Our work in Bolivia

There are an estimated 1.3 million people with vision loss in Bolivia. Of these, 61,000 people are living with blindness.

Nearly 40% of Bolivians live below the poverty line. The country lacks the resources - as well as the necessary infrastructure, equipment and technology - to provide high quality eye health services.

Thanks to our partners and supporters like you, Orbis has:

• Helped establish the first and only simulation centre for cataract training at a public hospital.
• Increased access to cataract surgery training for doctors from public hospitals
• Equipped partner hospital with supplies for cataract treatment and personal protection needs

Thanks to our partners and generous donors, Orbis has:

• Helped establish the first and only simulation center for cataract training for residents at a public hospital
• Increased access to phacoemulsification training for residents from public hospitals
• Equipped partner hospital with supplies for cataract treatment and personal protection needs
• Delivered webinars on our online telemedicine platform, Cybersight

• Provide the National Institute of Ophthalmology with tools to detect and treat retinopathy of prematurity and low vision
• Support on-the-ground training with partner Ojos del Mundo, on cataract surgical skills at Hospital San Juan de Dios, in Oruro
• Equip National Institute of Ophthalmology with optical aids to establish an effective low vision lab. The lab will treat patients with low vision conditions as well as for train medical professionals
• Provide glasses older people with refractive errors as part of a campaign with the National Institute of Ophthalmology