Al Bandari bint Abdul Rahman Al Saud

Al Bandari served as the director of King Khalid Foundation from its inception to her death in March 2019.^[2][3] She cofounded the Shaghaf programme and was a member of the Women's Charity Association, Ifta Society for Hyperactivity Disorder and the Al Nahda Philanthropic Society for Women.^[4] She collaborated with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the establishment of the Shaghaf programme, a fellowship programme, in which young Saudis are enrolled in a fifteen-month training programme to be educated as non-profit leaders in Saudi Arabia.^[3] Another of her initiatives was Princess Al Bandari Al Faisal Fellowship at her alma mater, the Kennedy School, which was founded to contribute to students from the Arab League.^[2] She was also a member of the TAKREEM jury board.^[5]

Through King Khalid Foundation, Al Bandari initiated the 'No More Abuse' campaign in 2013, the first movement against domestic abuse in Saudi Arabia.^[3] One of the outcomes of the campaign was the adoption of a law drafted by the Foundation on the prevention of the abuse of women and children.^[3]

Al Bandari married Fahd Al Damer with whom she had two daughters, Luluwah and Hana.^[1]

Al Bandari died on 15 March 2019.^[6] Funeral prayers were held for her following the Asr prayer at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh next day.^[6] Various leaders sent cables to Saudi King Salman to convey their condolences, including Oman ruler Sultan Qaboos,^[7] UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan^[8] and Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.^[9]