dr. o'hara was very clear in her instructions.hole process, from tiny things, from anesthesia, it was very detailed step-by-step. >> reporter: she and other local doctors hope orbis-through lobbying and sometimes securing them expand care-- allowing families like thuy's to afford care. for orbis' part, while it needs lots of money to run its operation, it gets almost as much in kind-through volunteers, like pilot bob rutherford >> you see things that you never see in life. young children who've never had vision, they have their sight restored. those things really kinda pull at your heartstrings, makes it easy to do. >> reporter: the morning the morning after surgery, van was still puffy and a bit groggy. orbis sent us this video taken a few days later of a child who in dr. o'hara's words, had "symmetry" restored to her life. this is fred de sam lazaro for the pbs newshour in hue, vietnam >> woodruff: fred's reporting is a partnership with the under- told stories project at st. mary's university of minnesota. >> ifill: the search f