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This , we're celebrating children like Jemaimah. đź’™ When Jemaimah's mother noticed her daughter's eyes looked in differ...
10/06/2026

This , we're celebrating children like Jemaimah. đź’™

When Jemaimah's mother noticed her daughter's eyes looked in different directions as a baby, she began searching for answers. As Jemaimah grew older, her family worried about how the condition would affect her confidence as she started school. Thanks to specialized eye surgery, Jemaimah now has the chance to grow up with greater confidence and focus on being a kid.

Thanks to Orbis supporters and partners, we were able to help Jemaimah love her eyes.

Click the link to meet Jemaimah and learn how you can help bring sight-saving care to more children around the world ➡️ https://bit.ly/WSM-Jemaimah

10/05/2026

Love this video put together by our Macau team celebrating the recent Flying Eye Hospital visit and our partnership with Alcon.

"Yesterday, I had the opportunity to perform surgery on two pediatric cataract cases: one case of lens subluxation under...
10/02/2026

"Yesterday, I had the opportunity to perform surgery on two pediatric cataract cases: one case of lens subluxation under evaluation for Marfan syndrome, and one case of congenital cataract."

Dr. ThaĂ´ of Da Nang Eye Hospital said this on the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital project the day after she operated on two children. One child's lens had slipped out of place. The other was born with a cataract.

Surgery on a child's eye isn't a smaller version of adult surgery. The eye is softer and heals differently, and a child's vision is still developing, so timing and technique matter. During the pediatric cataract training week, Dr. ThaĂ´ learned a technique she had never performed before. She then used it on both cases, with an expert at her side.

That expert was Dr. Bibiana Jin Reiser, MD of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, who was volunteering with Orbis for the first time. It was a week of firsts for both of them: a surgeon doing a new technique and a mentor teaching it on the Flying Eye Hospital.

"Dr. Reiser was very supportive and encouraging, which helped me successfully complete both surgeries yesterday."

Encouragement from a mentor gives a surgeon the confidence to do it alone next time. The plane has left Da Nang, but the skill and the confidence stay with Dr. ThaĂ´. So will the children of Central Vietnam who will see because of them.

A big thanks to all our supporters, partners, volunteers, and local teams who make these projects so valuable.

October is and we’re raising awareness by joining VISION 2020/IAPB's Love Your Eyes campaign. We’re sharing stories o...
10/01/2026

October is and we’re raising awareness by joining VISION 2020/IAPB's Love Your Eyes campaign.

We’re sharing stories of children whose lives were changed with access to quality eye care. From a pair of glasses that helps a student see the board clearly to surgery that gives a child greater confidence, these stories show what's possible when eye care is within reach.

Follow along throughout the month to meet the children and families behind these inspiring stories and click below to learn how you can deliver better eye care around the world.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/WSM-2026

Thank you to the global supporters of the Flying Eye Hospital! Our one-of-a-kind aircraft can only go where it’s needed ...
10/01/2026

Thank you to the global supporters of the Flying Eye Hospital!

Our one-of-a-kind aircraft can only go where it’s needed because of the incredible aviation community that helps keep it in the air. Most recently, that support helped the Flying Eye Hospital make its way to Macau, where eye-care professionals from across the region came together for specialized training and education.

To our aviation supporters — FedEx, GE, Woodward, Inc. Hexcel Corporation, Fly AirAsia and Acron Aviation — thank you for helping keep the Flying Eye Hospital flying and enabling us to bring eye care and education wherever they’re needed most.

Photo credit: (N330AU takes off from Macau)

We’d like to say a huge thank you to all our partners, supporters, and volunteers for completing an amazing Flying Eye H...
09/30/2026

We’d like to say a huge thank you to all our partners, supporters, and volunteers for completing an amazing Flying Eye Hospital training project in Macau.

Marking 20 years of partnership with the Macau community, the project brought together ophthalmologists and nurses from across China and Macau for hands-on simulation training.

The project delivered 250 training sessions to local eye teams, improving access to care for around 250,000 people. While our Flying Eye Hospital welcomed nearly 1,000 supporters, partners, and guests on board to raise essential awareness of avoidable blindness and vision loss.

