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Around the world, there are still more than 1 billion people living with preventable or treatable vision loss. Your gift will go right to work on important sight-saving work around the globe and give millions a chance to reach their full potential.
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Changing the Way the World Sees®
Our Solution
Orbis builds strong and sustainable eye care systems globally that put treatment and prevention within reach for all.
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Your Impact In 2023
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32,000+ trainings
completed by eye care professionals and community health workers
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66 projects
in 11 countries around the world
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2.7 million+
eye screenings and examinations
2023 Annual Report
The vision to thrive
In these pages, you'll read about our progress in establishing strong and sustainable eye care systems around the world, and you’ll meet practitioners providing essential care and patients whose lives have been transformed.
Eye News
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Timeline: Celebrating 40 Years of Innovation
Thanks to generous people like you, Orbis has been fighting avoidable blindness around the world for 40 years. As our network of local partners, world-class volunteers and supporters has grown, so has our impact. Scroll or click through the timeline to find out more about the amazing legacy that you helped build.
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Eye in the Sky
Flying Eye Hospital
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.
Volunteer Faculty
Heroes of Orbis
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 40 years the keystone of our work has been to teach and train local eye teams to provide quality eye care—we couldn't do it without their hard work and dedication.
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!
