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Flying Eye Hospital Project off to a flying start  

Our Flying Eye Hospital project in Vietnam is in full swing. After landing at Can Tho International Airport for our 12th Flying Eye Hospital project in Vietnam, and receiving a wonderful welcome, the plane was quickly transformed into hospital mode.
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Serwait in her class room in Arbaminch

Eye Care Everywhere: Back to School

August 23, 2022

As students everywhere go back to school, sadly, many children are forced to stay at home in Ethiopia. They are desperate to return to school - to learn and play with their friends - but they suffer from common yet preventable eye diseases.

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Meet Habtamu and his twins

August 08, 2022

Today, we’re introducing you to some of the extraordinary sets of doubles in our Orbis family.

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Depression and Eye Health

June 21, 2022

Orbis’s new study posits that the mental health of children with vision impairment may be adversely affected because they tend to participate in fewer physical activities, have lower academic achievement and are more socially isolated. Continue reading to learn more about this new study.

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Teshager’s Future Looked Bleak. Now He’s Starting School!

June 06, 2022

Teshager never got up in the morning like other children in his town. He didn’t play with other kids or go to school either. The pain in his eyes and not being able to see well was too much for the six-year-old boy to bear. For Teshager and his family, their future would be a challenge! That was until our teams in Ethiopia saved his vision.

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World NTD Day 2022: Celebrating 23 years fighting Trachoma

January 27, 2022

January 30 is World NTD Day - a day to highlight the action needed to control & eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases. It's also an opportunity to celebrate the progress made by the global community to help the 1.7B lives threatened by them. For 23 years we've been working in Ethiopia to tackle the spread of blinding trachoma.

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Meskenem's Story

May 18, 2021

Little Meskenem was just four years old, when she was presented by her older brother, Gabriel, for cataract screening at Karat District Hospital.

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Kelifa's Story

May 18, 2021

Kelifa is 42 years old and a health officer. He is currently working on Zithromax distribution, while also creating COVID precaution awareness and screening patients with Trichiasis.

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Gebre's Story

May 18, 2021

Gebre, from Gurage Zone, and was 55 years old when he lost his eyesight due to cataracts.

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