Omid means Hope — OMID Foundation

The basic needs of children, their families and cohabiting communities should be fulfilled, and their abilities to contribute to the improvement of their cohabitation should be promoted.

News: our work in 2026

So far this year we have spent EUR 33,520 on four ongoing projects.

APCL (EUR 12,490). Daily meals and schooling for around 700 working children. Extra help to cover price rises after renewed economic sanctions, including for children who lost their work because of the war.
Shekoofan, Mahmoodabad (EUR 15,227). Meals and schooling for 400 children working in the brickworks. Extra food and school supplies as the sanctions drive prices up.
Zainab Institute (EUR 3,575). New Year clothes and food for families in need. Food for families whose only earner lost their job under the renewed sanctions. A year’s rent for the charity’s main premises.
Alghadir Afghan School (EUR 2,228). Food, school materials and clothing for Afghan refugee children.

Ongoing projects

Rows of new children's shoes laid out on their boxes, ready to be handed out

Alghadir education center (Pishva-Varamin)

Since 2008 the Omid foundation has supported Alghadir education center that supports refugee children who have fled from Afghanistan.

OngoingIran

School kids sitting around a table for a meal

Association for Protection of Child Laborers (APCL)

In October 2009 the OMID foundation started cooperating with the Association for Protection of Child Laborers (APCL).

OngoingIran

An older woman and a young mother with her newborn sitting together outdoors in the village

Baria project (Senegal)

Baria is a town in Senegal about 7 hours’ drive from the capital Dakar.

OngoingAfrica

Schoolgirls in pink uniforms and white headscarves standing outside the school holding flowers

Basaeedoo and Goori pre-school & school buildings (Goori Medical Center, Qeshm)

Since 2013 the OMID foundation has been supporting the people on Qeshm island for the construction of a new school building in Ba Saeedoo village.

OngoingIran

Residents and staff talking together in the tiled hallway of the shelter in Lagos

Immediate help

Due to the catastrophic conditions of the stranded, homeless refugees in Greece, on Samos and Lesbos, as well as on the mainland, we have worked together with local volunteers who…

OngoingSeveral countries

A child carried on a girl's back as the group walks through the brickworks, lorries behind them

Shekoofan (Mahmoodabad)

Shekoofan is a project for a preschool and First grade primary school in Mahmoodabad.

OngoingIran

Two women in white coats tipping cooked rice from a pot into large bowls in the steamy kitchen

Zainab Charity (Neka)

Since 2011, the OMID Foundation has been supporting the Zainab Charity in Neka.

OngoingIran