Al Basar International Foundation

{{Short description|Blindness organization based in Saudi Arabia}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Al Basar International Foundation

| logo =

| type =

| founded_date = {{start date and age|1989}}

| founder =

| location = Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

| origins = Saudi Arabia

| key_people = Adel Al Rushood

| area_served = Asia and Africa

| product = Ophthalmology

| focus = Cataract

| method = Free Eye Camps, Eye Hospitals and Eye Institutes

| revenue =

| endowment =

| num_volunteers =

| num_employees =

| num_members =

| subsid =

| owner =

| homepage = {{URL|https://al-basar.com/en/}}

| dissolved =

| footnotes =

}}

Al-Basar International Foundation ({{langx|ar|مؤسسة البصر الخيرية العالمية}}) is a non-profit international NGO based in Saudi Arabia. It was established in 1989{{cite web |url=https://arab.org/directory/al-basar-international-foundation/ |title=Basar International Foundation

|website=arab.org |access-date=2020-05-12}} to work in the field of prevention and eradication/controlling of blindness & blinding diseases.{{Cite journal|last=Rushood|first=Adel A.|date=2011-04-01|title=Outcomes of cataract surgeries over 16 years in camps held by Al Basar International Foundation in 38 underdeveloped countries|url=http://www.meajo.org/article.asp?issn=0974-9233;year=2011;volume=18;issue=2;spage=129;epage=135;aulast=Rushood;type=0|journal=Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology|language=en|volume=18|issue=2|pages=129–135|doi=10.4103/0974-9233.80701|issn=0974-9233|pmc=3119281|pmid=21731323 |doi-access=free }}

It works together with King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center in Yemen, Bangladesh, Sudan, Nigeria and Pakistan to fight blindness and eye disease.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-05|title=Over 3k Sudanese benefit from KSrelief eye drive|url=https://arab.news/wug4c|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Arab News|language=en}} and performed surgeries in Sudan{{cite news|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201804260537.html|title=Sudan: Al-Basar International Foundation, Turkey's RCs Launch Cataract Operations|date=26 April 2018|author1=Sudan News Agency|location=Khartoum}}

In a 2019 campaign funded by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre in collaboration with Al Basar International Foundation, medical volunteers from Saudi Arabia met 8000 eye patients and performed 800 eye surgeries to remove cataract and glaucoma in Ibadan, Nigeria, as well as in Lafia in Nasarawa State, Nigeria.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-07|title=500 Nigerians benefit from Saudi Arabia surgeries|url=https://punchng.com/500-nigerians-benefit-from-sarabia-surgeries/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Punch Newspapers|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2019-10-12|title=Saudi treats 8,000 eye patients, conducts 694 surgeries in Nigeria|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/10/saudi-treats-8000-eye-patients-conducts-694-surgeries-in-nigeria/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}