ERFO Reports

• ERFO Pakistan Report No. 1 - December 22, 2005

• ERFO Helping Pakistan Earthquake Victims - October 8, 2005

• ERFO Sponsoring 42 New Orphans in Bam - June 14, 2005

• Bam Earthquake Field Report - Feb 11, 2005 (Adobe Acrobat)

• Asia Earthquake/Tsunami orphans - Jan 8, 2005

• Report on Children of Previous Earthquakes (Adobe Acrobat)

• Bam Earthquake Final Report - Nov 11, 2004

• Bam Earthquake Interim Report 4 - July 25, 2004

• Bam Earthquake Interim Report 3 - April 11, 2004

• Bam Earthquake Interim Report 2 - February 24, 2004

• Bam Earthquake Interim Report 1 - January 30, 2004

Report No. 16 - March 2002

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Excerpt from Report No. 16
Children under ERFO Coverage

Excerpts from Report No. 14
Support for 92 out of 176 children, remaining under ERFO coverage as a result of 1990 earthquake in Zanjan and Guilan was completed.

Following the 1997 earthquakes in Ardebil and Khorasan, 243 new children were brought under ERFO coverage as follows:

The major contributors to ERFO fund were:

Excerpts from Report No. 13
This was a preliminary report of 1997 earthquake that hit Ardebil, and Khorasan.

Excerpts from Report No. 12
Norouz 1376. This was a financial report of ERFO at Bank Saderat of Iran.

Excerpts from Report No. 11
Norouz 1375. In this report, financial reports of ERFO at Bank Saderat of Iran were published. Also names of children who had reached the age of 18 were published in this report.

Excerpts from Report No. 10
Norouz 1373. From the beginning of ERFO back in July 1990, until now, Feb. 1994, ERFO was able to collect approximately $200,000.00. ERFO representatives have visited the children and families periodically. Considering the local environment and expenses, it was decided to pay slightly higher living expenses to children of Manjil.

Excerpts from Report No. 9
Norouz 1372. With the help and guidance of "Behzisti Organization", ERFO chose legal guardian for 23 families. This move provided the children with the ability to buy, and collect interest from their certificate of Deposit accounts until they reach the legal age of 18.

ERFO classified the children in three categories: over 10 years old, between 5-10 years old, and under 5 years old, and opened savings accounts for each child with deposits of 1,000,000 Rials, 1,500,000 Rials, and 1,500,000 -2,000,000 Rials respectively. The guardian families would use the interest from the interest bearing certificate of deposits to pay for the financial expenses of children. The children would be able to withdraw the full amount of money in the account once they reach the legal age of 18.

Excerpts from Report No. 8
In this issue, new events regarding education, weddings, and self sufficiency of children were reported.

Excerpts from Report No. 7
Three infants were added to ERFO supported children. Six of the girls were married off. Four boys had reached the age of 18. Ten children were receiving government help and were no longer supported by ERFO. There were 156 children supported by ERFO at this point. The living expenses of 20 families were raised to keep up with inflation.

Excerpts from Report No. 6
July 31, 1991 - In this first anniversary report, all the steps taken to identify, select, and support the 171 children and 2 grand mothers were outlined. Also discussed in this report were issues of: children's financial expenses, medical care, marrying off the girls, change of guardians who were not doing a good job taking care of the children.

Excerpts from Report No. 5
February 1991 - ERFO would open a certificate of deposit account for each of 176 children under its support. They will each receive a monthly stipend until they reach the age of 18. It was also decided that ERFO would pay for a child's college education if he/she decided to go to college. If a girl wants to get married, ERFO will pay a dowry. ERFO will help guardian families in their trade to care for the child / children in their custody.

Excerpts from Report No. 4
ERFO representative in Iran and the Red Crescent came to an agreement on how to care for children supported by ERFO.

Excerpts from Report No. 3
The Red Crescent identified and recommended 50 children to ERFO for support. ERFO was officially registered in state of Massachusetts as a non-profit organization. The Red Crescent recommended 50 additional children for a total of 100 to be cared for by ERFO.

Excerpts from Report No. 2
August 1, 1990 - In a month, $200,000.00 was collected and pledged. One hundred children were identified to receive support.

Excerpts from Report No. 1
July 15, 1990, Watertown, MA - In a meeting setup by ERFO Committee Members, many Iranians made their suggestions and contributions to Earthquake Relief Fund for Orphans (ERFO).

Reports will be furnished upon request.