USD 3.5 million for ‘Flying Eye Hospital’
Fedex has renewed its commitment to Orbis International’s sight-saving mission with a USD 3.5 million donation to help provide financial, logistics and operational support for the Flying Eye Hospital over the next five years.
The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital is a mobile teaching hospital that travels the world providing vision-saving eye surgeries and training to local eye care teams. Orbis’ cadre of more than 400 volunteer medical experts carry out their missions free of charge.
Fedex donated the MD-10 aircraft and provides aircraft parts, maintenance, and pilot training at no cost to Orbis. The aircraft is flown by Fedex Express pilots who volunteer during their time off. Fedex has supported Orbis for more than 33 years through more than USD 27 million in donations and in-kind shipping. (cj)