Thank you to our volunteer faculty, partners, donors, supporters, and teams across the region who made this milestone project possible. đź’™

Orbis International is excited to announce that FedEx Volunteer Pilots, Cheryl and Pete Pitzer, will be speaking at the ...
09/29/2026

Orbis International is excited to announce that FedEx Volunteer Pilots, Cheryl and Pete Pitzer, will be speaking at the 2026 Gala; Where Vision Takes Flight. In 2019, they became the first ever husband and wife team in the 40-year+ history of Orbis to pilot the Flying Eye Hospital on the trip to Ghana.

Heartfelt thanks to Cheryl and Pete for the many ways they support Orbis’s mission to prevent blindness and restore sight globally, enabling families to learn, work, and thrive.

This weekend, Orbis Ghana hosted Beyond Clinical Excellence: Collaborative Leadership and Mental Wellness for Women Lead...
09/28/2026

This weekend, Orbis Ghana hosted Beyond Clinical Excellence: Collaborative Leadership and Mental Wellness for Women Leaders in Eye Health - WLEH, bringing together more than 80 eye care professionals and students in Accra to strengthen leadership skills, build professional networks, and advance gender equality across the eye health workforce.

The workshop featured a welcome from Adolf Ollennu, Country Director of Orbis Ghana, and opening remarks from Dr. Robert Amesiya, Regional Director of Ghana Health Service. Through keynote presentations, panel discussions, and interactive sessions, participants explored leadership, communication, conflict management, team collaboration, and mental wellbeing.

A highlight of the event was the opportunity for cross-country learning with colleagues from Orbis Zambia. Participants, including ophthalmologists, ophthalmic nurses, optometrists, opticians, and students, also showed their commitment to ending gender-based violence by wearing orange and purple ahead of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign.

Through investing in women leaders, Orbis is helping strengthen a more inclusive and effective eye health workforce.

A big thanks to our partners, supporters, and those involved for making this event happen.

UNGA week is an important opportunity to connect eye health with the broader global health and development agenda and to...
09/25/2026

UNGA week is an important opportunity to connect eye health with the broader global health and development agenda and to strengthen the partnerships needed to turn ambition into action.

Throughout the week, Orbis engaged with governments, multilaterals, civil society and global health partners, including meetings with the Minister of Health and Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda Michael Joseph, representatives from OAFLAD, the Government of Vietnam and PACCOM, and the World Economic Forum. We also celebrated our partnership with PMNCH at the annual Accountability Breakfast.

We were equally pleased to connect with partners and peers including CBM, Cure Blindness Project, Sightsavers, Seva Foundation, VISION 2020/IAPB, World Health Organization (WHO), and Amref Health Africa, among others exploring opportunities for greater alignment and collective action.

We also continued important discussions around the Vision Catalyst Fund and Livelihood Impact Fund, and the role that innovative financing and new models of partnership can play in accelerating progress on eye health.

At Orbis, our focus is on helping build sustainable, locally led eye health systems, investing in health workers and institutions, leveraging technology and AI responsibly, strengthening evidence, and working alongside governments and partners to integrate eye care into national health systems.

provides an important platform for these conversations. The work now is to translate them into stronger partnerships, greater alignment, and collective action.

Thank you to the many partners, colleagues, and friends who spent time with us this week. Together, we can ensure that vision is recognized not as a standalone issue, but as an essential part of health, education, economic opportunity, and sustainable development.

Our team was excited to meet with Minister of Health Hon. Michael Joseph and the Ambassador for Antigua and Barbuda H.E....
09/24/2026

Our team was excited to meet with Minister of Health Hon. Michael Joseph and the Ambassador for Antigua and Barbuda H.E. Dr Walton Webson, in New York this week around .

We discussed how Orbis can support the Minister's vision for long-term, sustainable eye health for Antigua and Barbuda.

We see a strong partnership forming with these champions of eye care as we head toward the first ever Global Summit for Eye Health, hosted by Antigua in November.

More news to follow...

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