Shirin's Biography

Shirin's Biography

Her mother Efat Fathi Maymandi was a teacher. She quit working outside the home after their fourth child.

Shirin Nematollahi was born in Kerman, Iran. She lives in Kansas City, Kansas. Her hobbies are painting, reading, doing crafts to sell and collecting money for orphanage children.

Her father Seyed Abas Nematollahi was a well respected man who was a teacher at age 15 and then became an accountant

Shirin’s generation descended From Shah Nematollah Vali who is known throughout the world. His teachings and his books introduced millions of his followers to a new way of achieving spiritual growth and self development. If you would like to know more about him please go to:shahnematollahvali.org

Mahan, Kerman Shah Nematollah Vali

Shirin is married and has two children and two grand children. Both of her children are physicians. She with her husband and two children left Iran before the revolution of 1979 in order to get more education. Shirin Completed her BA and MA. She taught 11 years in Iran before the revolution occurred and 19 years at Friends University in Wichita, Ks.

During the last 30 years that she has been living in the USA she has traveled many times to Iran in order to see her family. The last 10 years every summer when she is there she would take all the Sanati orphanage talented children and teenagers for one day to Mahan Kerman. Her parents have properties still in Mahan.

The orphanage children would be treated to an exciting day full of happiness and late in the afternoon they would go back to the Sanati Orphanage. This is a very special day for her. It takes her at least two weeks to be prepared with the help of her sisters and her nieces. Usually these wonderful children have breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack. They sing, dance, pick fruits from the garden and they really have an exciting day.

Shirin has always been dreaming of doing something more for those young kids. This year after lunch one of the orphanage teenagers who she knew for many years sang a song in a manner that broke her heart and made her and many of her family cry. The overwhelming emotion forced Shirin to leave the group until the song had ended.

By the time Shirin was back to the US she was thinking there must be a way to help those orphanage children to have a better future. One midnight she woke up and an idea came to her mind. Why not start a NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION? With a little help from everyone we can improve the life of these children who are living in poverty.

Thank God they at least have some food and clothing. The children don’t have money or even an opportunity to expand their talent or reach their dreams. Many of them have talents like the young man who sang for us. They just need a little assistance in having the opportunity to attend classes or receive guidance in achieving their dreams.

Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh initiated the greatest renaissance of the Nematollahi Sufi order since the work of the founder Shah Nematollahi Vali in the 15 century. His teaching has attracted a massive follower from every race, ethos, creed and national origin, inspiring a way of loving-kindness and service to human kind according to the Suffisum.

” Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh believes: “The basic of Sufism is consideration of the hearts and feelings of others. If you haven’t the will to gladden someone hearts, and then at least be aware lest you hurt someone’s heart. For on our path, no sin exists but these.” Please if you are interested to know him go to the site below.
Dr.Javad Nurbakhsh.com

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