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ORBIS UK —
Saving Sight, Rebuilding Lives

37 million people in the world are blind, but 28 million don’t need to be. A cure is often simple and inexpensive, but in poor countries, help is often out of reach. ORBIS UK is a London-based affiliate of ORBIS International. ORBIS UK is committed to bringing sight-saving care to the developing world.

WHAT'S NEW

		ORBIS-Supported Cataract Research Results Are In New ORBIS-supported research demonstrates the importance of cataract surgery in developing countries. Read more...

WHAT'S NEW

		Ethiopia Soundslide Online Come to southern Ethiopia with photojournalist Raul Vasquez to see how ORBIS is protecting people there from a blinding disease called trachoma. Read more...

EVENT PROFILE

		Lord Mayor's Appeal ORBIS has been chosen as a beneficiary charity of the Lord Mayor of London’s Appeal 2008. Read more...

WHAT'S NEW

		ORBIS Launches New Bangladeshi Project ORBIS UK needs your help to fund a new eye care center in Bangladesh -- a poor country on the Indian subcontinent devastated by a cyclone last November. Read more...