800 Schools Built by Barekat Foundation

Over 1,500 underprivileged children receive education in 800 schools in Iran built by the charity organization Barekat Foundation. According to Mohammad Norouzi, director of the foundation, Barekat is building a further 1,100 schools. “Roughly 4,400 classrooms are in service now and 5,850 more are being built,” he said, IRNA reported. The foundation has so far invested 4.5 billion rials ($118,000) in school building. Barakat Foundation is dedicated to creating entrepreneurs, building schools and infrastructural facilities in remote and underdeveloped regions. It is affiliated to the Setad, a special office for executing the decrees of Imam Khomeini in helping the underprivileged.