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RESTORING SIGHT
RESTORING LIFE
Since 1960, the Society for the Prevention & Cure of Blindness has delivered free, sight-saving eye care to Pakistan's most underserved communities — through a permanent hospital in Karachi and mobile surgical camps that reach where clinics can't.
66
Years of continous operation
Since 1960
6,173
Free eye camps held nationwide
Since 1960
4
Provices REACHED
Since 1960
1,560,986
FREE EYE OPERATIONS PERFORMED
Since 1960
Gift the Curable Blind the Miracle of Sight
The Society for The Prevention & Cure of Blindness was founded in 1960 by Late Haji Hasan Ali P. Ebrahim, a philanthropist with a love for mankind and a deep sense of concern for the underprivileged in our society, especially the blind and the near blind. The founder devoted the next 20 years of his life to this noble cause.
Our model
Two pillars, one continuum of care
Free Surgical Eye Camps
Teams travel directly to underserved districts, setting up short, high-volume camps that bring free cataract surgery to patients who could never reach a hospital on their own.
APWA Shirin Bano Eye Hospital
A dedicated ophthalmic facility in Karachi, run on a no-profit, no-loss basis, offering day-care cataract surgery, diagnosis and post-operative follow-up — a stable home base for consistent, quality care
Facilities
Phacoemulsification
Autorefractometry
A-Scan Ultrasound
YAG Laser
Keratometry
Founded by Haji Hasan Ali P. Ebrahim
1960
APWA Shirin Bano Eye Hospital established in Nazimabad, Karachi, in memory of the founder's wife
1970
A day-care hospital and a camp network active in all four provinces
Present
Our Aims & Objectives
Prevention
We publish literature and distribute it free to create awareness about eye diseases, prevention, treatment, etc. We also train school teachers, social workers and others as the first line of defence to raise consciousness of matters related to eye care.
Cure
We organize free camps in villages and small towns thus taking the cure to the doorsteps of our poor and needy and making all requisite arrangements for treatment including Operation Theatres, Surgical Instruments, Medicines, Spectacles, etc.
5,952 free eye camps performing 1,473,790 eye operations.
Free treatment to 9,790,743 patients.
Supplied 680,000 spectacles free of charge.
60-bed APWA Shirin Bano Eye hospital.
Supplied 680,000 spectacles free of charge.
60-bed APWA Shirin Bano Eye hospital.
661 Eye Corneas from Sri Lanka and England for restoring eyesight.
Published literature and distributed it free on a mass scale to create eye care consciousness
Blindness in Pakistan
The problem of blindness is widespread throughout Pakistan. An estimated amount of 2.5 million people are either blind or near blind and unfortunately, the rate of blindness is increases per year.
We Must Act Now!
Help us in the fight to eradicate preventable blindness. We need your time, talent and treasure.
There are currently approximately 200,000 free cataract operations being performed annually but there are more than 400,000 new cases occurring in our population every year adding to the army of the blind. Let's wake up and do more otherwise Pakistan will slowly but surely become more blind.
You can help us by Sponsoring Eye Camps
Target for the Year 2023-2024
300 Free Eye Camps
100,000 Free Eye Operations
Treating 600,000+ Patients
