Changing the Way the World Sees

The Solution In Sight

Watch our new documentary film following some of our staff and volunteers on our recent project in Myanmar. This short film gives a behind-the-scenes account of what it's like to work on the front lines of the fight against avoidable blindness.
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Crisis In Sight

Blindness is set to triple by 2050

There’s a Crisis in Sight. Blindness & visual impairment are set to triple globally by 2050, unless we act now to help those most in need. Learn how you can help.
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SAM CHUI STEPS ON BOARD THE FLYING EYE HOSPITAL

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We were honored to welcome the world's most followed aviation blogger, Sam Chui, on board the Flying Eye Hospital. Watch the video now.
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Eye News

Orbis End of Year Appeal: Megha was diagnosed with amblyopia lazy eye

Orbis Appeal: Help Restore Sight & Hope For Girls Like Megha

December 10, 2019

If you met Megha, you would immediately see that this bright fourth grader from Nepal wears her glasses with pride. The simple lenses do more than just correct her vision. Without them she would have been destined to a life of poverty, dependence and despair. But it's thanks to kind people like you that Megha now can see a bright future.

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.

Powering The Fight Against The Crisis In Sight

October 31, 2019

The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital is unlike any plane you’ve seen before. 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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Your impact in 2018

More than 63,000

Trainings for eye care professionals delivered

More than 3 million

Eye screenings & examinations for children

More than 78,000

Eye surgeries performed

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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Volunteer Faculty

Volunteer Faculty

Our world renowned Volunteer Faculty are the heartbeat of our training programs, both on the Flying Eye Hospital and in partner hospitals around the world. For more than 30 years the keystone of our work has been to teach and train eye teams to fight blindness on their own - we couldn't do it without their hard work and dedication.
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Eye doctor in surgery.

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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