Projects
Aid For Eid
The Afra Charity Foundation has launched a large-scale aid project to support underprivileged families, especially mothers and children, during the Persian New Year. The initiative provides new clothing and essential food supplies to 148 families in Tehran and surrounding areas, helping them celebrate with dignity. By alleviating financial and emotional stress, the project ensures these families can participate in traditional festivities and start the new year on a positive note.
SUMMARY
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Goal: To provide aid packages, including new clothing and essential foods, to underprivileged families, helping them celebrate the Persian New Year with dignity and ease
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Beneficiary: Underprivileged mothers and children located in Tehran and its surrounding areas, including Varamin, Qods City, and nearby villages
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Start Date: Winter 2025
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End Date: Spring 2025
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Estimated Cost: $30,000.00 CAD (for 148 families)
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Source of Cost: Comprehensive aid packages, including new clothing for children and mothers and essential food supplies
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Raised Donation: $10,000.00 CAD
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Source of Donation: Online donation via website; Benevity program; Fundraising events; Baran’e Mehr Charity Group (Vancouver, BC)
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Status: Started
Hope for Future
Millions of children worldwide face poverty, mental health struggles, and unstable family environments, putting them at high risk for lifelong challenges like homelessness and crime. The Hope for Future project provides a lifeline through a well-equipped shelter that offers counseling, education, and basic necessities, creating a safe space for these children to heal and grow. By addressing both immediate needs and long-term development, the project empowers them to break the cycle of poverty and build a brighter future, transforming them from a generation at risk into a generation of promise.
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Goal: To provide underprivileged children living in poverty with comprehensive support to break the cycle of poverty and secure a brighter future for them and society.
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Beneficiary: Impoverished children facing mental health challenges living in orphanages or single-parent
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Start Date: Fall 2024
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End Date: Fall 2026 (may be extended based on future cases)
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Estimated Cost: $10,000.00 CAD
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Source of Cost: Comprehensive care support - including shelter, basic necessities, medical expenses, mental health care, and education.
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Raised Donation: $2,700.00 CAD
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Source of Donation: Online donation via the website; Benevity program; Fundraising events
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Status: Started
Mothers and Children Reunion
Single mothers facing financial hardships often find themselves in the heartbreaking dilemma of having to leave their children in orphanages due to the lack of support and resources to raise them. This situation not only affects the mothers but also has profound implications for the well-being of the children. However, reuniting these mothers with their children can bring about positive transformations, benefiting their mental health, sense of hope, empowerment, educational progress, and physical well-being.
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Goal: To reunite unprivileged mothers with their children living in orphanages due to financial problems, and to sustainably relieve them from poverty.
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Beneficiary: Unprivileged single mothers and their children residing in deprived neighborhoods
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Start Date: Spring 2024
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End Date: Spring 2026
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Estimated Cost: $30,000.00 CAD
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Source of Cost: Annual rents; Monthly living expenses; Educational expenses; Occasional medical expenses;
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Raised Donation: $10,500.00 CAD
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Source of Donation: Online donation via website; Benevity program; Fundraising events
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Status: In-progress
Women's Empowerment by Skill Training
Empowerment initiatives strive to enhance individuals' abilities, ultimately reducing poverty and fostering societal development. One effective strategy for empowering is advantaged groups is through microfinancing. These localized small-scale funds are recognized worldwide as a potent instrument for achieving socio-economic progress. The positive outcomes of a well-executed microfinance program can encompass heightened community involvement among women, as well as advancements in children's health and education.
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Goal: Women’s empowerment through a skill training program toward breaking the cycle of poverty
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Beneficiary: Women heading underprivileged households residing in deprived neighbourhoods of Tehran
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Start Date: Fall 2022
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End Date: Spring 2024
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Estimated Cost: $2500.00 CAD
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Source of Cost: Training workshops, Consultations, Medical expenses for women and their children
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Raised Donation: $2500.00 CAD
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Source of Donation: Online donation via the website; Benevity program; Fundraising events
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Status: Completed
Medical Support for Women and Children
The health of mothers and children is fundamental for both individual well-being and societal progress. For mothers, maintaining good health is essential throughout their lives, impacting their ability to care for themselves and their families. Adequate healthcare ensures safe pregnancies, reduces maternal mortality rates, and fosters the physical and mental well-being necessary for nurturing children. Similarly, investing in children's health is an investment in the future, as healthy children are better equipped to learn, grow, and contribute positively to society.
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Goal: Medical support for underprivileged women and children
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Beneficiary: Families in deprived neighbourhoods of Dashtiari County, Province of Sistan and Baluchestan
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Start Date: Winter 2024
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End Date: Spring 2024
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Estimated Cost: $1500.00 CAD
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Source of Cost: Medicine for women and children; Transportation of some families in remote locations
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Raised Donation: $1500.00 CAD
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Source of Donation: Baran’e Mehr Charity Group (Vancouver, BC)
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Status: Completed