ORBIS - Success Stories

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WHAT WE DO
The Poverty and Eye Health Study
Childhood Blindness
Eye-problems check list for Children
Paediatric Eye Care Centres
Flying Eye Hospital
Eye Conditions We Treat
Where We Work
Success Stories
-	Back to school for Lazarus
-	George's life changing story
-	Kefas' story of hope
-	Kehinde Oluwafemi
-	Samuel Ozimede
-	Blessjah Adegoke

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.

Back to school for Lazarus
Eleven year old Lazarus Mwenya required a complex operation to restore his sight. Paediatric eye care resources are very scarce in Zambia but the recently opened ORBIS Paediatric Eye Care Centre provided the care he required. Read more...

George's life changing story
Three year old George was one of the first beneficiares of the newly opened Paediatric Eye Care Centre in Kitwe, Zambia. Read more...

Kefas' story of hope
Kefas Sangangala is an incredibly 10 year old boy from Angola, after going blind from injuries sustained from a landmine he met the ORBIS supported team in Kitwe Zambia Read more...

Kehinde Oluwafemi
ORBIS met one year old Kehinde Oluwafemi during a programme in Ilorin, Nigeria. He had bilateral cateract and was almost completely blind Read more...

Samuel Ozimede
Samuel Ozimede, age 2, has cerebral palsy and hearing impairments, he also had a severe strabismus (squint) so he could not focus on objects and see ahead of him. He was trapped in his own mind until be met the ORBIS team and had a life changing opperation. Read more...

Blessjah Adegoke
Little Blessjah Adegoke's sight was deteriorating rapidly as his cataract grew. He has going blind until he met ORBIS volunteer paediactric ophthalmologist Dr. Itay Ben-Zion and the team on programme in Ilorin, Nigeria. Read more...