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Actress Katayoun Riahi assigned Iran charity ambassador
The award-winning Iranian actress Katayoun Riahi has been assigned as the new ambassador of the country's Mehrafarin Charity Society. Mehrafarin Charity Society also introduced Tehran Wind Instruments Orchestra as the Co-Ambassador at the event. - 2/1/12
Colour of Love - Artists for Hope: Exhibition in support of the Omid Foundations
Iranian artists have come together to put on an exhibition in support of the Omid Foundations. Show your support by purchasing the donated works of art. Despite their past difficulties, and the obstacles still facing them, the young women at the Omid-e-Mehr center have dreams like all of us. - 1/26/12
Breaking the Embargo on NGOs in Iran
During my last visit to Iran I came across a few grassroots organizations which inspired me to write this short note for Iranians outside of Iran to be informed of the importance of such organizations. -Roksana Bahramitash - 1/18/12
Camp Ayandeh Need-Based Stipends Available
IAAB will be offering an increased number of need-based tuition stipends to dedicated student leaders interested in attending Camp Ayandeh 2012. By offering need-based stipends, IAAB hopes to provide an opportunity to high school students who may not otherwise be financially able to attend Camp Ayandeh. - 1/16/12
US Coast Guard Rescues Iranian Mariners
For the second time in a week, the U.S. military says its forces in the Persian Gulf region have come to the rescue of Iranian sailors aboard a distressed vessel. - 1/11/12
Child Foundation's Holiday Fund
As we begin to close out another year, it is with a great sense of honor and gratitude that I shall report to you some of the remarkable work your dedicated staff at Child Foundation were able to accomplish in 2011 on your behalf and through your unwavering help and support throughout the year. -Masoud Modarres - 12/22/11
Iranian Americans Help Others Through the Lions Club
Providing free eyesight and hearing screenings to those in need are among the many charitable contributions being made by a group of Iranian Americans living in the Washington metropolitan area. -Jane Morse - 12/13/11
Iran's Mahdavikia to face Zidane in "Match Against Poverty"
The 9th edition of the "Match Against Poverty" takes place in Hamburg's Imtech Arena between Hamburg SV All Stars and "Ronaldo, Zidane, and Friends" on December 13. - 12/13/11
Houston and New York Join Other PAAIA Chapters in Giving Thanks - Persian Style!
During the week of Thanksgiving, PAAIA chapters nationwide celebrated the second annual PAAIA Persian Thanks. Chapter volunteers, local merchants, and businesses came together to collect food items, donations, and make a variety of Iranian and American foods to share with shelters, food banks, and shelters. - 12/3/11
Letter from PARSA's Chairman: So Proud
Some six years ago over Labor Day weekend, a few Iranian American philanthropists met in Napa, California and set out to move the needle on Iranian giving in America. They wanted to get the thirty-year old community in the U.S. to give more, to give more strategically and to become more active American citizens. - 10/12/11
Iran: MSF forced to leave Zahedan
At the request of authorities, Medecins Sans Frontieres MSF (Doctors Without Borders) has terminated its medical care activities in the city of Zahedan, capital of the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, in southeastern Iran. - 10/4/11
Photos: Man Rescued From Deep Well After Suicide Attempt
A desperate man living in Sirjan, southern Iran, attempted suicide by throwing himself into a well 200 meters deep. However, due to tireless efforts by the Red Crescent crew, who had been alerted about the incident, the man was successfully pulled out of the deep and narrow well bringing relief to his family. -Amin Arjmand - 9/29/11
Photos: Magic of Persia contemporary art prize
Works by 25 of the most promising Iranian contemporary artists will be on free public exhibition at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London during London's Frieze Week from October 10-15, 2011. The exhibition concludes with a charity auction of the exhibited works conducted by Christie's - directly followed by an announcement revealing the MOP CAP 2011 Winner. - 9/26/11
U.S. Religious-Freedom Report Singles Out Iran, Uzbekistan, China
