Breakfast Brings Nomadic Kids to School in Khorasan, Iran
For an entire year, 1,380 ashayer (nomadic) children in South Khorasan will be eating a hearty and nutritious breakfast at school. For most of them, this is the only meal they’ll receive in a day. MAP, along with generous sponsors and partners, made it happen. In addition, the nomadic students are provided with backpacks filled […]
Assembling School Supply Packages for South Khorasan Students in Iran
On September 22nd, 2021 our school in South Khorasan reopened! We had 821 elementary school students preparing for school (393 girls, and 355 boys). Most of them are from Nomadic families in South Khorasan, one of the low-income provinces in the Northern region of Sistan and Baluchestan province. We also have 41 male students and […]
MAP Donor Site Visit and Testimonial
Dear Friends, I wanted to share with you my firsthand personal experience I had visiting one out of numerous operations MAP is running helping children in Iran. This was an awakening moment for me. Just reading summarized project reports about supporting “n” number of children does not come close to meeting and interacting with just […]
Our President’s Trip to Iran
Dear Friends, I am so pleased to share some details of my recent trip to Iran. Our travels began in Kerman, near the southeast of Iran. There, several friends and board members from the United States joined the Nikgaman Jamshid team and me on a wonderfully successful visit to our very own private orphanage called […]
My Childhood Dream
Instead of playing, enjoying hot meals with my family, sleeping and going to school, the best I could hope for was that car owners would let me clean their windshields and give me a small amount of money, or maybe even a generous tip as payment so I could buy some food for my mother […]
Impact of your Generosity in Iran
My childhood was really tough. My parents’ disabilities and having nowhere to live but at my aunt’s house, made it very hard. Still, among all the problems, my younger sister’s smile was the thing that kept me going. Now, weddings are always joyful occasions, but my cousin’s wedding was disastrous for us. It meant we […]
Norooz Reflections
Growing up, Norooz always meant family gatherings, delicious sabzi polo mahi, picking out new clothes, the exchange of crisp $2 bills, and the joy and laughter that is so uniquely tied to being around extended family and loved ones during this special time of year. Even as an adult, I still get excited in the […]
The Empowering Story of Maryam
Hello, my name is Maryam. That’s me in the photo… next to my Mom and the baby. It’s so very cold here and it’s getting colder day by day. It’s getting colder in our hearts too. I can hardly bear to look at my mom and dad these days. They feel so helpless. I’m only […]
MAP in Iran a Year in Review – 2020
Long before the pandemic shut down in the United States, Iran was one of the epicenters of the crisis. Since February, nearly 50,000 people in Iran have died of COVID-19, and the country continues to see tens of thousands of new confirmed cases every day. Even before the pandemic, Iran’s healthcare system was strained to […]
The Passion for Knowledge is Kept Alive
Construction of Maryam Mirzakhani School The inauguration of the girls’ high school took place with joy and hope for the students to learn and thrive in science. For this reason, the school was named after Professor Maryam Mirzakhani. Professor Maryam Mirzakhani’s school is now open to all students in the city of Ziarat in North […]
