Geoffrey Holland of ORBIS Int'l arrives in city today
Monday, 10 September 2007
FE Report
ORBIS International Execu-tive Director Geoffrey Holland arrives in the city today (Monday) on a four-day visit to Bangladesh from September 10 to September 13.
During his visit, he will meet President Iajuddin Ahmed and Health Adviser ASM Matiur Rahman.
Holland will visit ORBIS-supported eye-care projects in the country and formally inaugurate the Pediatric Eye Care Unit at Mymensingh BNSB Eye Hospital and a primary eye-care centre in the city under the Urban Primary Eye Care Project.
This year ORBIS is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The journey of ORBIS started when the world's only "Flying Eye Hospital" flew from Houston to Panama with the mission of preserving and restoring sight by strengthening the capacity of local partners in 1982. The "Flying Eye Hospital" has already visited more than 85 countries and saved the sight of millions of people by providing training to local doctors and health-care workers.
ORBIS's blindness prevention activities in Bangladesh started in 1985 through the visit of the "Flying Eye Hospital" in the capital city. A permanent country office was established in the city in 1999.
ORBIS International is a non-profit humanitarian organisation dedicated to saving sight worldwide.
ORBIS International Execu-tive Director Geoffrey Holland arrives in the city today (Monday) on a four-day visit to Bangladesh from September 10 to September 13.
During his visit, he will meet President Iajuddin Ahmed and Health Adviser ASM Matiur Rahman.
Holland will visit ORBIS-supported eye-care projects in the country and formally inaugurate the Pediatric Eye Care Unit at Mymensingh BNSB Eye Hospital and a primary eye-care centre in the city under the Urban Primary Eye Care Project.
This year ORBIS is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The journey of ORBIS started when the world's only "Flying Eye Hospital" flew from Houston to Panama with the mission of preserving and restoring sight by strengthening the capacity of local partners in 1982. The "Flying Eye Hospital" has already visited more than 85 countries and saved the sight of millions of people by providing training to local doctors and health-care workers.
ORBIS's blindness prevention activities in Bangladesh started in 1985 through the visit of the "Flying Eye Hospital" in the capital city. A permanent country office was established in the city in 1999.
ORBIS International is a non-profit humanitarian organisation dedicated to saving sight worldwide.