The United States has singled out Iran, Uzbekistan, and China as among the worst violators of religious rights -- countries where it says abuses are "egregious, ongoing, and systematic." - 9/14/11
"Mission: Restore" to Perform Reconstructive Surgery in Iran
Mission: Restore will travel to Iran on October 28th, 2011 through November 10th, 2011 to perform reconstructive plastic surgery on children in the city of Bam. The 2003 earthquake was a major earthquake that struck Bam and the surrounding Kerman province of southeastern Iran on Friday, December 26, 2003. - 9/10/11
IAAB's Fall 2011 Leadership in Action Fellow
IAAB congratulates its Fall 2011 Leadership in Action Fellow, Iranian Canadian photographer, Kiana Hayeri. An extremely talented photographer who has worked with Magnum photographers, Kiana will receive a $1500 stipend as a LIA Fellow to start her proposed project: Documentary Photography of Iranian Canadians in Toronto. - 9/8/11
Nina Yousefzadeh Brings Medical Care To Developing Countries
Nina Yousefzadeh is a clinical pharmacist living in New York. When she was going through school, her friends started calling her "penicillin girl." -huffington post - 9/3/11
Photos: The Famine Stricken Somalians
These days, the disaster stricken country of Somalia is witness to one of the worst human crisis caused by famine and drought. Due to the inaction of international organizations, the lives of millions of Somalians is being threatened. -Seyyed Hadi Kasaeizadeh - 8/27/11
Momeni Foundation announces 2011 scholarship recipients
Momeni Foundation is celebrating its 10th year of supporting outstanding students of Iranian descent around the world. - 8/24/11
How I Did It: EBay's Founder on Innovating the Business Model of Social Change
The Idea: Omidyar was inspired by eBay's social impact to create a hybrid model for his philanthropic Omidyar Network: a combination of nonprofit and for-profit. -Harvard Business Review - 8/24/11
The Village of Ghandab: Stopped at the Point of Zero
The men in the village of Ghandab are sitting in the shadow of the tall walls of their houses and grappling with unemployment. And the women feed bites of poverty to their children. So is life at the point of zero! -Fahimeh Sadat Tabatabei - 8/19/11
Mehregan 2011, A Celebration of Love, Knowledge, and Commitment
The Mehregan Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that the 15th Annual Persian Festival of Autumn (Mehregan 2011) is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, October 1 - 2, 2011 at the Lakeside Lagoon Park in Irvine, California. - 8/15/11
Photos: Injured Eagle Rescued by Animal-Lovers and Kolbeh Suregons in Karaj, Iran
An eagle that had been shot and injured with a broken left leg, was rescued by Iranian environmentalists and animal-lovers. The eagle was taken to Kolbeh Clinic for Animals in Karaj where he was operated on by the surgical staff. After three hours of surgery, the eagle was patched up and is now being kept under observation. -Omid Vahhabzadeh - 8/1/11
Nikol Faridani's widow to donate his books to World Food Program
The widow of Iranian photographer Nikol Faridani will donate some of his rare books to the UN World Food Program on the occasion of World Photography Day on August 19. - 7/30/11
PARSA CF Awards $2.4M to Universities to Further Iranian Studies across North America
Over the past few months, PARSA Community Foundation has made a series of announcements detailing the results of its 2010 Mehrgan Grant Cycle, totaling over $3M in grants to causes, projects, and organizations of strategic importance to the Iranian-American community. - 7/5/11
U.S. Treasury Clarifies Sanctions Laws Regarding Food and Medicine to Iran
The U.S. Treasury issued guidance on Monday that donations of food and medicine for the relief of human suffering are exempt from U.S. export sanctions against Iran. - 6/24/11
Louvre Museum to Create Elahe Mir-Djalali Omidyar Fund to Underwrite New Program
American Friends of the Louvre announced that it has received a $3 million grant through the generosity of Pierre Omidyar, a member of Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute's Board of Directors and the founder and Chairman of eBay Inc. The grant will be used to create an endowment fund that will support educational and scholarly programs on Persian art and culture. - 6/22/11
PARSA CF Awards $437,000 to Arts and Media Projects
