Ann-Marie Ablett

Ann-Marie has volunteered with Orbis for over a decade, using her annual leave to train nurses in areas of need all over the world. She has been on 30 assignments, shared her skills with hundreds of nurses and treated over 1000 patients. She has worked in Zambia on 6 occasions, on 7 projects and has a keen interest in the development of the services at Kitwe Eye Annexe, identifying talent and referring nurses for further training. This amazing volunteer regularly travels with Orbis up to four times a year. She is a nurse at the University Hospital of Wales when not on programme with Orbis. In 2014, Ann-Marie was awarded the Royal College of Nursing in Wales Humanitarian Ward, for her dedication to improving healthcare services in developing countries.