Paul Forrest, chief development officer of Orbis, reveals the charity conducted medical programmes in Singapore in the beginning, and the nation has gone on to pay it forward. In fact, Singapore was one of its beneficiaries when it first started. Since the 1980s, Orbis has been to some 92 countries around the world. Today, the Flying Eye Hospital has become an emblem for Orbis, a symbol of its commitment to travel to the most obscure of places to not just conduct one-off surgeries on a group of patients, but also to build up a sustainable system by training the local doctors to continue the mission. Their aim was to eradicate preventable blindness-80 per cent of visual impairment in the world can be cured-by creating sustainable programmes in developing countries around the world. This was the vision for Orbis International’s Hospital in the Sky programme, when it was established in the 1970s by a group of ophthalmologists in the US. Also included are scripts for the "Planet of the Apes" series of movies, and television scripts for "Lost in Space," "Star Trek," "The Outer Limits," "Circle of Fear" and "Night Stalker.Imagine a dc-10 aircraft stripped of its cramped seats, and instead fitted with a fully equipped surgical theatre wherein operations can be performed to restore the eyesight of needy people around the world. There are photographs of movie stars and movie and television stills. Memorabilia consists of advertising and promotional material including movie posters, lobby cards, hand bills and pressbooks for many science fiction, fantasy and horror movies from the silent era through the late 1980s. There is also an index compiled by Ackerman of sci-fi and fantasy books published from 1947 to ca. Included are photographs of Ackerman, manuscripts including some of "Perry Rhodan" books, and reel-to-reel tapes of speeches at the 1970 Count Dracula Society meeting. There is a large amount of fan mail mainly responding to "Famous Monsters" fanzine. Correspondence is both personal and professional with many notables in the field concerning his many projects. The collection contains materials relating to Ackerman's long career in science fiction (1941-1987) plus a portion of his memorabilia collection (ca. Ackerman went by a number of pen names as well as nicknames including "Forry," "The Ackermonster," and "4e." Content Description Return to Top He claimed to have coined the term "sci-fi." In 1953 Ackerman was given the only Hugo award for “#1 Fan Personality.” With his wife, Wendayne, Ackerman translated and published the popular German "Perry Rhodan" series into English. Ackerman helped create the "fandom" subculture by starting the first science fiction fan club in 1930. He attended the first World Science Fiction Convention in 1939 and continued to attend fan conventions annually. Ackerman was well known for amassing a large collection of science fiction, fantasy and horror memorabilia including books, magazines, movie props, and posters. In 1947 Ackerman created a science fiction literary agency. From 1958 to 1982 he edited "Famous Monsters of Filmland" fanzine. He published the first science fiction fan magazine (fanzine) in 1932. Forrest James Ackerman, or as he preferred to be called “Forrest J Ackerman” (with no period after his middle initial), was a collector, writer, editor, literary agent, actor, and producer.
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