Back کمیته امداد امام خمینی Persian Comité de secours de l'imam Khomeini French

Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation

Imam Khomeini's Relief Foundation
FoundedMarch 5, 1979 (1979-03-05)
FounderRuhollah Khomeini, Habibollah Asgaroladi, Mehdi Karroubi, Habibollah Shafigh, Reza Nayeri, Abolfazl Haji Heydari [1][2]
Location
Area served
Worldwide service
Key people
Morteza Bakhtiari (CEO)
Mohsen Kazerouni (Chairman of the board)
Websitewww.emdad.ir

The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation (Persian: کمیته امداد امام خمینی) is an Iranian charitable organization, founded in March 1979 to provide support for poor families. The aim is to help such families regain financial stability. IKRF has also provided support outside Iran, including in Pakistan,[3] Somalia,[citation needed] Afghanistan,[citation needed] Palestine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Chechnya, the Comoros, Iraq, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Syria, and Lebanon.[4]

Main branch office of IKRF in Nishapur

IKRF provides multiple forms of support to individuals and families. As of December 2008, a total of 8.6 million needy people have received aid from IKRF. 698 thousand families were covered in the Rajaei plan, which provides social security coverage for senior villagers and nomads without insurance. 1.5 million people below the poverty line received free insurance from IKRF and 843 thousand students received assistance for education.[5]

  1. ^ "Founding Committee of IKRF". Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "IKRF to build 2000 houses in Pakistan". Islamabad: Islamic Republic News Agency. September 20, 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  4. ^ "33rd Annual Report" (PDF). Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation. 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  5. ^ Nicknam, MH (2009). "Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, an Organization by the People for the People". Iranian Journal of Public Health. 38 (1). Dept. of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran: 183–184. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

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