285,000,000 people worldwide are visually impaired due to untreated eye conditions. Tragically, their homelands' desperately poor medical resources hold out little or no hope of a cure.
Orbis has been doing its utmost to fight for preventably blind people's right to sight for over 30 years. By making a donation to support World Sight Day on Thursday, October 8, 2015, you will help subsidize surgeries that will enable many blind people to escape from the prison of darkness.
Donate HK$300 to subsidize a cataract surgery
You can afford to help restore someone's eyesight! Help eliminate the scourge of easily preventable blindness by making a donation today! Your kindness will not only empower our volunteer sight-saving surgeons but also ensure we can extend our global outreach and educational initiatives.
Donate now to receive an Orbis Pin. If you donate HK$1,000 or over you will receive a limited-edition pin set.
World Sight Day
World Sight Day, observed annually on the second Thursday of October, is a global event meant to draw attention on blindness and vision impairment. It was originally initiated by theSightFirstCampaign of Lions Club International Foundation in 2000. It has since been integrated into VISION 2020 and is coordinated by IAPB in cooperation with the World Health Organization.
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