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Success Stories

Thanks to your support, ORBIS has touched many lives. Here you can meet some of the people who have being trained and treated.

Lazarus will return to school thanks to ORBIS
Eleven year old Lazarus Mwenya required a complex operation to restore his sight. Paediatric eye care resources are very scarce in Zambia but the recently opened ORBIS Paediatric Eye Care Centre provided the care he required. Read more...
Francis can see a brighter future thanks to ORBIS
Francis Moncada was born with Down’s Syndrome and congenital cataract. Learn how ORBIS gave him a brighter opportunity for his future. Read more...
Tuul's squint didn't stop her from smiling
6 year old Tuul from Ulaan-Bataar, Mongolia, was one of hundreds of people who came to the State Central Clinical Hospital with the hope of getting her sight and life back. Read more...
Kehinde's life was blurred by cataract
ORBIS met one year old Kehinde Oluwafemi during a programme in Ilorin, Nigeria. He had bilateral cateract and was almost completely blind. Learn how ORBIS changed Kehinde's life. Read more...
Ayana Tsega, ORBIS trained optometrist and lecturer
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Training the next generation
Dr Patricia Chirinos from Peru has benefited from the training ORBIS delivers to eye care professionals during its sight-saving missions. Read more...
Kefas' story of hope
Kefas Sangangala is an incredible 10 year old boy from Angola, after going blind from injuries sustained from a landmine he met team ORBIS in Kitwe, Zambia. Read more...
Temuujin's sight-saving story is thanks to you
Five-year-old Temuujin was born with an extremely rare form of strabismus (squint), and due to the nature of his condition, no doctor in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia had the skills to save him from blindness. Read more...
Meet Blessjah Adegoke
Little Blessjah Adegoke's sight was deteriorating rapidly as his cataract grew. He had gone blind, then he met ORBIS volunteer paediactric ophthalmologist Dr. Itay Ben-Zion and the team on programme in Ilorin, Nigeria. Read more...
68 hours to first sight
8 month old Zhang Jun from rural china was blind and unable to obtain treatment. He was referred to an ORBIS partner hospital and a new chapter in Zhang's life began... Read more...
Hasan’s sight was saved before the floods hit
For Hasan and so many others in the Chars region of Bangladesh, May is a time to dread. It brings severe flooding, famine and, for the many people with sight problems, potential death. Read more...
 
 
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