Orbis Canada

Our amazing board member, Bulgan Orgilsaikhan, received sight-saving treatment from Orbis as a child. Now, she's returning to her home country of Mongolia aboard the Flying Eye Hospital - this time as an Orbis volunteer!

The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital has just landed in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, for a three-week ophthalmic training project. ✈👀🇲🇳

The plane touched down in stormy conditions, with Captain Cyndhi Berwyn calling it “one of the toughest approaches” in her long career.

Ulananbaatar is notorious for its high altitude and strong winds, but the team also faced storms, turbulence, and low visibility as they made their descent. Captain Berwyn was given up-to-the-minute information by the Orbis flight team and was able to guide the plane without issue.

While the weather might seem ominous, a former Orbis patient from Mongolia and current Orbis Canada Board Member, Bulgan Orgilsaikhan, who was on board the aircraft as it landed, says there’s an expression in Mongolian that goes, “The destined person comes with the thunderstorm.” A sign of good things to come!

This three-week training project will mark the Flying Eye Hospital’s ninth visit to Mongolia, with the first taking place in 1989 and most recent in 2018.

Recently, Orbis hosted an exciting five-day on-site hospital training in Trujillo, Peru, to improve the skills of local eye care professionals in treating glaucoma. Despite it being the second-leading cause of blindness in Peru, there is a lack of knowledge and skills for treating the disease.

Orbis International is in Peru training project to boost glaucoma skills kicks off. This week sees the start of an exciting five-day on-site hospital training in Trujillo, Peru, to improve the skills of local eye care professionals in treating glaucoma.

Meet Dr. Mariam Fadaifard, our most recent Orbis Canada Fellowship Recipient. With few cornea experts in the Dominican Republic, where she is from, this fellowship will help more people in the country get the eye care they need. Learn more about her story!

Orbis Canada Fellowship Program Brings Cornea Expertise to Dominican Ophthalmologist Dr. Mariam Fadaifard is learning the specialized skills and surgical techniques she needs to provide the best care possible when she returns home to the Dominican Republic.

Our Orbis Future Vision Leader University Leads are an essential part of this program!

Our lead for the The Northern Ontario Medical School is Taylor Marshall. We thank her for her dedication to the program and applaud her passion for global ophthalmology!

Flying Eye Hospital Fact - Did you know our current
MD-10 aircraft is actually the third generation of our one-of-a-kind Flying Eye Hospital?

In 2016, our current Flying Eye Hospital, donated by FedEx, took off on its maiden voyage. This third incarnation of the Flying Eye Hospital can fly nearly twice as far as the old DC-10 it replaced.

Thanks to the Richmond News for joining us at our Plane Pull for Sight event in Vancouver! Check out the story and their fantastic photos from the day.

Photos: Annual plane tug-of-war at YVR raises almost $60K for vision care Teams competed to pull a cargo plane for 20 feet as quickly as possible.

Vancouver, thanks for making our last Plane Pull of the year a huge success! We've got lots of photos from the day, so please tag yourself and your friends and share them with your networks! We can't wait for 2025!

We're attending 2030 IN SIGHT LIVE Check out our exciting line up of speakers and presenters.

Calgary! The wind may have been whipping, but that didn't stop our mighty Plane Pull for Sight participants from pulling the plane! Tag yourself and your friends and feel free to share these new images!

Thanks to everyone who joined us in Toronto for our Plane Pull for Sight. Here are some of our favourite photos from the event - be sure to tag and share if you joined us!

For more than 30 years, FedEx has played a critical role in helping Orbis achieve its global mission. Since 2009, FedEx has been the National Event Sponsor and host of our annual Plane Pull for Sight fundraising event in Canada. Together, we’ve raised over $2.3 million to help create a world where everyone can access the eye care they need to thrive.

For FedEx and their team members across Canada and all around the world, connecting people and possibilities goes far beyond their business. You can read all about these efforts and achievements in their 2023 FedEx Cares Report.https://fedexcares.com/sites/default/files/2024-05/2023%20FedEx%20Cares%20Report.pdf

Thanks to the Orbis Future Vision Leaders From the of Toronto's Ophthalmology Student Interest Group for hosting an event in support of Orbis Canada last week!

The fundraiser brought in much-needed dollars to support our programming, and introduced Orbis to more medical students interested in global eye health!

Thank you to the amazing team FedEx for their continued support for Orbis and our Plane Pull for Sight!

Our latest website feature highlights the work of Hamza Inayat one of our extraordinary Orbis Future Vision Leaders. Hamza co-founded Northern Vision to help support improved eyecare in rural and Indigenous communities across Canada. https://can.orbis.org/en/news/2024/hamza-inayat-northern-vision

Are you at in Toronto today? Share your photos! Tag yourself and your friends in our photos! We're so glad you're pulling for Orbis!

Good morning, Toronto! We're so excited that our Plane Pull for Sight event is touching down at Pearson Airport today. We’re looking forward to seeing all of our teams try their best to pull a
FedEx 757 cargo plane faster than the competition!

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This is Ha, a hard-working farmer from Vietnam who lived with poor vision for years because of cataracts. Ha lives in Lai Chau province, a remote region of Vietnam where access to quality medical care is scarce.

After years of putting up with poor vision, Ha was persuaded by her brother to attend a vision screening at a local clinic. She was then referred to Tan Uyen District Health Center and eventually to Lai Chau General Hospital, where she was diagnosed with cataracts and offered sight-restoring surgery at no cost to her — all thanks to Orbis supporters.

Ha, a hard-working farmer from Vietnam who lived with poor vision for years because of cataracts. Ha was persuaded by her brother to attend a vision screening at a local clinic. She was then referred to Tan Uyen District Health Center and eventually to Lai Chau General Hospital, where she was offered sight-restoring surgery at no cost to her — all thanks to Orbis supporters.

Flying Eye Hospital Fact - Did you know the operating room in the Flying Eye Hospital is located over the plane’s center wing box for optimal stability?

In case you were wondering, we DON’T perform surgeries while the plane is in flight! We wait until we’re on solid ground for the magic to happen.

Our Orbis Future Vision Leaders at the The University of British Columbia met this week for an education and networking session! So fantastic to see these events bringing medical students and residents interested in global eye health together.

Thanks to HOYA for pulling for Orbis! HOYA Vision Care Canada and their staff have been involved with Orbis since 2022. Now, they’re putting their weight behind our signature fundraising event, Plane Pull for Sight, to help create a world where everyone can access the eye care they need to thrive.

Welcome HOYA Vision Care Canada! We’re excited to announce a new Plane Pull for Sight national sponsor for 2024, HOYA Vision Care Canada.

Happy Nurses Day!

Monelle Ross is a Canadian nurse with over 30 years of experience, who has flown all over the world with the Orbis .

Monelle, who has always been drawn to nursing by her strong desire to make a difference in people’s lives, completed her education in Ottawa, ON. where she dreamed of travelling to Ethiopia and 'saving the world'.

Heroes of Orbis: Monelle Ross Monelle Ross is a Canadian nurse with over 30 years of experience, who has flown all over the world with the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital. Monelle, who has always been drawn to nursing by her strong desire to make a difference in people’s lives, completed her education in Ottawa, ON. where she dreame...