Source of Compassion began several years ago with its founder, Noorullah Noorzad. In his home country and other parts of Central Asia, he saw hundreds of children living on the streets. The scene was the same in all the major cities, though the reasons for the abandonment of children were varied. Some children’s parents and would-be caretakers had been killed in war. Others were born to unwed mothers, often women who had been raped. Yet others were not welcome in the context of second marriages, which were an economic necessity for widows. At the same time, he saw a growing and disturbing trend towards drug-addiction.

Rampant or willful misinformation and an increasing availability of opium and heroin were drawing entire families, including very young children, into long-term drug dependency, with ruinous social, economic, psychological, and spiritual consequences. The ugly faces of deprivation and addiction made a lasting impression.

Noorzad was later forced to flee his home country, but he was not without hope. Once on solid footing in North America, he gathered a team of dedicated people and developed a plan to help drug-addicted and abandoned children. The work of Source of Compassion is our answer to the acute suffering to which we have been awakened. It means the world to us to see a child smile again, hope restored, lives rebuilt.

Source of Compassion founder Noorullah Noorzad shares the mission for the organization.

“Our mission is to reach abandoned and drug-addicted children and provide them with the nurturing, training, and treatment they need to have a chance at a better life.

We give the attention, love, and support they need to recover and restart their lives in a safe environment where they have the opportunity to become free from their suffering and grief.”