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ORBIS Ireland —
Saving Sight, Rebuilding Lives

ORBIS Ireland is a charity working to eliminate preventable blindness and restore sight to rural villagers in the poorest regions of southern Ethiopia by 2015. Over a third of children in Ethiopia are affected by trachoma, a blinding, yet completely preventable eye disease. If left untreated this slowly progressive and painful disease robs its victims of their sight, their childhoods and ultimately their lives.

EVENT PROFILE

		Great Ethiopian Run 2012 Next November join ORBIS Ireland on an adventure of a lifetime and take part in the Great Ethiopian Run in Addis Ababa. Read more...

WHAT'S NEW

		Thank you for your support in 2011 ORBIS ireland would like to thank you for all your efforts to raise vital funds for our work in southern Ethiopia. Read more...

WHAT'S NEW

		Ethiopia Soundslide Online Come to southern Ethiopia with photojournalist Raul Vasquez to see how ORBIS is protecting people there from a blinding disease called trachoma. Read more...

WHAT'S NEW

		ORBIS Challenge Events 2012 Click here to find out what ORBIS Ireland is up to in 2012. Why not join ORBIS in Addis Ababa for the Great Ethiopian Run, climb Kilimanjaro or join one of our cycles? Read more...

WHAT'S NEW

		Read our blog! Subscribe to our blog and receive first-person accounts of ORBIS's sight-saving work worldwide! We anticipate a new blog post at least once a week. You can access the blog at blog.orbis.org. Read more...