The Society to Support Children Suffering from Cancer, also known as MAHAK, was set up in 1991 as a non-governmental and non-profit organization. It has been registered under number 6567 of the Social Affairs department for NGO activities at the Ministry of Interior in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the past two decades, the organization has attracted a vast public support and  fulfilled a great part of its mission which is to support children with cancer, reduce the child mortality rate and create an appropriate environment that empowers families who have children with cancer. MAHAK has gained a consultative status in the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Furthermore, the organization is ranked seventeenth among the 102 non-governmental organizations that have been classified by SGS NGO benchmarking. Due to its consultative status with the ECOSOC, MAHAK feels obligated to join the global concerted endeavor to recognize and accomplish the strategic Millennium Goals set by the United Nations. As for the organizational standards, a major achievement of MAHAK was gaining the Société Generale de Surveillance (SGS) Verified Certificate of NGO Benchmarking in November 2007. The Society was the first non-governmental organization in the Middle East to attain such a certificate.
MAHAK is particularly responsible for accomplishing the fourth goal, the reduction of child mortality rate, which is in the domain of its activity. In order to achieve such humanitarian goals before 2015, collaboration among the sister organizations is crucial. As a result, MAHAK is also engaged in recognizing and accomplishing the eighth Millennium Goal. This goal calls for initiating a global partnership for development. MAHAK’s efforts in developing partnerships with other organizations in combating child cancer have been extremely successful. The "love of humanity" is our motivation and it is integrated in MAHAK's slogan of "Help us and let us help you”. During the past two decades, the organization has successfully built a Highly Specialized Hospital & Research Center in Pediatric Cancer called “ MAHAK” and managed to treat over 17,400 children.