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Narges Kalbasi Ashtari (, born 21 March 1988,
Esfahan Isfahan or Esfahan ( ) is a city in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is located south of Tehran. The city has a population of approximately ...
), founder of the Prishan Foundation, is a British citizen, originally from
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
. Ashtari grew up and went to school in
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,
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. In 2010, she set up the Prishan Foundation, named after a blind Sri Lankan boy that Ashtari met, with the aim of 'improving the lives of orphans and abandoned children around the world'. The foundation has built an orphanage for girls in the
Rayagada Rayagada is a municipality in Rayagada district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the administrative headquarters of Rayagada district. History The city of Rayagada was founded by King Vishwanath Dev Gajapati (1527-1531 CE) of the Suryava ...
district of
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and a home for blind children in Mukundapur in India.


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Living people 1988 births British people of Iranian descent English philanthropists Iranian emigrants to England Iranian philanthropists People from Exeter People from Isfahan {{philanthropist-stub