Mission Statement
The “Love Sees No Color Foundation” is an independent private foundation established by Fred Nassiri who is a peace activist with a passion to make a difference globally. His mission is simple ‚Äì to identify people in need and assertively step in to improve their conditions. By forming this 501-3C foundation, Nassiri is able to foster projects with a view of promoting human dignity, reducing poverty and peace all over the world.
Value Statement
The LSNC Foundation is a vehicle to create awareness and spread the message of peace and harmony to the world through the power of positive music, entertainment and education.
Assembling Support
As a visionary, activist, advocate and artist, Nassiri has been recognized locally, regionally nationally and internationally for his work spreading the message of peace.
His efforts on “Love Sees No Color” the anthem for World Peace, Nassiri received a Congressional Certificate of Recognition and a Certificate from the State of Nevada. He also was selected and received the “World Visionary Award” from the Boston Film Festival in September of 2007. Nassiri attended a 75th birthday remembrance for Dr. Martin Luther King. Rev. Jesse Jackson founder and president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, thanked Nassiri and noted that “Love Sees No Color” was the theme that Dr. King touted for many years before his untimely death.
Nassiri donates a portion of the proceeds from his business to help children suffering from the devastating effects of war and poverty. He also had the opportunity to meet with former President Bill Clinton during a visit to Las Vegas, Nevada. During this time Nassiri shared his plans with President Clinton for his “Love Sees No Color” World Peace Movement and concert tour. Nassiri has many who support his efforts including Nobel Prize winners, Nelson Mandela and Kim De Jung, Vice Premier of Israel, Shimon Peres, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Nevada Senator John Ensign.
Recent Philanthropic Projects
In Agra, India, Nassiri adopted a village during the filming of “Love Sees No Color” after he saw the poor conditions there. He sends provisions each month, which buys them wheat flour, rice, lentils, vegetables, potatoes, eggs, sugar, tea leaves, cooking spices, oil, soaps, detergent, and candles. Furthermore, the villagers have already received blankets, utensils, woolen slacks, and vests. Nassiri has contributed to the construction of the first restrooms and bathing facilities for the village. To date, Nassiri has committed more than $1,000,000 to the village and hopes to eventually build an entire master-planned community area where the villagers can meet, cook, sleep and live with dignity.
In South Africa, Nassiri made a substantial donation to Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Fund, “Player’s for Peace”. He spent many hours with Winnie Mandela looking into the conditions of some of the AIDS villages outside of Cape Town and Johannesburg. Nassiri visited one village where he met with a woman and her family, all who were infected with the AIDS virus. Nassiri adopted the family, and has been donating food and paying for their medical bills so they can receive the treatment and medicine they need. He also visited Haven House in Johannesburg, (a home dedicated to caring for new born babies infected with AIDS virus) where he also donated funds.
While filming “Love Sees No Color” in Rio de Janero, Nassiri came across a school where children were creating art from items they had found on the street. The name of the project was called “Guns for Brushes,” and is aimed at giving children a safe place to create, where they would not be in danger or out on the streets alone. The original location was a single room, which was asbestos ridden, filled with debris and smelled of foul odors. The conditions were unsafe. As a creator and artist himself, Nassiri could not turn away from such an important program. He found a much larger building nearby and is in the process of purchasing it for the “Guns for Brushes” campaign.
The Clark County School District implemented an ethnic diversity curriculum that incorporates 8 of the songs from Nassiri’s album: “Love Sees No Color”. This life-changing program matches songs from the peace anthem with ethnic diversity character traits, where it becomes an inclusive multi-sensory approach to learning. Lee Antonello Elementary School principals and teachers tout the successes of this program in just one year. Immediate plans are to make it available to both public and private schools across the city, nationally and internationally.
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