A mini series of eye care work in Vietnam

Upcoming Event

Join us at the 2019 Mass Blindfold Lunch

When: Saturday 16th November, 2019

Where: *SCAPE, The Ground Theatre

By making a $25 Pay-it-Forward donation, you will sponsor the next person signing up for the same experience at the Vision 2020 Orbis Mass Blindfold Lunch event.

FLYING EYE HOSPITAL NEWS

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 Prepares For Vietnam

August 08, 2019

Our Flying Eye Hospital staff and crew are gearing up for the next project in Hue, Vietnam, marking its 10th trip to this beautiful country. The three-week project - due to begin later this month - will be focusing on diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity and childhood blindness.

WHERE WE'RE GOING IN 2019

After a busy beginning to the year with awareness raising tours and aircraft maintenance, our Flying Eye Hospital team are preparing for more sight saving trips where they'll be taking some of the best eye teams in the business to share their skills in the communities that need it most.

About Orbis

About

We are an international NGO that brings 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. We believe that no one should live a life of unnecessary blindness, simply because of where they were born.

See Her Potential

June 03, 2019

Blindness is a gender issue – one that leaves millions of women and girls without the same access to quality eye care that men receive. Thanks to our amazing local partners and committed supporters, we're working to close the gender blindness gap and help women and girls reach their full potential.

Blindness is a gender issue with 90 million women not having access to quality eye care

Five Reasons Blindness is a Gender Issue

June 03, 2019

Gender is something that’s discussed a lot these days, but no one is talking about the gender gap in blindness – 90 million women don’t have access to life-changing eye care. So why does this injustice exist? Here are five reasons...

Fighting avoidable blindness

Access to eye care for everyone

Our goal at Orbis is to help build the skills and resources communities around the world need to provide quality eye care for many generations to come.

2018's highlights

2018: A year to remember

2018 was a year of many firsts - we conducted our first simulation training on board the Flying Eye Hospital, premiered educational films and books, had our first live consultation on Cybersight and held our inaugural mass Blindfold Luncheon in Singapore. Thank you for making all these happen.