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Orbis International Earns Better Business Bureau Seal of Approval

Orbis International Earns Better Business Bureau Seal of Approval

Published 06-25-07

Submitted by ORBIS International

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - June 25, 2007 "“ ORBIS International, a nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to saving sight worldwide, announced today that it has met the Standards for Charity Accountability of the Better Business Bureau (BBB). As a result, ORBIS has earned the right to feature the BBB Wise Giving Alliance Seal on its website and printed materials.

"It is our duty to be responsible stewards of the funds entrusted to us by our donors," said Geoffrey Holland, ORBIS executive director. "The BBB seal gives us an efficient way of demonstrating that our commitment to ensure our standards of excellence, integrity and accountability are applied to all aspects of our operations."

The Standards for Charity Accountability were developed to assist donors in making sound giving decisions and to foster public confidence in charitable organizations. The right to display the seal required ORBIS to endure a rigorous and comprehensive evaluation by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, the nation's most experienced charity evaluator. It involved intense scrutiny of ORBIS's finances, governance, effectiveness, solicitations and informational materials.

"National charities that display the BBB Wise Giving Alliance seal can do so with pride," says Art Taylor, president and chief executive officer of the Alliance. "Not only are they attesting to their organizations’ adherence to sound standards, they are helping to increase donor confidence and strengthen public trust in giving."

About ORBIS

ORBIS International is a nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to saving sight worldwide. Since 1982, ORBIS volunteers and staff have directly treated more than 4.4 million people for blindness-related diseases and conditions in more than 85 countries. At the same time, ORBIS has been building local capacity to provide eye care in those countries by training more than 154,000 eye care professionals aboard the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital and in local hospitals. Long-term national blindness prevention programs take place in Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, India and Vietnam. To learn more about ORBIS, visit www.orbis.org

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ORBIS International

ORBIS International is a nonprofit global development organization dedicated to saving sight worldwide. Since 1982, ORBIS programs have benefited people in 86 countries, enhancing the skills of more than 195,000 health care personnel and providing eye care treatment for more than 6.8 million people. At the same time, ORBIS has been building up the local capacity of eye care institutions through comprehensive long-term development programs tailored to the specific needs of ORBIS-sponsored partners in developing countries. In addition to clinical training aboard the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital and in local hospitals, this also includes technical assistance in effective disease control, monitoring and evaluation, human resource and organizational development, infrastructure and technology and community partnership.

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