L'OCCITANE

The partnership with Orbis is part of L'OCCITANE Foundation’s global programme called “Union for Vision”, which is aiming to provide eye care to more than 10 million people by 2020.

During the long partnership, L'OCCITANE’s funding has supported Orbis programmes in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, India, China and Ethiopia. As an example, in China over 1.5 million people received eye care thanks to L'OCCITANE’s support for a programme to deliver village and school screenings, significantly contributing to the reduction of childhood blindness in Gansu province.

In 2011, L'OCCITANE donated €400,000 (approx. £350,000) towards the next-generation Orbis Flying Eye Hospital. The funds were used to sponsor the construction of the Patient Care & Laser Room which will serve as a laser treatment and training area, as well as hosting patients and their families during pre and post-operative assessments.

Kit Braden, Director of the L'OCCITANE Group and Orbis UK Trustee, attended the official launch of the new aircraft in Los Angeles, hosting a press conference, ribbon cutting and private tour of the new Flying Eye Hospital.

Orbis are extremely grateful for L'OCCITANE’s unwavering dedication to the fight against avoidable blindness, and their committed support to Orbis’s programmes and approach.