You can Create A Brighter World For Children Like Ly

One little girl helped by our supporters is four-year-old Ly, the daughter of rice farmers in Vietnam. She was born with strabismus — a condition in which both eyes do not look in the same direction, and which can lead to blindness if left untreated.

It was devastating for Ly’s mother, Thuy, to watch her child struggle: “Sometimes I would see other children tease her and make jokes about her eye problem.”

But Ly’s parents — who worked day and night just to feed and clothe their children — couldn’t afford medical care for their daughter. Can you imagine Thuy’s joy when she learned that Ly would receive free surgery from Dr. Wagner, an Orbis Volunteer Faculty member. All thanks to the generosity and kindness of our supporters. Before her vision-restoring surgery, Ly had never seen her mother’s face clearly.

She could finally imagine a bright future for her little girl!

We believe all mothers should have the same assurance. But in our world, one in seven people suffer from avoidable blindness or visual impairment. And for so many, hope and healthy sight are still out of reach.

When Ly received successful surgery on board our Flying Eye Hospital — before in-person programs were temporarily delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic — she was just one of hundreds of children and adults who received free treatment for blindness and vision loss. And these procedures gave hands-on training to more than 100 doctors, anesthetists, nurses and technicians.

With each eye health professional we train and every surgery we perform, your generosity ensures that families and communities have brighter, more secure futures. And the need for more trained doctors and other professionals is great.

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Behind each of these numbers are children like Ly waiting to see. Your generosity will reach a family like Ly’s. As her mother says, “Now that she’s had surgery, I just hope that my child can have a better life.”

With your help, we can improve the lives of more children, help communities break the cycle of poverty and create a legacy of healthy sight — in Vietnam and in every country where Orbis works.

With restored vision, children can attend school, parents can support their families and the positive economic impact multiplies four times.

Despite the pandemic, we are moving forward with in-person programs wherever we safely can, and supporting our partner hospitals around the world that are continuing to deliver urgent eye care.

Our award-winning and innovative telemedicine platform, Cybersight, uses the internet to connect our expert volunteer doctors with health professionals worldwide — allowing them to train doctors remotely and assess difficult cases from great distances. Now, the coronavirus crisis has made the need for all of Orbis’s pioneering work more critical than ever before.

By supporting our work today, your generosity will help us reach another precious child like Ly before it’s too late to save their sight

If you make a gift today, it will do more than transform one patient’s life — it will make a lasting difference for their entire community and country.

On behalf of the Orbis family, we wish you a happy and healthy holiday season. Thank you for your continued support!