As a part of its Mehrgan 2010 Grant Cycle, PARSA Community Foundation is pleased to announce grants to arts and media projects including film, print, and music. PARSA CF recognizes the importance of such efforts in interacting with a broader audience, introducing the rich culture of Iran to the rest of the world, and building a stronger foundation for cultural understanding between Iranians, Iranian diaspora and the global community. - 6/15/11
Popli Khalatbari Charitable Foundation's Annual Fundraiser Auction
Popli Khalatbari Charitable Foundation's next UK Annual Fundraiser will be held on Thursday 23rd June 2011 in London at the Kensington Roof Gardens, W8. - 6/7/11
PARSA CF Awards $370,000 to Museums and Institutions for Preserving and Advancing Persian Arts
As a part of its Mehrgan 2010 Grant Cycle and its steadfast commitment to preserving and promoting Persian arts and culture, PARSA Community Foundation is pleased to announce four grants to major museums and institutions to further expand and grow their stellar programs. - 6/6/11
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Galleries Receive Major Gift to Support Persian Art and Culture
The Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery have received a major gift to support Persian art and culture and related programs at the museums. The donor, Jahangir Amuzegar, has established two endowments - 6/3/11
Mehrafarin Charity Society Honors Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Filmmaker Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, famous for the depiction of social problems, was presented with a statuette from Iran's Mehrafarin Charity Society during a ceremony held on Friday at the Arikeh Iranian Complex. - 5/28/11
Persian Manuscript Digitisation Project at the British Library
The Iran Heritage Foundation is fundraising for this important project, which will catalogue and digitise some of the many Persian manuscripts in the British Library's collection, making these freely accessible to scholars and enthusiasts worldwide via the Internet. - 5/21/11
PARSA CF Awards Grants to Humanitarian and Community Education Organization
PARSA Community Foundation is thrilled to announce grants totaling more than $500,000 to organizations working on humanitarian and community education causes benefiting Iranians, Iranian-Americans, and the community at large. - 5/18/11
PARSA CF Awards $250,000 to the Iranian Genome Project at Stanford
As a part of its Mehrgan 2010 Grant Cycle, PARSA Community Foundation announces a $250,000 grant to the Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University for the "Iranian Genome Project," a one-of-a-kind initiative for better understanding of the genes of the Iranian population. - 5/13/11
Iranian-American Surgeon Travels World Doing Charity Cases
Kaveh Alizadeh, an Iranian-American plastic surgeon who immigrated to the US following the 1979 revolution, has traveled back to his native country for more than a decade to perform volunteer surgeries on Iranian patients living in remote villages. - 5/1/11
Support PKCF at the Richmond Half Marathon 8th May 2011
Yasmina Borhani, Nasim Elahi, and Tamila Jazayeri are raising funds for PKCF. The Popli Khalatbari Charitable Foundation was founded in 1998. The aim of the foundation is to support charitable purposes worldwide, in particular, the education and welfare of children and young persons who by reason of disablement, social and economic circumstances, have need of such provisions. - 4/28/11
Photos: Prosthetic Limbs Shop in Tehran
These photos show prosthetic limb making and retrofitting in Iranian capital city Tehran. Due to hundreds of thousands of injuries during Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), prosthetic limbs were in big demand, and Iran developed expertise in making them. -Majid Asgaripour - 4/25/11
Top PEN Prize to Honor Nasrin Sotoudeh, Jailed Iranian Lawyer, Writer, Activist
PEN American Center today named Nasrin Sotoudeh, a writer, lawyer, and leader of the women's and children's rights movement in Iran, as the recipient of its 2011 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. Sotoudeh was arrested on September 4, 2010, and is now serving an 11-year sentence for her outspoken advocacy... - 4/14/11
PARSA CF Awards Two Major Grants to Iran Heritage Foundation
