Orbis will fund $1 million to a project to reduce the rates of blindness and poor vision among children in the central region of Vietnam through enhancing access to eye care services at Hue Central Hospital and Hue Eye Hospital. A signing ceremony for the funding to the project, which runs from August 27 through June 30 of 2018, was opened in Hue city on Aug 27. In addition, the project will fund short-term continuing education courses for staff of the Hue Eye Hospital. The project seeks to fund the cost of eye care for children and train medical staff in the central region, enabling them to more effectively treat and prevent eye diseases of children, Paul Forrest, Orbis Regional Director said. Orbis has funded 22 eye care and blindness prevention projects in Vietnam since 2000. (Dai Doan Ket – Great Unity Aug 28)
