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CHANGING THE WAY THE WORLD SEES

We believe in a world where everyone can access the eye care they need to thrive.

About us
HOW WE'RE RUN

We really value your contributions, but above all, we value your trust. Here's what we're doing to make sure we earn it.

  1. Financials
  2. Orbis UK board members
  3. Transparency and accountability
  4. Our supporter promise
  5. Privacy policy
  6. Vulnerable supporters policy
  7. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
  1. Vision initiatives
  2. Expert Volunteers
  3. Where we work
  4. Eye conditions
What we do

Orbis builds strong and sustainable eye care systems globally that put treatment and prevention within reach for all.

What we do
  1. The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital
  2. Qatar Creating Vision
  3. Cybersight
  4. Community outreach
  5. Technology and innovation in eye care
  6. Partnerships and collaborations
  7. Country Programmes
  8. Women and Girls
EXPERT VOLUNTEERS

Training is at the very heart of everything we do. With the help of our world-leading expert medical 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.

  1. Expert volunteers
  2. Medical volunteering opportunities
  3. Volunteer faculty eligibility
  1. Cataracts: Causes, symptoms and treatments
  2. Refractive Error
  3. Trachoma and trichiasis: causes, symptoms, treatment
  4. Glaucoma: Causes, symptoms and treatment
  5. Diabetic Retinopathy: Causes, symptoms and treatment
  6. Retinopathy of Prematurity: Causes, symptoms and treatment
  1. Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh, Global Ambassador for the IAPB
  2. Funders
  3. Supporters
  4. Champions of Orbis
COLLABORATION HUB

At Orbis, we're incredibly lucky to work with some amazing individuals, companies, government departments and embassies across the Middle East and beyond. Here you can learn more about their support and discover how you too could help us tackle avoidable blindness worldwide.

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Cataracts: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments Refractive Error Trachoma and trichiasis: causes, symptoms, treatment Glaucoma: Causes, symptoms, treatment Diabetic Retinopathy: Causes, symptoms, treatment Retinopathy of Prematurity: Causes, symptoms, treatment
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At Orbis, we're incredibly lucky to work with some amazing individuals, companies, government departments and embassies across the Middle East and beyond. Here you can learn more about their support and discover how you too could help us tackle avoidable blindness worldwide.

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Heroes of Sight

Community Eye Health Champions Transforming Lives in Zambia

In the rural areas of Zambia’s Copperbelt Province, a dedicated team of Community Eye Health Champions is making a life-changing impact, ensuring children receive the vital eye care they need.

Orbis Volunteers

A memory Orbis volunteer Michelle can't forget on International Women's Day

Blindness is not just a health issue; it’s a gender issue. Around the world, 112 million more women than men are living with vision loss, including blindness. The barriers women and girls face in accessing eye care are complex – rooted in poverty, education, and cultural norms that restrict their ability to travel, seek treatment, or independence.

A Vision of Hope

Delebrating Qatar Creating Vision

As the year comes to an end, we're celebrating the Qatar Fund for Development's generosity - the State of Qatar’s international development provider - who, through the Qatar Creating Vision initiative, are supporting us to bring a clearer, brighter future to children in Zambia.

Flying Eye Hospital

New assignment - Bangladesh!

Did you know that 27 million people in Bangladesh face a daily struggle with untreated vision loss? That's HALF the population of the UK. Can you imagine if nearly 50% of the population was living with avoidable blindness?
The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital landing in Chattogram (formerly Chittagong) Bangladesh in 2017

2023: Our Year in Review

Annual Reports & Accounts 2023

We're delighted to present our 2023 Annual Report. Thanks to our committed partners, supporters and volunteers, we are a step closer to our vision of a world where no-one is needlessly blind.

A Shared Vision

Help build a world where everyone can access eye care

The Orbis community is bought together by a shared vision. A vision for a world where everyone can access the eye care they need to thrive.

HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh Visits Our Work in Ethiopia

Qatar Creating Vision - Funded by the Qatar Fund for Development

A Vision of Hope: Mum’s Journey to Transform Lives

November 20, 2024

In the heart of Zambia’s Masaiti Distric...

World Sight Day: Godfrey’s dream to play becomes reality

October 03, 2024

World Sight Day is a time to come togeth...

World Bicycle Day - 250 bicycles bringing sight saving care to rural Zambia!

June 03, 2024

A Qatar Fund for Development supported p...

415,000+ Antibiotics Distributed Through QFFD Funded Programme

December 05, 2023

Thanks to support from Qatar Fund for De...

Our Partnership With Qatar Charity

Almost 150,000 Rohingya Refugees and Local Community in SE Bangladesh Access Vital Eye Care

May 20, 2024

Our Qatar Charity supported project, has...

Cox’s Bazar project defies odds and continues to grow despite fires, violence and cyclones

March 21, 2024

A Qatar Charity funded project in South-...

"A career as a Community Health Worker allows me to offer assistance to those who are less fortunate"

November 13, 2023

In 2017, thousands fled to Cox’s Bazar f...

“I feel fortunate to treat the Rohingya community”

June 15, 2023

The refugee crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangl...

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...
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.
A group of patients from Bangladesh in the waiting room of a health center wearing eye patches after surgery

Updates

3 boys posing for photo

It’s Time to Take Action on World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

January 28, 2025

Did you know that Ethiopia is home to mo...

Transforming Vision: Our Impact in Bangladesh

June 27, 2024

A Miracle at 42 days Old: Marla Sees Her Mother for The First Time

December 27, 2024

From the moment she was born, Marla’s fa...

Boy with glasses smiling

How a broken pair of glasses put Khang’s future at risk

February 07, 2025

At just three years old, Khang was strug...

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.
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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