Head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (EIKO) Dr. Mohammad Mokhber made the above remarks and said, “with the coordination made in this regard, 1,000 sports equipment and machinery will be sent by EIKO to 2,500 villages and disadvantaged areas of the country.”

He added, “with joining EHSAN League Campaign, a great number of fellow countrymen have established fair cooperation and collaboration with the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (EIKO) for helping disadvantaged and deprived people.”

While emphasizing the necessity of rendering quality services in the deprived and disadvantaged areas of the country, Dr. Mohammad Mokhber added, “many professional athletes of the country have lived in these deprived and disadvantaged areas of the country and have been shortlisted in the national team.”

He pointed to the existence of many talents in the deprived and disadvantaged areas of the country and said, “equipping less developed and disadvantaged areas of the country to suitable sports equipment is followed up with the aim of preventing social delinquencies, guiding young people towards sports, reducing social harms and filling leisure time of young walks of life.”

In this regard, 2,500 deprived areas of the country have been identified in this comprehensive plan, he said, adding, “this process will be conducted and continued gradually.”

He reiterated, “various types of ball, basketball ring, volleyball net, stretching (elastic) bodybuilding devices, Ping-Pong table and soccer table (table football) are of these sports equipment provided in these deprived areas.”

Campaigns were launched in cooperation with people in mid-2018, Dr. Mokhber said, adding, “in Oct. 2017, a plan entitled “Mashgh-e Ehsan” was implemented, based on which, 300,000 stationeries were provided for schoolchildren and students in the deprived areas of the country.”

With the help of Jihadi manpower, 3,000 wheelchairs were also sent for the people in the deprived and disadvantaged areas of the country, he emphasized.

It should be noted that this ceremony was attended by Eng. Saeed Jafari Managing Director of Barakat Foundation, Dr. MehrdadBazrpash from Barakat Foundation and sports veterans including Mahmoud Khordbin, MortezaFonoonizadeh, ParvizMazloomi, Dariush Mostafavi, Hossein Rezazadeh, Ali Khosravi, NimaNakisa and Mehdi Mohammadnabi.

Also, at the beginning of this ceremony, a number of athletes performed dramatic performance. After that, a match was held between Futsal Team and a team of Sobh-e Royesh School. Players of Sobh-e Rooyesh School won the game 3-0 and received their awards from guests of the program.