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The other kids would make fun of Netsanet all the time...

November 23, 2022

When Netsanet was just a few months old, her mother noticed that her eyes were misaligned. At school, she had trouble playing with other children and was teased. But recently, she received sight-saving surgery to correct her strabismus. Thanks to friends like you, she now has a future of healthy sight ahead!

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Two female ophthalmologists practice surgical skills using a manikin during a Flying Eye Hospital training project in Doha, Qatar

Partners unite to launch ground-breaking training program on the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital

October 30, 2022

Partners include Orbis, Qatar Fund for Development, Qatar Charity, OMEGA, Qatar Airways Group, Hamad International Airport and Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health.

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Orbis at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

October 13, 2022

A new exhibit opened October 14, 2022, focusing the world's attention on the importance of eye care.

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Orbis and UC Davis Health team up to train eye care teams from Latin America

October 06, 2022

The in-person training project will overlap with World Sight Day on October 13, celebrated each year to focus the world’s attention on the importance of eye care.

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Marla's mother and grandmother were also born with congenital cataracts

Saving Little Marla From A Life of Blindness

October 05, 2022

Little Marla was born with congenital cataracts. If she hadn't received surgery at an Orbis-supported hospital in Mongolia, she would have been at risk of permanent vision loss. Now, she is just one member of the generations of children who can now grow up to lead independent lives with healthy sight.​

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Little Rose from Mongolia smiles during a post-surgery eye exam

World Sight Day: Saving Rose’s vision

October 04, 2022

As we celebrate World Sight Day—a global event highlighting the importance of eye care—meet an adorable little girl from Mongolia. Her vision was restored thanks to our wonderful supporters and partners, who are helping us create a long-lasting legacy of quality eye care by making our training projects possible.

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Return to in-person training is off to a flying start

September 27, 2022

The recent in-person Flying Eye Hospital project in Fort Worth, Texas, marked our first return to in-person training on the Flying Eye Hospital since the start of the pandemic. We're so proud of what everyone accomplished!

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A child with strabismus is examined by an Orbis Volunteer Faculty surgeon in Ethiopia

Getting urgently needed vision care to kids like Erekik

September 26, 2022

Around the globe, children have been waiting for sight-saving care—but the pandemic has blocked eye teams from acquiring the skills they need to treat them. Now, our COVID Vision Recovery Fund is speeding efforts to train eye teams and get vision care to people worldwide.

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