Charity allocates $8.3b to eliminate deprivation

TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated with the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, has earmarked 353 trillion rials (nearly $8.3 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) to eliminate deprivation across the country.

Iran could become hub for ‘vaccine tourism’: minister

TEHRAN – Iran has the potential to become a destination for vaccine tourism regarding considerable efforts the country is making to develop series of domestic COVID-19 vaccines, the tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan has said.

Charity foundation supports 110,000 job plans for the deprived

TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, has supported 110,000 job plans for the people residing in deprived areas over the past Iranian calendar year (March 2020-March 2021), deputy head of the foundation has said.

Charity building 179 bridges, roads in deprived areas

TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation is working on projects for building 179 bridge and roads in deprived and underprivileged areas of 13 provinces of the country.

Charity foundation to implement 218 water supply projects in deprived areas

TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation will implement 218 water supply projects with a budget of 1.1 trillion rials (nearly $261 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) in deprived and rural areas of the country.

Charity foundation to launch 30 health centers in deprived areas

TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam, will build 30 health centers in deprived and rural areas of the country, IRNA reported on Sunday.

Stationery packages sent for underprivileged students

Barekat Charity Foundation dispatched 250,000 school bags and stationery packages to be distributed among underprivileged students nationwide.

Charity foundation to build 110 schools for the deprived

TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam, will construct some 110 schools in deprived areas across the country by the end of this year (March 20, 2020).

Charity foundation to create 2,000 job plans in Golestan province

TEHRAN — Barekat charity foundation will create 2,000 employment plans in the northeastern province of Golestan by the start of the Iranian calendar month of Bahman falling on January 21, 2020, ILNA news agency reported on Saturday.

Charity foundation to launch 200 health care centers in deprived areas

TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation will launch 200 health care centers in underprivileged areas across the country, an official with the foundation has said.

Charity foundation, entrepreneurship fund to generate 28,000 jobs for the deprived

TEHRAN — Barekat charity foundation and Omid entrepreneurship fund will create some 28,000 employment opportunities in deprived rural areas, Mehr news agency reported on Monday.

Charity foundation donates livestock to flood victims

TEHRAN — Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam has donated some 1,500 livestock to flood victims in the northeastern province of Golestan on Sunday. 

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Code Pink visits fair featuring Iran’s attempt to empower the deprived

TEHRAN — Code Pink, an internationally active NGO working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, paid a visit to a permanent fair highlighting social achievements of the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam to empower the deprived and eliminate deprivation on Tuesday.

Charity foundation creates 41,000 jobs for the deprived

TEHRAN - Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, has generated some 41,000 jobs for the people residing in underprivileged areas during the current Iranian calendar year (starting on March 21, 2018), Mohammad Mokhber, director of Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, has said.

Charity foundation supports treatment of infertile couples 

TEHRAN — Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam, has financially supported 4,552 infertile couples in rural areas to receive necessary treatments, Ana news agency reported on Wednesday. 

500 job creation plans launched in western province of Lorestan 

TEHRAN —Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiye Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam has launched 500 job creation plans in the western province of Lorestan, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday. 

Charity foundation provides wheelchairs for 3,000 people with disabilities 

TEHRAN — Ehsan-Barekat Charity Foundation has provided some 3,000 wheelchairs to people with disabilities in underprivileged areas, director of Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order said on Sunday. 

Charity foundation completes building 57 healthcare centers 

TEHRAN — Barekat Charity Foundation affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiye Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam has completed construction of 57 healthcare centers in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.