Noor Dubai is an international charity founded by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to help eliminate preventable blindness and visual impairment in underdeveloped areas in need.

Noor Dubai implements a variety of programs in order to achieve its mission to treat and prevent blindness:

• Therapeutic activities involve ophthalmologic consultations, disease management and surgeries to restore sight to individuals suffering from reversible blindness and visual impairment.
• Prevention programs aim to eliminate avoidable forms of blindness and visual impairment in developing countries supported by evidence-based epidemiological and public health research.
• Education initiatives involve increasing public awareness of the detrimental impact of blindness and visual impairment, and the training of health professionals and policy makers.