In the meeting of formal council of Garmsar County, attended by head of EIKO, the Parliament Member of Garmsar and Aradan counties in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, governor general and Friday Prayer Leader of Garmsar, at the amphitheatre of Garmsar county government department, Dr. Mokhber said, “Garmsar can be considered as a pilot for employment development, supporting entrepreneurs and economic empowerment, especially in the domestic sector in the deprived and less-deprived regions, and EIKO will support this action both financially and non-financially and will dedicate more than 300 billion rials based on the economic model of Barakat Foundation for this purpose.”
“Islamic Revolution of Iran is a perfect role-model for the world, as a whole, and this revolution posed a religious and popular thinking in the world, so all of us are committed to spare no efforts to improve and strengthen this revolution,” Dr. Mokhber added.
Dr. Mokhber also pointed to job generation, deprivation eradication and supporting people who live in the deprived parts of the county as some of the basic policies of EIKO and stated, “EIKO supports people through various and very diverse sections. Paying medical costs, awarding no-interest loans, constructing hospitals and health centers, constructing schools, mosques, roads, infrastructural services, etc. are some of them, and in general, EIKO tries its best to implement constructional projects which can cast some good effects in the regional development.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, Dr. Mokhber said, “EIKO, with regard to emphasis made by the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran about supporting Iranian goods and products, aims to follow a special plan to support national production and domestic goods and products and also for various producing and industrial sectors, financial and thinking supports for all industrial and producing units of the country.”
Another speaker of this meeting was Dr. Gholamreza Kateb, MP of Garmsar and Aradan Counties in the Islamic Consultative Assembly who said, “Reducing unemployment rate must be the first executive approach of the executive departments of the country.”
“EIKO which has played a key role and great contribution to eradicate deprivation and generate more jobs across the country, can perform some good actions through supporting rural employment and deprived classes of the society, such as people who are covered by Imam Khomeini Relief Committee and Welfare Organization,” he added.
Kateb also said, “As the result of cooperation between Barakat Foundation and other entities construction of 10 mosques in the Garmsar villages which had been left uncompleted will be completed this year. We are also looking for constructing and completing scholar houses in these villages through supports made by EIKO.”
MP of Garmsar and Aradan counties in the Islamic Consultative Assembly pointed to the special educational programs of Garmsar on employment and promotion of technical majors in the country’s education system and added, “In Garmsar County 53% of students choose to continue their education in the Technical and Vocational Institutes and schools, while this percent in the Semnan Province and the country, as a whole, are 46% and 38%, respectively.”
Another speaker of this meeting was Dr. Dariush Taheri, Garmsar’s Governor, who appreciated the broad measures and actions made by EIKO across the deprived regions of the country and asked both EIKO and Barakat Foundation to pay more attention to the deprived villages of Garmsar County.
“Barakat Foundation is able to bring about some good developments in both constructional and rural projects of Garmsar Villages.” Dr. Dariush Taheri added.
“Paying attention to rural employment area will be associated with regional development,” he said.
It is worthy to say that two 18-classroom and 6-classroom schools of Barakat Foundation were opened by Dr. Mokhber during his recent trip to Garmsar County and the construction operation of two other schools was started.
