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International Women’s Day Spotlight: Carrington Christmas

March 04, 2022

For International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting some of the incredible women who give their time and expertise to support Orbis Canada. Board member Carrington Christmas from Toronto, Ontario, is bringing her knowledge of Indigenous communities to the fight against avoidable blindness.

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International Women’s Day Spotlight: Alexandria Sham

March 04, 2022

For International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting some of the incredible women who give their time and expertise to support Orbis Canada. Like Board member Alexandria Sham from Calgary, Alberta, who is helping involve the Chinese-Canadian community in the fight against avoidable blindness.

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Ma Nu Nu needed a delicate surgery to save her sight

February 10, 2022

Ma Nu Nu needed a delicate and difficult surgery to repair her sight. Because the surgery was complex and risked leaving her blind, not many surgeons in her home country of Myanmar could help her – until she met Dr. Chang.

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Celebrating International Day for Women and Girls in Science

February 08, 2022

February 11 is International Day for Women and Girls in Science, an opportunity to highlight the important role women play in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM). To celebrate, we sat down with medical student and Orbis Future Vision Leaders member, Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen (pictured centre).

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EYE Believe! - Vaishnavi is smiling once again

November 11, 2021

For the month of December, we’re asking you to believe. Help us raise $50,000 this holiday season to change the lives of countless babies, children, and adolescents, each one with a unique, but all too familiar story to tell about the devastating impact of vision loss. Please enjoy Vaishnavi's story of sight.

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Ayat's story: sight-saving eye care in the Rohingya refugee camps

November 11, 2021

At just 11 years old, Ayat’s life had already been filled with more challenges and hardships than many people experience in a lifetime.

His father abandoned his family when he was very little, and to make life even more difficult, his vision started to get blurry when he was just four years old – and continued getting progressively worse.

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Herzig Eye Institute and Orbis Canada Team Up to Save Sight

October 13, 2021

In collaboration with Herzig Eye Institute, we’re excited to announce the launch of a new program to help support sight-saving vision care around the world.

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Canadian Medical Student Community Unites to Save Sight For Rohingya Refugees

October 05, 2021

This fall, the Orbis Future Vision Leaders will partner with the Canadian Ophthalmology Student Interest Group (COSIG) to help Orbis Canada provide sight-saving cataract surgeries for Rohingya refugees living in Cox’s Bazar district in Bangladesh.

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