ORBIS International
FedEx isn’t just about using the power of aviation to deliver a package or a letter. We believe that the global connectivity that aviation affords us carries with it the responsibility to make the world a better place. Our 20-year involvement with ORBIS International makes us proud to contribute to ...
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United Airlines and FedEx Donate Plane to Create a New Flying Eye Hospital
CHICAGO, April 7, 2008 — ORBIS International, a nonprofit development organization dedicated to saving sight worldwide, today announced it will replace its current DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital with a DC-10 Series 30 freighter. United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAUA), with the support of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), is donating the airplane to ...
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FedEx Donates Aid Supply Flight to Tabasco Flood Victims
Mexico City, November 9, 2007 - FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation and global logistics solutions provider, in association with the Mexican Red Cross and Fundación Azteca, are providing humanitarian aid to the flood victims in the state of Tabasco.
To support the residents displaced by recent flooding in ...
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FedEx Assists Peru Earthquake Victims With Pan-Regional Relief Effort
MIAMI, Sept. 11, 2007— FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and the world’s largest express transportation company, continues to provide assistance to the earthquake victims in Peru, coordinating multiple flights to distribute donations collected throughout the U.S., Mexico and Brazil.
The August 15 earthquake that hit Peru prompted thousands across ...
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FedEx, TELMEX and Mexico's Peruvian Embassy Support Peru Earthquake Victims
México D.F. August 27, 2007.-FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation and global logistics solutions provider, is providing support to the victims of Peru’s August 15 earthquake in partnership with Telmex and Mexico’s Peruvian Embassy.
In support of the Peruvian victims, Telmex and the embassy are providing comforters, mattresses, tents, generators ...
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FedEx China Named Most Influential Multinationals Award
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FedEx Corporation Celebrates ORBIS International’s 25th Anniversary at the NYSE
Executives and guests from FedEx Corporation and ORBIS International visited the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, March 2, 2007, to ring in the 25th anniversary of ORBIS International and its continued work of saving sight worldwide.
For more than 20 years, FedEx Corporation has played an integral role in helping ...
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FedEx Hosts Tours During ORBIS Goodwill Visit to Guangzhou
FedEx hosted several functions aboard the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital during a humanitarian relief visit to Guangzhou, China. To demonstrate how the Flying Eye Hospital teaches the medical community how to improve or restore vision, ORBIS conducted tours for students, government officials and VIPs.
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FedEx Celebrates ORBIS International’s 25th Anniversary
FedEx Corporation Celebrates ORBIS International’s 25th Anniversary at the NYSE
FedEx Express Senior Vice President James R. Parker and His Excellency
Girma Wolde-Giorgis, President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,
to Ring The Opening Bell
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FedEx and ORBIS Continue Mission for Sight
FedEx employees in Jamaica help unload medical equipment from the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital, a DC-10 aircraft equipped with a modern ophthalmic surgical center that brings sight-saving skills and technology to developing nations, where 90% of the world's blind reside.
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