The proceeds of Ataya 2018 were used to help the inhabitants of a village in Mauritania, wherethe lack of medical treatment had left more than half of its population suffering from genetic blindnessfor decades.
While congenital blindness affects some people around the world, people in developing countries suffer the most as the disease steadily spreads due to the scarcity of medical centres and the high cost of treatment, besides the poor living conditions of those suffering from it. This human ordeal won its deal of Ataya’s attention, specifically the remote Mauritanian village of "Dali Gimb", where half the population has been suffering from congenital blindness for decades. “Ataya” dedicated its 2018 proceeds for all-round betterment of the living conditions of the villagers, including infrastructure building, housing and even establishing a specialised ophthalmology medical centre.
