Our history

Established in 1989, Al-basar International Foundation (BIF) is a leading non-government, non-profit organization, working in the field of prevention of blindness. BIF was launched with the vision of a world free from avoidable causes of blindness. We provided therapeutic, preventative and educational programs to manage blindness and visual impairment in developing countries on a regional and international scale.
Having its own comprehensive blindness control program, BIF executes its work by three means:

• Al-Basar Caravans
  These are quality assured mobile out-reach programs, “free eye camps” with the facilities addressing eye problems in remote areas. The delivering of eye-care is in mass and it includes pre-operative evaluation, optical dispensing, medical and surgical management as well as a complete schedule of post-operative follow-up visits.
• Eye Hospitals
  Self-sustained charity eye hospitals delivering secondary and tertiary eye care
• Human Resource Development facilities

Institutes and colleges to train eye care personnel (ophthalmologists, nurses, technicians and other eye paramedics)This work is managed through the Foundation’s Head Office in Al- Khobar, Saudi Arabia, through the Board of Directors, which consists of six members in addition to the Secretary General and the medical Director.
The Board of Directors lays out the general strategies, approves the annual plans and supervises the field work in each sector. Each sector or region is directly linked to one of the board directors.
Achievements during the last 23 years include :

• 24 self-sustained specialized eye hospital
• Conduct more than …….. free out-reach eye care delivery (eye camps)
• Covered 42 countries in Asia and Africa
• 2 H.R. Development centers, one in Asia (Pakistan) and the other in Africa (Sudan)
• Establish strong ties and partnership with the major stake holders and other NGOs working in the field of ‘prevention of blindness’