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.
