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Success Stories
Thanks to your support, success stories are taking place every day. Please take a moment to read these success stories and join us in our sight-saving efforts. Your financial contribution can make a difference in so many lives.
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One fateful morning, a cheerful Zambian boy called Kafas awoke and happily ran into the garden to catch a chicken for his Dad to prepare for the family meal. Tragically, the boy triggered a landmine that had been hidden in their yard. Having ripped through his face and left arm, shrapnel from the blast also completely robbed him of his sight in both eyes… Read more...
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Do you know that short-sightedness and astigmatism often condemn sufferers to blindness? Without timely correction such as the prescription of spectacles, refractive errors can seriously impair and sometimes totally destroy sight! Aiming to stop the many poor Vietnamese kids who cannot afford glasses from going blind, ORBIS… Read more...
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Mr. Satish Chandra who lives in remote village in India was happy to have a little girl in early 2010. However, his happiness did not last long when he came to know that her daughter was not responding to light normally and had never smiled. Due to lack of education and ignorance, Satish was consoled by the elders of the village that his daughter would be alright by the time she was 4 months old. Sadly, four months later... Read more...
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Frightened of putting a financial burden on her family, poor Zhou Shiyan kept her injury in an accident a secret until she was almost blind. Eventually, her brother took her to an ORBIS partner hospital… Read more...
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Many people in Dalian’s rural outskirts are condemned to suffer from cataracts because of their local medical infrastructure’s inadequate eye care knowledge and treatment facilities. ORBIS and its partner, the Standard Chartered Bank are now bringing hope in sight for people at their Seeing is Believing project in Dalian.
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Imagine how hopeless life would seem if your spouse and six of your kids were needlessly sightless and you could not afford even one treatment. Yet just two years ago, ORBIS helped 38-year-old Momutaz Begum of Bangladesh to totally transform her family’s life. Read more...
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Growing up Momtaz Begum saw her father suffer from cataracts as their family could not afford to cure his condition. Inheriting his beautiful voice, she has become a musical icon and is now helping to prevent others from suffering needlessly. Read more...
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Like his mother, Peul Bouttavong was born with a droopy-eyelid that obstructed his vision. Their condition could not be treated surgically in their northern province of Laos. A 24-hour bus journey brought them to a cure: volunteer doctors operating and teaching aboard the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital. Read more...
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Artist Victor Mendoza Castillo of Peru lost his sight not once, but twice. Fortunately an ORBIS training program enabled a local ophthalmologist to learn the skills necessary to give Victor a corneal transplant. Now Victor can again bring beauty to people's lives through his paintings. Read more...
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Until ORBIS partnered with Lijiang Charity Eye Hospital to establish a pediatric eye care center, children had to travel great distances to receive treatment. Most were too poor to make the journey. Read more...
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It’s been two years since Victoria Nalwanga of Uganda had a cornea transplant on board the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital. Once asked to leave school because of her failing eyesight, Victoria is now excelling in her studies. Read more...
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Akash Matikar of Mumbai, India, was born with eyes that turned outward and upward in different directions. ORBIS changed all that, giving the little boy vision, confidence and an opportunity to grow up and help his family. Read more...
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No longer the insecure young woman she was two years earlier, when an orbital tumor threatened her sight, and her life, Nguyen Thi Phuong, 22, is now looking forward to the future — thanks to ORBIS International volunteer ophthalmologist Dr. Mark Cepela. Read more...
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