Charkh-e Gardoon
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Machine translation (draft), not yet checked. The Persian page is the original. فارسی

Registered charity, Tehran, since 2015

Here, life turns on a needle and thread

From the sewing workshop to food baskets, dowries and medical help: instead of handouts we open the way to standing on one's own feet. With one purchase, one gift or a few hours of your time, you keep the wheel turning.

? question for the manager

Main photo: hands and fabric in the workshop, with consent.

What we do

From the institute's own description: instead of handouts, a path to income and independence.

About

Training and work

Sewing, jewellery, food, building trades; with aptitude assessment and paid work.

Livelihood baskets

Nowruz and Ramadan support baskets, zakat al-fitr and groceries for the families we support.

Dowries and household goods

Dowries and essential household items from donated goods.

Health, housing, livelihood

Help with medical, psychological, housing and daily-life problems.

Bazaars and gatherings

Sales of the products, monthly gatherings and awareness events.

Collection boxes

Boxes at homes and workplaces, returned every few months.

? question for the manager

The manager confirms the list and priority of activities; taken from the old site's text.

From fabric to wage

Every product passes four stations.

1
Fabric arrives

Fabric arrives

Bolts of fabric are bought with donations or donated.

2
Women sew

Women sew

In the workshop, with training and industrial machines, each piece is sewn with care.

3
Volunteers pack

Volunteers pack

Quality checks and packing are done by volunteers.

4
You buy, a wage is paid

You buy, a wage is paid

At a bazaar or by order; the income of each piece goes to its maker.

We believe the best way out of poverty is empowerment and work. Instead of handouts, we pay a wage for every piece, so earning becomes the incentive.
— From the institute's own description, current site (machine translation)

At a glance

Figures from dated Telegram posts; only the manager can give totals.

300pairs of shoes for schools in Baluchestan2019
150school chairs, Rask2020
160donors to the earthquake relief2017
10years of worksince 2015
? question for the manager

Sample figures; real numbers needed.

Where we have worked

From the charity's Telegram posts (2016–2026); Tehran is the base, the rest by parcel and through teachers and local bodies.

Tehran

Office and sewing workshop, gatherings, the clothes room, monthly baskets

2015–today

Varamin road and Shahr-e Rey

Brick-kiln families: carpets and heaters, food, clothes, COVID kits

2017–2023

Sistan-Baluchestan (Rask, Sarbaz, Parud)

School aid: a computer, 300 pairs of shoes and sports gear, 150 chairs, stationery

2018–2024

Kermanshah (Sarpol-e Zahab, Kerend)

2017 earthquake relief: three consignments, a 20 m² container health house with the Ministry of Health

2017–2018

Gilan (Rasht)

Workshop products sold in a shop

2024
? question for the manager

No Telegram post mentions Kurdistan or other provinces; if there was activity, the manager provides evidence before it goes on the map.

Made by the women we work with

Everything is sewn in our Tehran workshop. No online shop: order by message or phone.

All products
فرانسه آبیHand-sewn here
Bedding

French blue

Every purchase = a maker's wage

گلدار ساقه مشکی، پنبه‌ایHand-sewn here
Bedding

Design 2

Every purchase = a maker's wage

گلدار ساقه قهوه‌ای، پنبه‌ایHand-sewn here
Bedding

Design 3

Every purchase = a maker's wage

سبز پرگل، پنبه‌ایHand-sewn here
Bedding

Design 4

Every purchase = a maker's wage

سبز کم گل، پنبه‌ایHand-sewn here
Bedding

Design 5

Every purchase = a maker's wage

? question for the manager

Sample photos from earlier designs; new photos of the current fabrics are needed.

? question for the manager

Prices from the list of September 2026, assumed to be in toman; to be confirmed.

Three ways to stand with us

Whichever you can; all of it reaches the workshop.

Context for readers outside Iran

The institute is registered with Iran's State Welfare Organisation (Behzisti), the body that licenses charities. Prices are in Iranian toman (1 toman = 10 rials). Bank transfers shown on the Persian pages work only from Iranian accounts; if you represent an embassy, a cultural institute or a company and want to order products or visit the workshop, write to us and we will answer in English.

tavanmand.sazan@yahoo.com

Upcoming bazaars

The next bazaar date is announced here.

No bazaar announced yet. — پشت صحنه بازارچه خیریه چرخ گردون… (4 November 2023)
? question for the manager

The manager announces the next bazaar date.

Fresh from the workshop

From the workshop, the bazaars and events; the same posts as on Telegram and Instagram.

All news
توشه‌ای از مهر
19 February 2025

توشه‌ای از مهر

هر که در این سرای، درآمد نانش دهید و از ایمانش مپرسید… باز توشه‌ای از مهر و سخاوت نیکانِ چرخ‌گردون، راهیِ سفره‌ی یاری‌خواهان عزیز دلمان شد،…

? question for the manager

The current site uses lime green and blue; this mock-up proposes a warm textile palette. Which colour identity do you want?

Every gift is a wage

With one purchase, one transfer or a few hours of your time, you keep a family's wheel turning.