News and Stories

Volunteers’ Week: Meet Consultant Anaesthetist Dr Manish Raval

June 02, 2018

Volunteering abroad renews your sense of pride and faith in the NHS.

Supporting Orbis: Amazon triples donations in June

June 15, 2018

Orbis supporters who shop with AmazonSmile can triple their charitable donations from June 15-29

Aerospares 2000 raises £1,307 for Orbis’s Sight Saving Work

June 14, 2018

UK based Aerospares 2000, which sources specialist plane parts for the aviation industry, is donating $1 from every sale to Orbis until 2020. Since the company began its support at the end of 2017, over £1,300 has been raised to assist our work, with donations increasing each quarter.

Bristol men’s 45-mile challenge in memory of Orbis fundraiser Simon Speirs

May 23, 2018

Two fundraisers have raced an incredible 45 miles in extreme conditions for their former work colleague, Simon Speirs, who sadly died in 2017, while raising money for Orbis in The Clipper Round the World Race.

Angeline Chaipa on volunteering for Orbis

May 11, 2018

Did you know that 90% of healthcare is delivered by nurses? They’re an amazing and important workforce. Nurse Angeline Chaipa from Moorfields Eye Hospital, began volunteering with Orbis last year To celebrate International Nurses Day we are revisiting a blog she wrote whilst on her very first volunteer assignment with Orbis.

Celebrating Nurses Worldwide

May 11, 2018

The theme of any Orbis programme is to enhance and empower local nurses and doctors to improve their knowledge of treating ophthalmic conditions. I feel…

In Photos: Changing lives in Cameroon – Saliou

May 10, 2018

“I thought about it a lot, but his father told me that everything was going to be fine. Now, the eye problem has gone, so…

Vintage footage of Orbis through the years

May 02, 2018

This is an AMAZING video put together by an Orbis supporter featuring vintage footage of our Flying Eye Hospital in the news in the 70s and 80s. You’ll see ‘Project Orbis’ in Cuba during the Cold War, improving relations between the Turks and Greeks in Cyprus and even hosting Mother Theresa.

Orbis marathon heroes: Long time supporter James

April 17, 2018

James Buchanan is running his first, and only, marathon for Orbis this April. He felt at the age of 59 it was time to make his lifelong ambition a reality.

As a long-time runner and supporter of Orbis (since 2007), he felt which better charity for him to run for.