Julian Omidi

Co-Founder of No More Poverty Julian Omidi

Julian Omidi co-founded No More Poverty In 2012. Through No More Poverty, Julian Omidi
has gotten involved with a variety of causes, providing them with support, so that they can
continue to make a difference in todays world. By the name No More Poverty, the mission is
clear. The organization aims to support like-minded non for profits dedicated to alleviating the
numerous facets of poverty that are a serious problem in todays world, affecting billions! No
More Poverty currently supports a growing number of charities and will continue to expand its
efforts in order to have a greater impact!

Charities Supported by Julian Omidi

Julian Omidi firmly believes in his duty to help those less fortunate than him and is a driving
force behind No More Poverty. He feels very
strongly about each of the charities on this
website, as well as the many other causes No
More Poverty supports.
It is incredibly unfortunate and sad that so many
people around the world will be deprived of
necessities, live without many of the things
most people take for granted, and will lead their
lives without the kinds of opportunities that
many of us have had. These charities I support
help curb a variety of problems in locations
across the world. Drop in the Bucket provides
water and proper sanitation for poor, east
African villages. It creates sustainable wells
which provide sources of clean drinkable water
much closer to the population. The villages the charity supports also lack the proper
infrastructure to deal with vast amounts of waste and excrement. Drop in the Bucket helps builds
bathroom facilities for these villages. By helping provide these services, Drop in the Bucket
reduces the risk of sanitation-related diseases killing locals, as well as providing them with a
reliable source of water.

Julian Omidi Supports Children on the Run & Foundation for Second Chances
through No More Poverty
Children of the Night addresses the often ignored problem of child prostitution. People find it
hard to believe that child prostitution happens in our own nation, but statistics show it is an
unacceptably enormous problem. It provides programs for the victimized children, working with
them, to give them a way out of the unfathomable life of prostitution at such a young age.

The Foundation for Second Chances helps children who come from impoverished homes, gives
them guidance and assistance so that they may fulfill their potential, without being hindered by
the problems that poverty can cause for a young person.

Dandelion Wishes Receives Support from Julian Omidi through No More

Poverty
Lastly, Dandelion Wishes is an organization that aims to help troubled and at-risk youths through
art therapy. By allowing them to thrive creatively, to express themselves with proper guidance,
the youths can really let out some of their own demons, confront them, and grow into better
people as a result. This program really has a lasting impact on the youths it reaches.
These organizations all provide powerful, lasting help for hundreds of thousands of people, in a
variety of ways, and I am determined to get their names out there, to make sure they get even
more support, and to find other, new organizations which are similarly powerful sources of
change and help in this world.
-Julian Omidi

Julian Omidi Charities

Dandelion Wishes Mission
Hope is one of the most powerful tools one can have when trying to stimulate social and
economic change. However, in communities that are plagued with crime, poverty and despair,
hope is one quality that is in desperately short supply. Even though programs that try to bring
economic stimulation, health care and drug rehabilitation to impoverished communities are
critically important, it is equally important to give people in depressed conditions an outlet for
creative expression; to let them know that their individual perspectives have value and even
beauty. Dandelion Wishes, an organization dedicated to giving people the means to channel their
thoughts and feelings through art, seeks to help spiritually and emotionally uplift people who
have suffered unimaginable trauma, and I am proud that No More Poverty has the opportunity to
sponsor such a wonderful endeavor.

Lesley Glenn Founder of Dandelion Wishes

Dandelion Wishes was born when its founder, Lesley Glenn, discovered the therapeutic benefits
of painting and artistic expression while trying to cope with her own emotional upheaval. With
her training and certification in Trauma Intervention, Organizational Leadership and the Zagon
method of Art4Healing, she decided to use those skills to help bring a sense of accomplishment
and purpose to people living in desperate conditions. The ability to commit thoughts, feelings
and stories to a work surface regardless of language and cultural barriers allows the participants
to create and work without restrictions, at a pace they find comfortable.
Using art classes and workshops, Dandelion Wishes allows those who have a diminished sense
of self worth to express not only their frustrations, but also their accomplishments and their

desires. My passion is being able to share my personal trials and triumphs with my means of
healing through creative expression and art, said Lesley Gunn, founder. Helping others to find
hope inside themselves is incredibly rewarding.

Drop in the Bucket

Many people associate poverty in Africa with hunger and the difficulty for people there to find
food. Oftentimes they dont consider another major problem that exists in the poorer regions of
the continent, the startling lack of clean water sources and properly functioning sanitation
systems to deal with excrement. As a result, some villagers are forced to walk miles away in
order to get water and then carry them all the way back. Without proper sanitation, excrement
cannot be gotten rid of and it produces breeding grounds for dangerous diseases and viruses.
I am proud to support Drop in the Bucket through No More Poverty. Drop in the Bucket uses its
funds to dig wells in villages and set up better toilet facilities. The wells provide water and save
the residents a lot of time and energy so that they can tend to their other needs. The facilities set
up are Eco-Sanitation flush toilets that are cost-effective and are designed for optimal breakdown
of sewage so that it isnt harmful for the villages.

Foundation for Second Chances

My brother Michael Omidi and I consider ourselves fortunate to give back to the community
through NMP. This is why we are so personally proud to offer Foundation for Second Chances
our special brand of support.
Foundation for Second Chances is a non-profit organization that offers educational and
mentoring services to children living in Southern Los Angeles. The communities served by
Second Chances are mostly low-income areas where resources are scarce and where solid
opportunities for advancement are even scarcer. Children growing up in these areas often suffer
as the result of being educated in poorly funded public schools, as well as from not having access
to enough positive role models that they can emulate in order to succeed in life. Foundation for
Second Chances, however, offers a beacon of hope and light to these young people by providing
after school activities, mentoring, literacy programs and other forms of educational support. The
groups efforts align perfectly with our own personal Omidi brother mission, which is to end
impoverishment through our organization, No More Poverty.

For more information please visit

http://www.julianomidicharities.com