Prince Edward's wife is celebrating the work of international eye care charity Orbis
is on an emotive trip to Ethiopia, where she has been carrying out engagements that are dear to her heart.
Sophie, who is global ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, is in the country to celebrate the work of's wife will visit a rural health clinic and hospital where sight-saving medical screenings and surgeries are carried out daily, with support from Orbis. The charity is committed to eliminating trachoma – the infectious and blinding eye disease in Ethiopia.
The Duchess will later attend a conference where delegates from government, and the health and charitable sectors, will have the opportunity to exchange insights and chart the way forward to eliminating the blinding disease for good.The Duchess of Edinburgh visits the Sabacare IDP Camp in Ethiopia Earlier this week, Sophie travelled north to Tigray where she championed another cause close to her heart – the prevention of conflict-related sexual violence.
She saw the work of UNICEF in the region by visiting the Sabacare IDP Camp, which has a population of over 16,000 Internally Displaced Persons, the majority of whom are women and girls, and had the opportunity to meet children playing in a child-friendly space in the camp.
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