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Success Story Archive
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Retinoblastoma patient Sol Mendoza Corrales typifies the challenges and successes of pediatric ophthalmology in Costa Rica. Sol just had surgery to remove her cancerous left eye. She’s now cancer-free and will be monitored for new malignancies. Read more...
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Nguyen Thi Gai was born with eyes she couldn’t use and no one could see. Tucked inside their sockets and buried beneath a fold of skin, Gai’s eyes lay like buried treasure, utterly invisible. Now, after oculoplastic surgery, Gai, 14, can see for the first time. Read more...
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Monica Islam was born to a poor farming family outside Dhaka, Bangladesh. When Monica’s sight began to fail at age 8, her family couldn't afford ophthalmic treatment. Years later, though, an ORBIS-sponsored cornea program restored her sight. Read more...
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Yushi Fang lives in a small village in China. Her family members spend their days tending their crops and livestock. When Yushi’s eyesight failed, she felt useless. Now that she’s had cataract surgery, she looks forward to helping out again. Read more...
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This girl from the Gununo village of southern Ethiopia was diagnosed with corneal blindness and was referred to Menelik II Hospital in the capital, Addis Ababa, for a cornea transplant. ORBIS helped establish the country's first eye bank in 2003, making cornea transplants possible in Ethiopia. Read more...
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A droopy eyelid obscured most of Cristofer Leandro Serrano’s left eye, obsructing his vision, wiping out his depth perception and giving him an odd appearance. All that changed, though, when he had eyelid surgery. Read more...
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At age 16, Sohail Sayyed of India is head of the household. Sohail’s father just recently died, and Sohail is expected to support his mother and brother. With his recent cornea transplant, Sohail will now be able to earn a living. Read more...
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Anwara Begum, 60, lives in Bangladesh. Her husband left her long ago when she bore him no children. Anwara had cataract surgery through an ORBIS partnership with the Sajida Foundation and can now support herself as a maid and a street vendor. Read more...
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Xi Chuan Zhang of China was born with strabismus, a condition that causes a misalignment of the eyes. As one eye focuses in one direction, the other is misdirected upward, downward, inward or outward. Thanks to the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital, Xi now has straight eyes and a bright future. Read more...
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As a premature infant, Mathias Bonilla spent his first eight days in an incubator. Although the intensive care he received saved his life, it didn't guarantee he would see. An ORBIS partnership in Peru made sure of that. Read more...
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Emanuel Kabuubi sits quietly as his big sister, Margaret, is examined by an ORBIS pediatric ophthalmology specialist. He looks tired, his eyes half-closed and his head tilted back against his mother’s chest. Emanuel has no idea it's he, not Margaret, who will receive surgery onboard the Flying Eye Hospital. Read more...
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Dr. Michael Vrabec, an ORBIS volunteer faculty member, urged his local Rotary Club to donate funds for desperately needed retinal equipment in Peru. Now little Liza, born with retinopathy of prematurity, and others like her can see. Read more...
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When ORBIS doctors first met Juma Twaha of Tanzania, he was nearly blind and was finding it difficult to earn a living or avoid the torment of local bullies. All that changed when Juma was selected for ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital surgery in Dar es Salaam. Read more...
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Bunthoeuom Song, a Buddhist monk in Cambodia, turned to ORBIS when traditional medicine failed. Read more...
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