combat blindness and the diseases that cause it in 5 countries
Today, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center signed an agreement with the Al-Basr International Charitable Foundation to implement a number of medical campaigns in the field of combating blindness and disease-causing diseases in 5 countries, benefiting 150,000 people.
The agreement was signed by the Assistant General Supervisor for Planning and Development of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, Dr. Aqeel bin Jamaan Al-Ghamdi, and the Secretary-General of the Al-Basr Foundation, Dr. Adel bin Abdulaziz Al-Rashoud, at the center''s headquarters in Riyadh.
Dr. Aqeel Al-Ghamdi explained that under the agreement, 30 medical campaigns will be implemented with the participation of Saudi volunteers and doctors in: Yemen, Sudan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Bangladesh, during which nearly 12,000 surgeries will be performed.
He added that these medical campaigns are part of a series of volunteer programs funded and implemented by the center in many needy countries under the guidance of the wise leadership - may God support it - in order to achieve the Kingdom''s 2030 vision in supporting volunteer work.
