One of the biggest problems in eye health is the lack of an adequately trained workforce. Our global network of volunteer medical professionals give up their free time each year to share their amazing skills with friends and partners in communities around the world.
Volunteer Faculty
Our world renowned Volunteer Faculty are the heartbeat of our training programs, both on the Flying Eye Hospital and in partner hospitals around the world. For nearly 40 years the keystone of our work has been to teach and train eye teams to fight blindness on their own - we couldn't do it without their hard work and dedication.
In 2021, 115 Volunteer Faculty from 18 countries participated in our work in virtual Flying Eye Hospital projects, virtual hospital-based trainings, and on Cybersight.
This is the very reason Orbis was formed - to provide ongoing training and support. Comprised of world leading experts in eye health, our global force of 400 volunteer ophthalmologists, nurses, anesthesiologists and biomedical engineers from over 30 countries, share their skills with local teams to help improve the level of eye care for generations to come.
By talking to our partner hospitals and their staff, we create teaching programs tailored specifically for their needs. Our volunteers conduct this training and pass on the tools to undertake more complicated procedures, improve surgical outcomes and most importantly of all, restore sight to those in need of assistance.
Our Volunteer Faculty also mentor people from around the world through our telemedicine platform, Cybersight. With 89% of the world’s blind population living in low-income settings, this training is making eye care more accessible where it is needed most.
Can you help our expert volunteers train eye care teams in communities around the world?
Your support is invaluable to Orbis' ongoing global sight-saving programs and sustainable training to fight avoidable blindness. Donate today to help transform the lives of more visually impaired patients in need.
Volunteers in the News
Your support means our amazing volunteers can run training programs which not only help share critical skills, but give the gift of sight to those needlessly living in a world of darkness.
Thanks to your support and the help of our Volunteer Faculty, children can see their parents for the first time; an elderly man regains his vision meaning his grandchild can go to school and no longer needs to be a carer; or a mother can receive surgery and return to work to support her family.
