FACE FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT - DEC 2022
Vision and Mission
FACE Foundation’s vision is to reshape the future of our society by providing an improved standard of living for families and children in need.

FACE Foundation’s mission is to raise funds to support individuals and families, and programmes that directly impact and improve the life of people in need. We aim to fulfil our objectives by:

  • Focusing on critical needs of families and children in need.
  • Providing financial stability, and non-financial support and resources.
  • Improving our growth and operating with responsibility, accountability, and transparency The Charity’s Objectives The prevention or relief of poverty anywhere.

Our Objectives
The prevention or relief of poverty anywhere in the world by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need, and/or charities or other organisations working to prevent or reduce poverty.

Summary of the main activities during the year
A summary of the main activities during the year for the public benefit in relation to the charities objectives is as follows.

FACE Foundation in 2022, has managed to sustain its life changing support for many in need. It has had a constructive and remarkably successful year providing more educational, financial, and medical support, working with and supporting more organisations as well as Conducting more projects.

A summary of the main activities undertaken during the year for the public benefit in relation to the charity’s objectives is as follows.

FACE Foundation continued providing monthly food packages monthly to hundreds of families living in poverty who have no other means of supporting themselves. Our relief aid ensures that each family consisting of 3 or 4 members, has at least one hot meal per day. The food packages provided comprised rice, pasta, meat, poultry, cooking oil, sugar and tea, various types of pulses and other essential nutrients. In addition, help was provided to families needing medical and financial support on a continuous basis.

FACE Foundation continues to support the “Bachehaye Asemani” care centre providing care for 10s of adolescent and teenage boys and girls with Down syndrome. Our on-going support includes full centre costs including monthly rent of premises, teaching equipment and provision of activities for the children.

FACE Foundation continued full support for the entrepreneurship project “The Pakdasht Sewing Workshop”. This work involves training single mothers with orphan kids with a chance in a lifetime to make their own living. FACE Foundation provides much required equipment, accessories, and salaries for teaching/training personnel and other costs of day to day running of the workshop.

We are pleased to confirm good progress with the latest projects aimed at empowering young people through education. FACE Foundation has progressed its support to the construction of 2 educational establishments in areas in desperate need of such facilities in Southern provinces in Iran. This work covered a 10-classroom secondary school for 340 girls in Ghachsaran, Kohkilooyeh & BooyerAhmad province (due for inauguration in November 2023) and a 3-classroom primary school for pupils aged 6 to 11 years, in Baluchistan.

In September 2022, an earthquake occurred in the province of West Azerbaijan, close to the city of Khoy near the Turkish border. Due to mainly three events, a total of 3,880 buildings were destroyed and 52,301 others were damaged in Khoy, including nearly 1,000 schools. Three people died and over 3,310 others were injured, almost all of them due to panic and only a few from collapsed houses. In response to this event, FACE Foundation provided much needed food packages for those effected.

Achievements and Performance
We provide a range of support in pursuance of our charitable aims. The trustees believe that our activities and support benefit those struggling with their most basic survival needs.

Our monthly provision of much needed medicine, medical equipment and food has had an immensely positive impact on maintaining hygiene and high spirits, as well improving the physical and mental health of hundreds of mentally and physically disadvantaged children being cared for in three different rehabilitation centres. The happiness and physical comfort that result from creating a safer environment through renovation works and the provision of heating and cooling systems, hot water etc., is clear to see.

The distribution of monthly based food packages to hundreds of families has directly resulted in more stability within families and has improved their overall health by removing the lack of nourishment. Children from these families have been reported to be doing better at school with more focus on their studies, because of improved health.

The educational support given to thousands of pupils, including construction of schools, insurance, fees, books and learning material, school uniforms, clothing, and the creation of a safe environment, have given them a much-deserved chance of having a decent education and hopes for a better future. We are proud that the Charity’s trustees all work as volunteers with no financial gain and with complete transparency and full commitment, which is why every penny raised goes directly to those in need.

Principal funding source
Charity’s funds are raised through contributions by the trustees and the community. This is performed through a range of activities including social events, social media marketing, and communication with network of friends and families.

Principal funding source
The charity is controlled by its governing document, the articles of association, and constitutes a Limited company, Limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

Dr Mehdi Elhami
Trustee/Director