The Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Foundation is a Saudi-based philanthropic organization established in 1995 in Riyadh to provide social services and health care for the elderly and comprehensive rehabilitation programs for the disabled, and children with special needs, in addition to a number of ambitious housing, educational, and medical programs.
Within a few years of its establishment, the Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Foundation emerged as one of the largest of its
kind in the world. Its accomplishments include establishment of the monumental Sultan Bin Abdulaziz’s City for
Humanitarian Services, Humanitarian Housing Projects, Prince Sultan Center for Science and Technology, Special Education Program, Arab and Islamic Education Program at the University of California in Berkeley, a Medical and Educational Telecommunications Program (Medunet), King Abdulaziz Center for
Islamic Studies in Italy, and Center for Hearing and Speech in collaboration with the Bahrain Society for Child Development. Furthermore, the Foundation provides direct financial support to many pre-existing philanthropic activities in the Kingdom and elsewhere.
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