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10 QUESTIONS WITH CHIEF PILOT GARY DYSON
The View From The Cockpit: 10 Questions With Captain Gary Dyson
Orbis’s Chief Pilot, Gary Dyson, quite literally leads our fight against avoidable blindness – landing our plane safely in communities around the world. We took a moment with Gary to reflect on his lifetime dedicated to giving back and changing lives.
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Flying Eye Hospital pilot and FedEx volunteer Captain Gary Dyson
Women & Girls
Fighting gender inequity in blindness
Blindness is a gender issue that no one is talking about. There are 139 million women & girls living with blindness - that's 25 million more women than men. In this article we explore the reasons behind this injustice and profile some of the women who are doing something about it.
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FLYING EYE HOSPITAL NEWS
WHERE WE'RE GOING IN 2019
Thanks to your support and our amazing volunteers, the Flying Eye Hospital has a busy year ahead. Find out where it's going on our new interactive timeline.
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Fighting avoidable blindness
Access to eye care for everyone
Our goal at Orbis is to help build the skills and resources of communities around the world to provide quality eye care for many generations to come. With our network of partners we mentor, train and inspire local teams to fight blindness in their own communities.
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Flying Eye Hospital
Take a virtual tour of the Flying Eye Hospital today
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 an example of the marriage between medicine and aviation since 1982.
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The gift of sight
Every minute that a child waits for treatment means they are more likely to be blind for life.
For an adult, a twenty minute operation can restore sight and transform their life.
Your generosity will help us save the sight of blind and visually impaired people in southern Ethiopia.
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For an adult, a twenty minute operation can restore sight and transform their life.
Your generosity will help us save the sight of blind and visually impaired people in southern Ethiopia.
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your impact in 2017
62,381
Eye care specialists trained
5,044,198
Eye screenings conducted
96,398
Surgeries performed
Expert Volunteers
Expert Volunteers
Our world renowned expert volunteers are the heartbeat of our training programmes. For more than 30 years, our goal has been to share the skills and knowledge they have built to help prevent avoidable blindness around the world.
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