ORBIS International
& the World’s Only Flying Eye Hospital
ORBIS is now an official charity of the City of Victorville.
37 million people in the world are blind.
28 million do not need to be.
In May 2006 the City of Victorville adopted ORBIS, and the Flying Eye Hospital made Victorville its home base in the United States. Each spring the Flying Eye Hospital will return to the Southern California Logistical Airport for its annual safety and maintenance inspection. Work done here in Victorville will ensure that the humanitarian aircraft is in top condition before embarking on missions worldwide.
ORBIS is now an official charity of the City of Victorville. Read about ORBIS' work through the eyes of Doctor Hunter.
Report from Doctor Hunter, ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital:
About ORBIS
ORBIS International, a nonprofit humanitarian organization, is working to ensure that the skills and technology necessary to treat blinding conditions exist where they are needed most — in developing nations, where 90 percent of the blind reside and where barriers such as poverty and poor infrastructure hinder the development of adequate eye care facilities.
At the heart of ORBIS is the world’s only Flying Eye Hospital – a DC-10 aircraft containing an innovative teaching facility and ophthalmic surgical center. The ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital and its international medical team conduct treatment and training programs across the globe. Leading eye surgeons volunteer their time to perform surgery and teach aboard the aircraft during programs specifically designed to suit the skills-level of host countries.
In May 2006 the City of Victorville adopted ORBIS, and the Flying Eye Hospital made Victorville its home base in the United States. Each spring the Flying Eye Hospital will return to the Southern California Logistical Airport for its annual safety and maintenance inspection. Work done here in Victorville will ensure that the humanitarian aircraft is in top condition before embarking on missions worldwide.
Since 1982, ORBIS has worked in over 80 countries, restoring sight to the blind and transferring sight-saving skills to more than 93,000 doctors, nurses and other eye care professionals.
ORBIS’s train-the-trainer approach creates a ripple effect that maximizes its impact. An estimated 22.5 million blind or visually impaired children and adults have benefited from the multiplier effect of ORBIS programs worldwide. Enormous strides have been made during ORBIS’s 25 years of operation; however, blindness remains a major public health problem, especially in the world’s poorest nations. ORBIS works for the day when no one will be needlessly blind and all people have
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