caribbean
The Flying Eye Hospital has landed in Barbados for its two-week regional conference with the Ophthalmological Society of the West Indies. This is the first time the plane has ever touched down in Barbados.
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About Orbis
Our vision & mission
We are an international non-profit bringing people together to fight avoidable blindness. With our network of partners we mentor, train and inspire local teams to fight blindness in their own communities.
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Changing the way the world sees
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Flying Eye Hospital
Unlike any plane you've seen before
The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital is a state-of-the-art teaching facility complete with operating room, classroom and recovery room - this amazing aircraft has been an example of the marriage between medicine and aviation since 1982.
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What we do
Sustainable approach
Training is at the very heart of everything we do. With your support and the help of our world-leading Volunteer Faculty, we provide training to all types of healthcare workers - from doctors and nurses in regional hospitals to district leaders and teachers in remote areas. Oh and we have a Flying Eye Hospital too!
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Your impact in 2016
40,321
Eye care specialists trained
812,907
adult screenings
82,587
Surgeries performed
Volunteer Faculty
Volunteer Faculty
Our world renowned Volunteer Faculty are the heartbeat of our training programs around the world. For more than 30 years, the keystone of Orbis work has been to teach and train eye health professionals to prevent and treat avoidable blindness.
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