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Orbis cataract campaign

Around the world, children and adults are struggling to see clearly because of cataracts. Cloudy vision can make it hard to learn in school, work, or even recognize a loved one’s face.

Changing the Way the World Sees®

About Orbis

Orbis is an international nonprofit that builds strong and sustainable eye care systems globally that put treatment and ...

The problem

A staggering 90% of all vision loss is treatable or preventable.

Our solution

Delivering sight-saving programs in over 200 countries and territories.

Flying Eye Hospital

Learn more about this state-of-the-art ophthalmic teaching hospital.

Cybersight

Our award-winning e-learning, telemedicine, and AI platform has more than 100,000 registered users.

Using AI to screen newborn babies

World First: Babies Screened for Blindness Using AI in Mongolia

In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Orbis and eye care partner Siloam Vision are screening premature babies for a leading cause of childhood blindness with the support of AI—marking a major step forward for neonatal eye care in low‑ and middle‑income countries.

Impact You Can See

Why Investing in Eye Health is One of the Smartest Decisions We Can Make

Nathan Congdon shares powerful new research showing why eye health is one of the smartest development investments the world can make. Backed by the Vision Atlas, he outlines how $7B in funding could unlock nearly $200B in returns.

Eye News

What Women Deliver reaffirmed to me about eye health and gender equality

May 11, 2026

When Shelby Stonecipher, Senior Business Development Officer of Corporate Partnerships at Orbis, arrived in Melbourne for Women Deliver 2026, she expected conversations about gender equity, leadership, and global health. What surprised her was how often those conversations circled back to issues dee...

FedEx and Orbis Recognized with Best Halo Award

May 07, 2026

FedEx and Orbis have been named Best Halo Award winner for Delivering Sight Worldwide, recognizing a collaboration that has helped expand access to quality eye care around the world.

President & CEO Kathleen Sherwin reflects on her recent visit to Orbis programs in Asia

May 06, 2026

Throughout April, President & CEO Kathleen Sherwin spent time with Orbis teams and partners in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Mongolia, visiting hospitals, training centers, and community-based programs across each country. Read her first-person account of her travels below.

Five young lives transformed through the power of sight

April 23, 2026

Our recent Flying Eye Hospital project to strengthen eye care in Ghana was a great success, with dozens of patients receiving life-changing surgery — many of them children.

Your impact in 2024

• 38,000+ trainings

  completed by eye care professionals and community health workers

  

• 54 projects

  in 10 countries around the world

  

• 2.2 million+

  eye screenings and examinations

  

What We Do

Flying Eye Hospital

Learn more about this state-of-the-art ophthalmic teaching hospital.

Cybersight

Our award-winning e-learning, telemedicine, and AI platform has more than 100,000 registered users.

Technology & innovation

From VR to AI, find out how we're innovating to improve global access to eye care.

Volunteer Faculty

Our world-renowned Volunteer Faculty are the heartbeat of our training programs.

Women & girls

Globally there are 112 million more women than men living with vision loss, including blindness.

Vision centers

Based in rural communities, far from major cities, reaching people who would otherwise have little or no access to eye c...

Partnerships & collaboration

Partnerships are at the heart of all that we do.