“The Cher Charitable Foundation”

Cher, the Oscar¬Æ, Emmy¬Æ and Grammy¬Æ Award-winning singer, songwriter, actor, author and humanitarian, hosted the premier of Nassiri’s west coast premiere of his short film “Love Sees No Color”. Nassiri like Cher, believes in become actively involved with select projects where the funds will go directly to those charities in need and made a donation to The Cher Charitable Foundation in December ‘07. The foundation’s primary endeavors have included support of health research and patient quality of life, anti-poverty initiatives, veterans’ rights, and vulnerable children. The foundation also contributed to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund which serves military personnel who have been catastrophically disabled in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and those severely injured in other operations. Cher is also a donor, fundraiser and international spokesperson for Keep a Child Alive, an organization that seeks to accelerate action to combat the global AIDS pandemic, including the provision of Antiretroviral medicine to children and their families with HIV/AIDS. Most recently, Cher has become the primary supporter of the Peace Village School (PVS) in Ukunda, Kenya. PVS provides nutritious food, medical care, education and extracurricular activities for more than 300 orphans and vulnerable children, ages 2 to 13 years.

Nassiri Charitable Society, INDIA

Nassiri came across a village in India while traveling to the next film shoot and saw first hand the deplorable conditions. He immediately stepped in to bring basic provisions such as flour, rice, vegetables, blankets, and utensils. Nassiri has contributed to the construction of the first restrooms and bathing facilities for the village. Nassiri hopes to eventually build an entire master planned community area where the villagers can meet, cook, sleep and live with dignity.

Lee Antonello Elementary School - Ethnic Diversity Program

Nassiri worked with the Public Education Foundation and the Clark County Nevada) School district officials in creating and implementing an ethnic diversity curriculum. Nassiri donated a special grant to the Public Education Foundation to fund the creation and implementation. The curriculum partners Nassiri’s world peace anthem, “Love Sees No Color” with character traits focusing on: Peace, Harmony, Responsibility, Compassion, Acceptance, Love, Integrity, Honesty and Respect. Since the inception of the program in August of ‘06, the school went from not meeting AYP standards under the “No Child Left Behind Act” to enjoying higher results. This program also encourages and receives greater participation from the parents.

Players for Peace / Nelson Mandela

In South Africa, Nassiri made a donation to Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Fund, “Players for Peace” in August ‘06. He spent many hours with Winnie Mandela looking intro 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 Have House in Johannesburg (a home dedicated to caring for new born babies infected with the AIDS virus) where he also donated funds.

Nassiri Cultural Center

“Guns For Brushes”
While filming “Love Sees No Color” in Rio de Janero, he 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, Nassisi 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 this worthy program.