News and Stories

TELEMEDICINE IS “THE FUTURE” SAYS ORBIS CYBERSIGHT FOUNDER DR. GENE HELVESTON

Millions of people around the world have found themselves relying on telecommunication tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams due to the global lockdown. Here at Orbis, we’ve been pioneering these very practices for 20 years thanks to largely to one man.

Dai, 9, from Vietnam had cataracts in both eyes

Dai's World Was a Blur - Until Now

January 28, 2020

Imagine you're nine years old. All you want is to spend your days playing outside with friends, riding your bike and exploring your neighborhood. But the world is a strange and dangerous place…because you were born with cataracts. When you can’t see clearly, even walking out your front door is scary.

India: Vaishnavi can smile again now that she can see

January 16, 2020

When Vaishnavi started to lose her sight to a cataract, her father feared she would struggle in school. But, all thanks to a new pediatric eye care project set up at our partner hospital in India's poorest state, our Volunteer Faculty were able to remove her cataract while giving local doctors the opportunity to learn new skills.

Peru: Saving The Sight Of Triplets At Risk Of Retinopathy of Prematurity

January 03, 2020

When Elisa first learned that her newborn triplets were at risk for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), she didn’t know what it meant. “I didn’t know anything about eye conditions,” she said. Her three older children hadn’t been screened for ROP and this was the first time she’d heard of it.

Ghana: Flying Eye Hospital Project Highlights

December 17, 2019

The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital team and our fantastic Volunteer Faculty have wrapped up their 18-day trip to Accra, Ghana.

Scroll down for all the latest from our final project of 2019, including photo slideshows and stories from patients and volunteers.

Holiday Appeal: Restore sight and hope to children like Megha

December 12, 2019

If you met Megha, you would immediately see that this bright fourth grader from Nepal wears her glasses with pride. The simple lenses do more than just correct her vision. Without them she would have been destined to a life of poverty and dependence. And it's thanks to our kind supporters that Megha can now see a bright future.

Orbis Launches New Fund to Invest in Tech & Innovation

December 12, 2019

With global blindness and visual impairment expected to triple by 2050, we’ve launched a new fund designed to help us invest in technology and innovation to reach more people - more efficiently - than ever before.

Flying Eye Hospital Lands in Ghana

November 21, 2019

The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital has touched down in Accra, Ghana for a three-week teaching and training project. It’s the third time the plane has been in Ghana where our teams will be working alongside our usual partners - the Ministry of Health, the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

A mother and her son wait to be seen by Orbis volunteer faculty on screening day during Myanmar Flying Eye Hospital project

Watch & Share: Solution In Sight

November 18, 2019

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.