YARI FOUNDATION

Three awesome supporters of Yari Foundation, Peiman, Siavoush, and Marcus have teamed up to run a half marathon for YARI on 18th May in Gothenburg. Their intention is to raise awareness on “children’s right to have access to education” and support the cause that Yari foundation is working with. In parallel with this initiative, Marcus is running a fundraising campaign for his effort which a partner company of Yari will “DOUBLE” the amount he raises in these campaigns. Help him hit his target and support his campaign via the link below: Read more about campaign You can [...]

Today, 9th of May 2019, coincides with Yeganeh Abbasi Bacharach’s birthday, our beloved former colleague and enthusiast to the Yari Foundation who unfortunately left us with great sadness after her death last autumn. We at Yari Foundation have now set up a healthcare fund to the honor of Yeganeh. This healthcare fund will provide financial help to the children or children's parents who need medical care in Iran. The background to the establishment of a healthcare fund is on the initiative of some of Yaris members who in recent years collected donation in a bank account in Iran, to provide [...]

On Wednesday 24th April, Yari’s sponsor and Ambassador Sorosh Tavakoli hosted a dinner that some of Yari’s ambassadors (Ardalan Shekarabi, Minister of Public Administration; Yasmine Satei-Berns, host at Resan-Hit podcast & entrepreneur; Bahar Pars, Actress) and a few entrepreneurs and business owners attended. The main purpose of the dinner was to present Yari organization and the way it works. Accordingly, Gabriella Overödder, from Effektiv Altruism held a very interesting and insightful discussion around effective giving which shed light on the effectiveness of the ways Yari works. You can listen to her TedTalk here. Another highlight of the night was that [...]

The last part of Eidi Campaign was a vernissage of the photos taken by Mostafa Kazemi, photographer, and a documentary film by Behzad Azadi. Mostafa and Behzad traveled to Kermanshah and took the images during the Yari schools opening ceremony. The schools have built by Yari after the earthquake in the Kermanshah region in 2017 and now more than a hundred children can go to these schools.

Yari’s Annual Assembly The annual meeting of Yari held at the Yari’s office in Stockholm, where the past year activities and the plan for the upcoming year presented, and the new board members elected as well. The graph shows the incredible development we have had in recent years and the rapidly growing rate for the last two years. Sara Baghchehsaraee and Haleh Nowroozi have left the board for personal reasons, but they remain active in Yari’s activities. Sara will continue her tasks in the customer service and2 Haleh will be more engaged in the new medical [...]

Founders Pledge Supports YARI The Swedish aid organization Yari, receives support from Founders Pledge as its first organization in Sweden, through tech entrepreneur Sorosh Tavakoli.Founders Pledge is a London-based foundation with an association of over 600 entrepreneurs and investors around the world who donate a certain portion of their wealth to charitable purposes."We are pleased that our pledgers support innovative organizations that have the potential to enhance an entire industry, especially when it comes to organizations such as Yari, which places emphasis on digitalization, evidence-based decisions and transparency," said David Goldberg, chairman and co-founder of Founders Pledge. There is also very [...]