By Diane Weatherup | Development Director
Meskenem is just four years old. Her eyes are red-rimmed, teary, and she rubs them constantly. Tragically, she has suffered like this for a year.
Orbis is working to free children, like Meskenem, from pain, suffering and the threat of blindness. Through providing sight saving surgeries, distributing antibiotics, teaching communities about the importance of facial cleanliness and improving the water supply - Orbis is eliminating blinding diseases.
For this week only, your donation to Orbis could go even further. You could help even more children like Meskenem. Children who are suffering unimaginable pain and discomfort. Children at immediate risk of blindness Ethiopia. Children with trachoma.
From today until Friday, donate to Orbis through GlobalGiving's Little by Little Campaign and every donation up to $50 will be matched at 50%. A $50 donation would enable Orbis to train two teachers in eye care. GlobalGiving would match this donation and we will be able to train another teacher!
Teachers have a vital role in identifying eye diseases in rural Ethiopia. All too often, eye disease is left undetected and therefore untreated. Too many children go blind, needlessly. The sad reality is that 50% of children who go blind in Ethiopia will die within two years
Relieving Meskenem from pain will not only enable her to see again, but she will be able to return to school, play with her friends and have the childhood that everyone deserves.
Thank you for your support.
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