As a part of its Mehrgan 2010 Grant Cycle, PARSA Community Foundation is pleased to announce grants to two strategic and long-term initiatives spearheaded by London-based Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF). IHF was founded sixteen years ago as a non-political UK charity and has organized diverse activities of cultural or scholarly merit on a world-wide basis. - 4/13/11
Benefit Event Held In San Jose, California For Japan Quake Victims
Chinese, Indian, and Iranian community of Cupertino came together in a benefit event on March 27th and raised $1300 for the Japanese quake victims. During the event held in San Jose, California, local musicians and dancers performed for the audience. - 4/5/11
PARSA CF Awards a $300,000 Grant to IAAB for Long-Term Growth
As a part of its Mehrgan 2010 Grant Cycle, PARSA Community Foundation is pleased to announce a $300,000 grant to Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB), the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization behind the much-celebrated Camp Ayandeh. - 3/30/11
Bita Daryabari a tireless advocate for Iranians
Outside high society and high-tech circles, few people have heard of Bita Daryabari. Even inside, she has often been defined more for whom she was once married to, Google executive Omid Kordestani. -SFGate - 3/17/11
Carlotta Luke raising funds for the Omid Foundation
Omid was set up in 2004 by Marjaneh Halati, a university friend of my husband's and an old friend of mine. Marjaneh's commitment and clarity of vision that has created this foundation is astounding. She has literally saved and transformed many lives through her work. - 3/14/11
Volunteer in the National Iranian American Day of Service: Give Back this Norooz
Today is the last day to RSVP for the National Iranian American Day of Service. In the spirit of Norooz, NIAC is organizing 17 projects across the country for Iranian Americans who want to give back to their community. - 3/12/11
PKCF Report for 2010: Blessed is he who reaches out to those in need
We take great pleasure in updating PKCF supporters on the projects funded in 2010, and providing a brief report on our ongoing activities. Without your generous support none of this would have been possible. - 3/7/11
USA: Give Back this Norooz
The Iranian New Year, Norooz, is a time of year to celebrate family, friends and the rebirth of nature. It's also a time for spring cleaning 'khouneh tekouni' and, according to some, setting the tone for the year ahead. - 2/27/11
Southern California - International Society for Children with Cancer Nowruz Bazaar
Sunday March 13, 2011 - Please join ISCC/MAHAK in celebrating the arrival ofPersian New Year by attending our Nowruz Bazaarsupporting underprivileged children suffering from cancer. - 2/23/11
Virginia: Nowrooz Bazaar to benefit children
Sunday, March 13, 2011 - This Program is presented by Washington DC Council of Save The Children. %100 of profit from the sales will be donated to children in need. All your donations are Tax deductible as permitted by IRS. - 2/18/11
Virginia - Moms Against Poverty Norouz Dinner and Fundraiser
Saturday, March 12, 2011 -Join us for an evening filled with fun, music, dancing and delicious food celebrating Norouz while raising funds to support childeren living in poverty in Iran, US, Cambodia and Afghanistan. - 2/15/11
Southern California: Child Foundation 10th Annual Norooz Bazaar
Sunday, March 13, 2011, Hilton Hotel/Orange County Airport -- Enjoy children's activities, face painting, Haji Firooz, and DJ. Free Admission. - 2/13/11
Iranian American Scholarship Fund Accepting Applications
Criteria: Iranian heritage, US citizen or permanent resident, full-time enrollment, 2011-2012 sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate status, 3.5+ GPA, financial need, community service. - 1/18/11
Child Foundation: Mahsa's Story
One night when Mahsa was staying with her grandparents, her parents died in a gas leak accident. Her grandparents are financially poor, and they had a hard time making ends meet. Now Mahsa had been added to their family too. - 1/7/11
Child Foundation Receives $60,000 in Grant Funding
Child Foundation is proud to announce that it received two major grant awards totaling $60,000 from Parsa Community Foundation and the United Nations UN Habitat Youth Fund in 2010. These grants will provide new opportunities for children living in poverty in Iran and Afghanistan to improve their lives. - 1/5/11
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