Over the past month, the war has caused significant financial hardship for many families. In response, we launched a campaign to provide essential food supplies to those most affected.
Due to internet disruptions, we focused our efforts on the "Darvazeh Ghar" area, where we distributed food packages to families of workers who had lost their jobs as a result of the war. We were already familiar with this community, as we have been supporting children in this area for the past three years by providing school supplies, backpacks, food, and special holiday packages.
This campaign was truly unprecedented over the entire 14-year period of our collective work, particularly in terms of the participation of our fund members despite differences in viewpoints.
On December 13–14, the Grand Iranian Charity Auction Festival of Toronto was held with the goal of supporting five cancer patients in the Toronto–Richmond Hill area.
At this festival, all vendors who rented tables were required to sell their items below market price to maximize charitable impact.
We would like to acknowledge the generous sponsors of this event: Dr. Zohreh Shafagh, dentist; Souri Sabri, real estate broker; Farnaz Tavakoli, immigration consultant; and Pars College.
Avid is the seventh school built by the Help the People group, located in the village of Sib in the Sistan and Baluchestan province.
The school was completed through the contributions of the group’s members and the proceeds from the Mehregan Festival.
Mr. Habibollah Khodadadzehi oversaw the entire process—from securing approval from the Department of Education to supervising construction until its completion.
The school features a cement-paved courtyard, sturdy brick walls, a small kitchen, and restroom facilities.
Mehregan Festival 2025,
After two months of dedicated effort, the Mehregan Festival was successfully held on Saturday and Sunday, October 4th and 5th, in Richmond Hill — and it truly turned out to be one of our best events yet!
This year, an incredible number of people came together to make this festival as wonderful as our community deserves. Below is a summary of our amazing team and supporters:
Gold Sponsors:
•Farnaz. A. Tavakoli – Immigration Consultant- Road To Future
The Boxing Day Festival was organized with the dual purpose of supporting single mothers in launching their own businesses and providing essential education to newcomers in Canada.
As part of the festival, six free public workshops were held, specifically designed to address the needs of immigrants adapting to life in a new country. Topics covered in these sessions included:
How newcomers can access loans and what they need to know beforehand
Addressing mental health challenges faced when adjusting to a new society
Following the explosion at Rajaee Port in Bandar Abbas, many dock workers and truck drivers tragically lost their lives. In response, we came together to raise funds and offer support to the families of the victims.
Fortunately, the same team that previously delivered housing units on our behalf to earthquake victims in Khoy kindly agreed to travel to Bandar Abbas. With the help of a local insurance representative, they obtained a list of names and contact numbers of several affected families.
As in previous years, we decided to prepare and donate New Year food packages and traditional sweets for underprivileged children and their families.
To support this cause, we organized a festival called Valentine, where we rented out vendor tables and dedicated all proceeds to benefit the children.
You can see the process and highlights of this initiative through the photo gallery below.