Empowering disadvantaged young women in Iran

Our Center

The center in Tehran offers the girls a safe place to be, in which they can explore their past and transform their lives.

The Center in Tehran

The center is a school, a place for therapy and for some, their home. The Omid Foundations welcome 60 new girls a year to the center in two separate groups of 30. They have two, 6 month terms and each girl stays for 3 years. Some girls live at the center in the residential part whilst other go home every evening.

During the first 2.5 years, the girls attend training and educational classes and during the last 6 months, they will attend classes outside of the Omid-e-Mehr center to pursue more specialized and vocational training such as accounting, IT, and secretarial works for which they will be officially certified by the relevant institutions.

The Center in Tehran

Classes are held five days a week from 8-4pm and the girls attend lessons including English, art, writing, personal hygiene and computer science. The center is closed on Tuesdays and Fridays and on Sundays the girls attend workshops focusing on various social and personal issues.