Help to save the eyesight of children like Hizkiel

Get Involved In 2025

Events & Initiatives 2025

We’re excited to share what we have in store for 2025! This year, we’ve got a fantastic range of events and initiatives that offer something for everyone. The best part? You’ll be directly supporting Orbis Ireland’s eye care projects in rural Ethiopia, helping make sight-saving treatments more accessible and preventing avoidable blindness.

Changing the Way the World Sees®

About Orbis

We believe in a world where everyone can access the eye care they need to thrive.

The Problem

A staggering 90% of all vision loss is treatable or preventable.

Your Support Transforms Lives

Our Solution

Orbis builds strong and sustainable eye care systems globally that put treatment and prevention within reach for all.

Orbis Ireland Focus on Ethiopia

We work to tackle the leading causes of avoidable blindness—trachoma, cataract, and refractive error—in the SNNP region of Ethiopia, home to over 3.4 million people.

End Trachoma

Together we can make trachoma history

We have the chance to eliminate the blinding eye disease trachoma forever. In Ireland, trachoma was eliminated in the 1950s - will you join us and make trachoma history?

Fundraise for Orbis

There are loads of fun ways you can help fight blindness in Ethiopia, here are just a few examples. Please get in touch with any more suggestions and we will be more than happy to help.

News and Stories

Meet Amseselech: Science Teacher and School Eye Club Leader

July 12, 2024

Meet Amseselech, a dedicated science tea...

Fuad's story of helping children see

May 28, 2024

Fuad, an optometrist in rural Ethiopia, ...

Meet Gamere – after 10 years finally pain free

January 26, 2023

Gamere is a 54-year-old woman from Ethio...

100 million antibiotics milestone reached in trachoma fight

May 12, 2023

We and our partners mark historic 100 mi...