Charity Works
A non-profit charity organization, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Foundation, was set up and funded by Prince Sultan in 1995 for social objectives. The foundation includes the following centers in different countries:
- Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City
- Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Science and Technology Center
- Charity housing projects
- Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Special Education Program at the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain
- Prince Sultan Center for Speech and Hearing in Bahrain
- King Abdulaziz Center for Islamic Studies at Bologna University
- Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Arab and Islamic Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley
- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Private: Committee for Relief.
This private committee organizes relief and medical convoys and sets up camps to combat diseases like Malaria and blindness. It has carried out several developmental, social and medical projects, like, digging wells, building schools, public libraries, mosques, hospitals, establishing dialysis centers. It also sponsors Muslim preachers in Ethiopia, Chad, Niger, Malawi, Mali, Comoro Islands, Djibouti and Indonesia.
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