TEHRAN – The Social Welfare Organization has launched numerous development projects on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, which is marked from February 1-11.

The Organization has created 18,335 job opportunities, installed 231 solar panels, and provided 14,468 housing units for the beneficiaries and people with disabilities, IRNA quoted Arezoo Zokaei-far, an official with the Social Welfare Organization, as saying.

The employment plan includes 16,501 opportunities for self-employment, and 834 are employer-based projects, which are provided all over the country, she noted.

Moreover, 231 5-kilowatt solar panels will be allocated for the Organization’s beneficiaries, aiming to provide them with a sustainable source of income.

The official went on to say that over 15 trillion rials (about 10 million dollars) have been invested to build 14,468 houses for families that have two children with disabilities across the country.

Government Week services

During Government Week (August 24-30, 2025), the Social Welfare Organization inaugurated different projects, namely neighborhood-based social health, physical health, and cancer screening for women heads of household, community-based rehabilitation (CBR) centers, validation of elderly day-care centers, and a talent search system for welfare recipients.

Neighborhood-based social health project focuses on revitalizing neighborhood institutions and benefiting from the capacity of qualified individuals, as well as centers under the supervision of the Social Welfare Organization and communities to better serve the community, IRNA quoted Hosseini as saying.

The second project, physical health and cancer screening for women heads of household, is planned to be implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior. The project will also be followed up on as a national program.

Concerning the fact that the country is entering a phase of population aging and a lack of professional forces, the Social Welfare Organization is planning to train consultants on aging or aging life care professionals. The first phase of the project will kick off during Government Week, with 3,000 consultants to be trained in the private centers attributed to the organization.

The organization will also launch 200 CBR in less privileged and remote areas where access to welfare services is limited. Social workers will receive a 20-hour training to start their jobs as facilitators in these centers. They will be responsible for some 150 cases. Overseeing local communities, identifying individuals with disabilities, as well as resources and measures, are among their responsibilities.

The Social Welfare Organization will start to validate some 330 elderly day-care centers in cooperation with the national standard organization.

The talent search system for welfare recipients will be launched during the week, as well. It will help them to find jobs or start their own businesses. So far, 570,000 individuals have been collected, and it is estimated that during Government Week, the figure will rise to 800,000 people. For the first time, a comprehensive employment database for people with disabilities will be unveiled.

10,566 housing, employment, social, and rehabilitation projects were inaugurated on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of National Welfare Week (July 16 to 22), IRNA reported.

About 77 percent of the projects focused on employment, 21 percent on housing, and the remaining two percent on the social and rehabilitation sector, the official noted.

Moreover, 359 projects were started, most of which would be implemented in Kerman, Lorestan, and Isfahan provinces.

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