Completed projects

Establishing a Children Library in Lorestan Province (Sepiddasht City) & Implementing ‘Read with Me’ Program

 

Project Partner: The Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature in Iran

Start time: Fall 2018

Objective: Youth empowerment through the power of education and reading

Target group: Educationally disadvantaged students Sepiddasht City

Number of target group: 800 students

Major activities: Implementing the Read with Me program, establishing and equipping a children’s library; strengthening basic literacy; holding book reading sessions; training and empowering teachers in the region to implement creative education programs and strengthening basic literacy

 

Tang Haft Training Camp in Lorestan Province

 

Start time: Spring 2018

Location: Tang Haft village in Lorestan Province

Objective: To support the communities of Lorestan after the devastating floods of 2018

Target group: Children, adolescents and their families

Number of target group: 200 people

Major activities: Offering therapy sessions for children and their mothers; giving life skills classes; providing children’s rights education sessions and counseling sessions; holding empowerment workshops for children and their mothers after the flood crisis

 

Establishing Children Libraries in Tehran Province (Nasimshahr) & Implementing ‘Read with Me’ Program

 

Project Partner: The Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature in Iran

Start time: Fall 2017

Location: Baharestan city (Nasimshahr) in the southwest of Tehran

Objective: To promote the power of reading and education amongst children

Target group: Children, adolescents and their families in Nasimshahr

Number of target group: 500 people collectively

Major activities: Implementing the Read with Me program and establishing children’s public libraries for children and adolescents; promoting a strong reading culture; holding reading sessions; teaching reading aloud along with vocal training; holding creativity classes in Baharestan and surrounding villages

 

Qorveh ‘Read with Me’ Mobile Library

 

Project partner: The Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature in Iran

Start time: October 2018

Location: Qorveh city of Kurdistan

Objective: To promote the power of reading amongst children

Target group: Children, adolescents and their families

Number of target group: 700 people

Major activities: Implementing the Read with Me program; equipping a mobile children’s public library for 700 children and adolescents with disabilities; promoting a culture of reading; holding reading sessions; teaching reading aloud, vocal training, and creativity classes in Qorveh and surrounding villages

 

Laleh Park Children Center

 

Project Partner: Child Labor Assistance Network

Start time: June 2019

Location: Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah Province

Objective: To create a safe happy learning environment for the children of Kermanshah after the devastating earthquake in the region

Target group: Children and their mothers, and local volunteers in Kermanshah

Number of target group: 90 people collectively

Major activities: Holding play-therapy sessions; offering personal health classes; organizing arts and crafts and sports activities for children; providing empowerment and communication workshops for children and their mothers; holding counseling sessions for mothers and educators

 

Taishei Village Children Center

 

Project Partner: Child Labor Assistance Network

Start time: June 2019

Location: Taishei village, Kermanshah Province.

Objective: To create a safe happy learning environment for the children of Kermanshah after the devastating earthquake in the region

Target group: Children and their mothers, and local volunteers in Kermanshah

Number of target group: 100 people collectively

Major activities: Holding play-therapy sessions; offering personal health classes; organizing arts and crafts and sports activities for children; providing empowerment and communication workshops for children and their mothers; holding counseling sessions for mothers and educators

 

Equipping the Educational Space of Khaneh Khorshid

 

Project partner: Khaneh Khorshid Women Institute

Start time: Summer 2019

Objective: To improve the quality of life of children in the area

Target group: Children and families living in Darvazeh Ghar, Tehran

Number of target group: 500 people

Major activities: Equipping the Khaneh Khorshid training hall with the aim of holding tutoring classes, painting and art classes; promoting the power of reading; holding reading sessions 

 

Ferdowsi Children Center

 

Project Partner: Child Labor Assistance Network

Start time: October 2017

Location: Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah Province.

Objective: To create a safe learning environment for the children of Kermanshah after the devastating earthquake in the region

Target group: Children and their mothers, and local volunteers in the area

Number of target groups: 100 people collectively

Major activities: Holding play-therapy sessions; offering personal health classes; organizing arts and crafts and sports activities for children; providing empowerment and communication workshops for children and their mothers; holding counseling sessions for mothers and educators

 

Back-to-School Backpack Giveaway Campaign

 

Start time: October 2016

Location: Kermanshah and Sistan and Baluchestan

Objective: To help disadvantaged students start the school year with the proper back-to-school materials and including backpacks and stationary materials

Target group: Elementary students in deprived areas of Kermanshah and Sistan and Baluchestan

Number of target group: 2,000 students collectively

Major activities: Distributing of 500 backpacks and school uniforms for girls and boys in Sistan and Baluchestan province; giving away 1,500 backpacks and school uniforms for girls and boys in Kermanshah