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We just completed our 10TH free eye camp and we cannot thank you all enough for your support in making this happen!

SMAF continues to conduct our free eye camps in the poverty stricken remote areas of Pakistan. 184 patients received cataract surgeries and hundreds more received additional eye care during our 10th camp!

SMAF is ecstatic to announce the undertaking of a sacred campaign in 2021 – “The Preservation of Native Indigenous Plants and Trees”. Native trees are those that occur naturally in a particular region. Without these plants and the insects that co-evolve with them, local birds cannot survive.

In an effort to preserve these trees in danger of becoming extinct, SMAF has donated 30,000 indigenous plants and trees for the new Government College campus in Lahore, Pakistan. The planting is currently underway! More to share on this soon!

Hello friends of the Sophia Mahmood Ali Foundation! We are ecstatic to celebrate the successful projects undertaken by SMAF! Here’s a recap of just a few…

None of these projects, and numerous others around the world, would have been possible without your support. We can’t thank you enough!

Here is a snapshot of our projects

1. Phase 2 of our “A Sip of Life” project is well underway with 50 additional water pumps being installed in memory of departed loved ones.
2. Our Second “Eye Camp” in the remote area of the Sindh Province will occur February 15th-16th. 
3. We’re continuing to renovate and develop Gulae Mahmood Elementary/Middle School. 
4. Once again, SMAF will provide meal packages to families during the month of Ramadan. 

Previous Year’s Recap:

• Through our “A Sip of Life” project, we were able to install 35 water pumps in remote villages in the South Punjab District of Pakistan, where clean drinking water was not readily available. 
• We held our first “Eye Camp” where more than 1,900 individuals received free eye checkups and a wide range of ophthalmic care, including medications, supplies and vision screenings with over 500 pairs of glasses gifted. Additionally, over 180 cataract surgeries using intra-ocular (IOL) lenses were successfully performed.
• During Ramadan, we surpassed our original target of distributing 200 meal packages by providing over 1,000 packages by the end of the month!
• The Foundation gifted more than 100 girls from Munirabad with colorful new outfits, jewelry, henna, and shoes to wear while celebrating the end of Ramadan with their families.
• “Gulae’s Garden” has continued to grow with trees in celebrations of life and in memory of lost ones.  We have reached four continents so far. This is one of the major initiatives of SMAF and we encourage all our followers to please continue to support this effort.

Here is how you can donate:

If you would like to get involved in any of our current projects, you can send donations to the address below!

You can also contribute online via the donation button 

Sophia Mahmood Ali Foundation

222 E Witherspoon Street

Louisville, Kentucky 40202

The Sophia Mahmood Ali Foundation held its first Free Eye Clinic in Southern Punjab!  The turn out was more than what we could hope for with more than 1,900 individuals without access to health care in attendance for the 3 day event. 

Those in need received free treatment spanning a wide range of ophthalmic care including medications, supplies, vision screens with 500 pairs of glasses gifted and over 180 corrective surgeries performed! We are infinitely blessed to have had a fantastic team of volunteers and healthcare providers in Pakistan who went above and beyond to help the local communities!  We hope that this is the first of many healthcare oriented clinics and pledge to continue to sponsor more in the years to come Insha’Allah. As always, we are sincerely thankful to you; our friends and family who continue to support the foundation and help us honor our Gulae! Please continue with us on this journey 

7-8 news outlets and several newspapers were attracted to the camp!

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