Giving the gift of sight

In partnership with eye specialists, the Al-Imdaad Foundation will provide free cataract surgeries to impoverished people.

Members of the Al-Imdaad Foundation Mahjabeen Dockrat and Mohamed Chodree, stand with patients who have undergone successful cataract surgery at Dr Elias Msutwana’s hands at Witbank Hospital.

This newly launched programme, titled ‘Vision-4-Life’, follows on the same principal as Slice4Life where the Muslim community donates funds towards helping those less fortunate.

The programme took place at Witbank Hospital over the weekend of December 5 to 7 where 40 patients were given free cataract surgery.
This poverty alleviation project is able thanks to the combined efforts of Witbank Muslim Jamaat, Al-Imdaad Foundation and Witbank Hospital.

Al-Imdaad is best known as a relief organisation and when disasters are not taking place, they turn their attention to bringing about relief in poverty struck areas, they support over 40 hospitals and clinics country wide.