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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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Your impact in 2018

More than 63K

Trainings for eye care professionals delivered

More than 3m

Eye screenings & examinations for children

More than 78k

Eye surgeries performed

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Flying Eye Hospital news

Orbis Airports Quiz: Crack The Code

August 21, 2019

How well do you know your EYE from your POO? Take our fun airport code quiz to find out, and make sure you sign up for all the latest news from our Flying Hospital as it travels the world fighting blindness.

Flying Eye Hospital Lands in Vietnam

August 21, 2019

Our world-class Flying Eye Hospital has arrived in Hue, Vietnam, for a three-week teaching and training project working alongside the Ministry of Health and the Hue Eye Hospital.

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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Eye news

Orbis Volunteer Faculty and cataract removal specialist Dr.Laura Wayman

Dr. Wayman: Using Technology To Improve Eye Care In Peru

August 13, 2019
Vietnamese school boy Tam can see again after Orbis supporters kindly funded his bilateral cataracts surgery

Vietnam: Young Tam saved from a life of blindness

July 30, 2019
Flying Eye Hospital pilot and FedEx volunteer Captain Gary Dyson

The View From The Cockpit: 10 Questions With Captain Gary Dyson

July 18, 2019
Volunteer Faculty Dr. Dan Neely gives a monthly donation to keep fighting blindness

Why I'm a Partner in Sight

July 30, 2019

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News & stories

How We're Run

Find out all you need to know

Read our newly released 2018 annual report and find out all you need to know about our impact, financials and safeguarding policies.
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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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