Where we work | Yemen
Sight held open through a war.
Four eye hospitals in Yemen. The newest opened in Marib in October 2019, while the country was at war. Not one of them has closed.
Our presence
Four hospitals, north to south, coast to highland.
Aden on the southern coast. Mukalla in Hadramaut. Jibla in the highlands. Marib in the east. Between them they cover the routes most Yemeni families can actually travel.
Makkah Eye Hospital
AdenOpened January 2006.
Haya Al-Yahya Eye Hospital
MukalaOpened June 1999.
Makkah Eye Hospital
MaribOpened October 2019.
Makkah Eye Hospital
JiblaOpened February 2013.
Every hospital was built where eye care was hours away. Your gift keeps them open.
Give to Yemen's HospitalsGrowth you can verify
Through uncertainty, we continue to restore sight.
People reached each year through our three services in Yemen.
Share of everyone reached, as of the latest annual report.
A life changed
Hussein is back at his desk, learning alongside his friends.
A sudden injury took the sight in one eye, and his family could not afford treatment. After a successful surgery, he returned to school.
Hussein Ahmed,
Beyond the hospitals
Care that travels to the places a hospital cannot reach.
Four hospitals anchor the work in Yemen. Mobile clinics and classrooms extend it to 36 cities.
Free mobile clinics
Since December 1993 our teams have run free eye camps across Yemen, bringing screening, surgery and glasses to districts far from any hospital. The most recent camp ran in October 2025.
School screenings
In 2021 our teams screened schoolchildren across Marib, catching vision problems before they became a reason to fall behind in class. Children needing treatment were referred to Makkah Eye Hospital Marib.
Give to Yemen
Someone in Yemen will see tomorrow because of what you do today.
Choose an amount, or give monthly to keep all four hospitals running year round.
Zakat
Your Zakat can return someone’s sight.
Al Basar USA is fully Zakat-eligible. Give with certainty that your obligation reaches those who need it most.
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