News and Stories

The future looks bright for Ashenafi

Thanks to your support and the help of the Orbis community outreach programmes, Ashenafi can now see clearly – but this wasn’t always the case.

Meet Gamere – after 10 years finally pain free

Gamere is a 54-year-old woman from Ethiopia whose eyes were watery and painful. As the pain increased, it became harder to care for her five children. To the point that Gamere was not able to leave the house alone anymore and was dependent on her childrens assistance.

Dinknesh: The eye health hero fighting trachoma in Ethiopia

To mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day we want to shine a light on the work of the incredible eye health workers like Dinknesh, who often travel treacherous journeys across the country to complete a crucial task in the fight to eliminate trachoma in Ethiopia.

Every blink was a step closer to blindness

Six months ago, Tadelech started to have problems with her eyes. First, it began with watery eyes, but this gradually worsened, and before long, the light irritated her, and the pain was excruciating and unbearable.

Our return to Ethiopia

In November 2022, the Orbis Ireland team returned to Ethiopia. And it was incredible to be back to join the Great Ethiopian Run and witness the development of the Orbis project.

Diane Weatherup tells Orbis Ireland about her experience in Ethiopia.

Hospital Based Training in Ethiopia

We would like to introduce you to two of our Board Members – Donal Brosnahan and Tony McAleer. Additional to their role as board members, they are members of the Orbis Volunteer Faculty. In November they spent a week with Orbis Ethiopia’s Country Director - Alemayehu Sisay - at Menelik Hospital in Addis Ababa teaching and training local eye teams.

The other kids would make fun of Netsanet all the time...

National Flight Centre and Orbis

We are delighted to welcome National Flight Centre, one of Europe’s longest-established Pilot Academies, to Orbis as a Corporate Partner.