Eye Camps

The Mission’s real aim is to bring light into darkness. Yet he is helping the physically blind to see, as a manifest symbol of its spiritual endeavor. Thus, Eye camps have the fore front in the medical assistance field.

At first, the Mission covered the Bagamoyo area. By mid-1980’s about 1100 patients were screened. Thirty needed cataract operation, and were called to Dar es Salaam for it. The rest were given spectacles – free of charge. Success of the first efforts caused the geographical expansion. By 1987 Ikwiriri in Rufigi area is benefiting from the Bilal’s eye-camps.

Since then, hundreds of people attend each year to get for free medicine services which is provided in 12 and 6 eye-camps in Dar es Salaam and Arusha regions, respectively. The assistance of qualified doctors and surgeons has reached as far as Kilwa in the south, Pemba in the east, Dodoma in the west and Tanga in the north of the country to give the best care to our patients.

A target has been set to perform 500 cataract operations and to screen of 6000 patients per annum, providing them with medication as well as spectacles where necessary; and in order to enhance awareness among students, screening will be held in schools starting this year.

In 2009, 14 eye-camps were held by Bilal Muslim Mission and 3844 patients were screened.

In 2010, 9 eye-camps were held by Bilal Muslim Mission and 8993 patients were screened. In table below specifications of held eye-camps are summarized.

Bilal Muslim Mission takes a step further and performs post operation checkup; and when a happy smile appears on face of an old lady as she can see again, it’s like Bilal has got its reward and all travail are washed away.