Help blind children in Inner Mongolia, China

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Summary

This project restores sight to 3,000 children and 5,000 adults at risk of losing sight in one or both eyes, fully trains 600 medical professionals and establish a pediatric eye care centre in Baotou. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Currently Baotou has no pediatric eye care capability and people's living standards are well below the poverty line. Besides, village doctors are not well-trained. To cope with this problem, ORBIS will partner with a local hospital to establish a professional pediatric eye care centre that can provide quality and affordable services. Also, ORBIS will establish a network of 10 vision centres that can extend paediatric eye care services to poor people. Training will also be provided for doctors.

Activities

ORBIS will partner with a local hospital to establish a professional pediatric eye care centre. Also, we will establish 10 vision centres to extend pediatric eye care services to poor people. Furthermore, training will be provided for doctors.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $3,159
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $701,969
Total Funding Goal: $705,128

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This project will set up a pediatric eye care centre at Baotou Eye Hospital, restore sight to 3,000 children and 5,000 adults and train up 600 primary eye care providers in 4 years.

Project Message

The preventably blind children in Inner Mongolia are looking to you for a glimmer of hope.
- Mr. Paul Forrest, Regional Director for Development - Asia

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Ms. Mary Lau,
Senior Development Manager
Room 12, 1/F
Victoria Centre
15 Watson Road, North Point, Hong Kong
China
85225087019
Email:

Project Sponsor

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Organization

Project ORBIS International Inc.
520 Eighth Ave.
11th Floor
New York, NY 10018
United States
(646) 674-5500
http://www.orbis.org

Learn more about Project ORBIS International Inc. and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in China and can also be found under Children.

For more information about China, read the Human Development Report on China or the Wikipedia entry for China.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on September 12, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 13, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

2008 Q1 & Q2 Progress Report

By Ms Mary Lau - Director of Development, Hong Kong, September 12, 2008 11:58 AM


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