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“With the help of doctors here and abroad, Sarnai is doing well”

Sarnai, aged 5, lives in rural Mongolia. Last year when a swelling appeared on her eyelid Sarnai and her family travelled the 300km journey to the capital city where treatment was available. After Sarnai’s doctor consulted with an Orbis medical expert online they discovered what was wrong.

Sarnai’s grandmother, Tserendolgor, shares her story.
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“Orbis has affected my life greatly”

November 08, 2022

Meet Dr Battsetseg. She works as a paediatric ophthalmologist at the National Centre for Maternal and Child Health (NCMCH) in Mongolia’s capital city, Ulaanbaatar.

As one of the few doctors that treat children’s eyes in Mongolia Dr Battsetseg works tirelessly to improve her skills and knowledge with the help of Orbis. Here is her story.

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“A gift that goes towards preventing blindness just seems so incredibly important”

November 07, 2022

Thanks to your support we can change the lives of people across the world living with sight loss. By leaving a gift in your Will, you enable us to plan sight-saving eye care programmes with greater certainty. Find out what inspired Richard to leave a gift in his Will to Orbis.

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“Unless this is resolved I fear the problem of blindness”

October 25, 2022

Thanks to your support we can continue our mission to eliminate trachoma, the world’s leading cause of blindness, in Ethiopia.

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"I want Vaishnavi to grow up and study"

October 13, 2022

Throughout our See The Light Diwali appeal we are shining a light on our work in India, and how your support will help millions of people living with the devastating impact of sight loss across the country. Together, we can help more people like Vaishnavi whose future is brighter thanks to her sight-saving operation.

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Help our Flying Eye Hospital return to the skies

October 04, 2022

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, our unique aircraft, the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, has been unable to fly. But with your support we can see it return to the skies once again to save the sight of many children. Children like Saliou, who received a life changing operation onboard the plane back in 2017.

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Paediatric patient Ismail from Bangladesh looking through his glasses

Vaishnavi's Transformation

October 01, 2022

When Vaishnavi started to lose her sight to a cataract, her father feared she would struggle with her education. However, our expert volunteers were able to remove her cataract while giving local doctors the opportunity to learn new skills. Her transformation, which you can see below, was truly remarkable.

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Rabi's story: "Thanks to my glasses I can see at school"

August 30, 2022

Throughout the UK children have started their new school year. But for Rabi school had become a struggle because he couldn’t see clearly.

Thanks to you, when an Orbis-funded vision screening camp took place at his school everything changed.

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Fighting Trachoma in Ethiopia - 5 Questions with an Orbis-Trained Healthcare Worker

June 09, 2022

Bekelech is a Health Extension Worker in southern Ethiopia. In December, she was part of the Orbis team that treated 7.5 million people to prevent the spread of trachoma. Read on to learn about Bekelech's sight-saving work... and her heartfelt message to Orbis supporters.

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