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2022: Our Year in Review

2022: What have we acheived together?

The Orbis in the Middle East team is a part of Orbis UK. With the release of the Orbis UK 2022 Annual Report and Accounts we review a year of fighting avoidable blindness across the world. All of our sight-saving work made possible thanks to the incredible support of our donors and partners.
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Qatar Creating Vision - Funded by the Qatar Fund for Development

New QCV Eye Health Programme Launches in Zambia

July 04, 2023

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إطلاق برنامج جديد في زامبيا لرعاية العيون ضمن إطار مبادرة "قطر تصنع الرؤية"

July 04, 2023

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Gender Gap in Eye Health being closed through QFFD and Orbis project in Ethiopia

June 06, 2023

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Celebrating a year of QFFD support in Ethiopia

March 30, 2023

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Our partnership with Qatar charity

“I feel fortunate to treat the Rohingya community”

June 15, 2023

The refugee crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh began six years ago. Over 1 million stateless Rohingya now live in the world’s largest refugee camp. Thanks to the support of Qatar Charity we are able to work with our local partners to help thousands of people who have had little or no access to eye care.

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Thousands of Rohingya Refugees Access Vital Eye Care Thanks to Qatar Charity

May 25, 2023

Qatar Charity and Orbis are working together to provide much needed vision services to the Rohingya refugees and local host population in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. In one year, over 75,000 eye tests have been delivered, with over 18,000 surgeries undertaken, glasses prescribed, and medicines provided.

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Changing the Way the World Sees

Avoidable blindness

Imagine losing your sight in one of the poorest regions in the world. Where would you turn for help? With few quality eye doctors, hospitals or clinics, your chances of getting the right kind of care are small. As your sight gets worse, your chances of getting an education or earning a steady income evaporate and you risk becoming blind for life...
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Zambian patient Gladys has a cataract caused by trauma to the eye

Zambian patient Gladys, who has cataracts

The Scale of Vision Loss Across the World

Global Blindness was slowing prior to Pandemic study reveals

New data shows 33 million people are living with avoidable blindness and 260 million with avoidable moderate-to-severe visual impairment – simply because they can't access the right kind of care.
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Fighting blindness caused by diabetes in Bangladesh

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Cybersight team.

Press Release: Orbis announces new partnership with Heidelberg Engineering

September 07, 2023

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Heroes of Orbis: Dr. Hee Joon Kim

August 22, 2023

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Protecting the vision of newborns in Peru

August 22, 2023

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Twins, Optometrists and football players: #VisionaryWomen breaking gender barriers

July 20, 2023

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Passing on Skills and Knowledge

What we do

Training is at the very heart of everything we do. With your support and the help of our world-leading expert volunteers, we provide training to all types of healthcare workers – from doctors and nurses in regional hospitals to district leaders and teachers in remote areas.
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Angelina Chaipa nursing on the Flying Eye Hospital

Angelina Chaipa nursing on the Flying Eye Hospital

The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital

Discover the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital

The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital is unlike any plane you’ve seen before. A state-of-the-art teaching facility complete with operating room, classroom and recovery room - this amazing aircraft has been a beacon of hope since 1982.
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