RIYADH: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) launched voluntary programs starting this month to combat blindness and its diseases in Sudan and Niger. Under the “Saudi Noor Voluntary Program,” voluntary medical teams carried examinations in cooperation with Al-Basar International Foundation, from Nov. 1 -7. In Sudan, KSRelief examined 1,630 cases, distributed 256 pairs of glasses, provided 292 prescriptions and performed 146 operations. And in Niger, the KSRelief team examined 3,197 cases and distributed 622 pairs of glasses and performed 247 operations. This comes within the humanitarian and relief projects related to combating blindness which are implemented by Saudi Arabia in several countries.