Your Favourite Plane Pulling Event Goes Virtual in 2020

20/20 Virtual Plane Pull for Sight

BIG NEWS: Plane Pull for Sight is going VIRTUAL in 2020! That’s right, your favourite plane pulling event is going entirely virtual this year – and we couldn’t be more excited to invite you and your team along for the incredible ride!
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Changing the way the world sees

OUR MISSION & VISION

We are an international non-profit that brings people together to fight avoidable blindness. With our network of partners we mentor, train and inspire local eye care teams to fight blindness in their own communities.
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Dr. Murat saved the vision of baby Marla after performing cataracts surgery when she was 42 days old in Mongolia

Saving Little Marla from a Life of Blindness

September 16, 2020

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

Orbis Doctors go from Students to Teachers

August 25, 2020

For many doctors, their journey with Orbis continues throughout their career. And Dr. Andrea Molinari and Dr. Suma Ganesh are no different. After years of learning from their own Orbis mentors, they are both passing on their skills to the younger generation.

MEET THE MAN BEHIND THE ORBIS FLYING EYE HOSPITAL

August 27, 2020

We'd like to introduce you to Bruce Johnson, a retired US Air Force flight engineer turned FedEx flight instructor who now oversees an ‘engineering masterpiece’, the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital.

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Watch & Share: Solution In Sight

Watch our new documentary film following some of our staff and crew on our recent project in Myanmar. This short film gives a behind-the-scenes account of what it's like to work on the front lines of the fight against avoidable blindness.
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WHAT WE DO

SUSTAINABLE APPROACH

Training is at the very heart of everything we do. With your support and the help of our world-leading Volunteer Faculty, we provide training to all types of healthcare workers - from doctors and nurses in regional hospitals to district leaders and teachers in remote areas. Oh and we have a Flying Eye Hospital too!
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Our Canadian Volunteer Faculty

Celebrating Our Homegrown Heroes

Our world renowned Volunteer Faculty (VFs) are the heartbeat of our training programs around the world. For more than 30 years, the foundation of our work has been to teach, train and mentor eye health professionals to prevent and treat avoidable blindness in their own communities.
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Flying Eye Hospital

The World's Only Flying Eye Hospital

The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital is our state-of-the-art surgical training hospital on board an MD-10 aircraft. Staffed by an expert medical team and our world-leading Volunteer Faculty, this amazing plane travels the world training local eye care teams.
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The Impact of Your Support in 2019

More than 66,000

Trainings for eye care professionals delivered

74 projects

In 28 countries

More than 183,000

Eye glasses prescribed