Help blind children in Inner Mongolia, China

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.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

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.

How will this project solve this problem?

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.

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

Additional Documentation

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

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