Statement:
- (2020 Grant recipients of Pulitzer Center)
Gandom Charity Center, a tailoring workshop, employs women who are physically ill, migrant workers, or the sole earners of their families. Founded six years ago, the workshop now employs 16 women. It was closed due to the coronavirus outbreak but reopened almost immediately because hospitals desperately needed medical gowns and masks.
Producing 32,000 medical gowns in two weeks for a health center in Tehran is just one of the center’s many recent contracts. The workshop is normally open for eight hours a day. But in these times due to an ever-increasing need for its products as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the workshop is running two full-time work shifts, from 7:00 in the morning until 9:00 at night. The women employed in this workshop are paid according to their workload. For example, a worker earns two dollars for making ten gowns, which requires approximately 3 hours of work. On average, each person working in this workshop makes 40 gowns a day, and earns a daily wage of eight dollars.
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 13 , 2020 : Nasim Saiedi, 31, lost her hearing due an infection which left her totally deaf when she was 9 years old, is partially deaf after undergoing a cochlear implant surgery. After getting a divorce, she now lives with her mother and covers their living expenses by sewing. She could not continue her studies further after receiving a high school diploma and mainly owing to not finding a proper job she has begun sewing since 2 years ago. Nasim is such a tailor that she sews 45 to 50 dresses a day. (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 13 , 2020 : (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 13 , 2020 : Fatemeh, 28, lost her hearing totally in childhood and due to that she could not continue her studies any more. Having been sewing for almost 6 years but shy and withdrawn since the outset of her hearing impairment, she has been greatly improving her social skills by the help of working at the workshop. (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 13 , 2020 : Zahra, 23, lost her hearing due to a childhood accident, could only continue her studies till the sixth grade and then was made to leave school because of the family problems and the limitations in education system, though regained a portion of her hearing ability after undergoing a surgery to repair the damaged eardrum. Once had a dream of being a professional athlete and coach, now she cannot even live independently owing to her hearing impairment, although she has been working as a tailor since 5 years ago. Managing internal work in the workshop is the other responsibility of hers, since she is able to communicate with others via sign language.(Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 13 , 2020 : Nasim Saiedi, 31, lost her hearing due an infection which left her totally deaf when she was 9 years old, is partially deaf after undergoing a cochlear implant surgery. After getting a divorce, she now lives with her mother and covers their living expenses by sewing. She could not continue her studies further after receiving a high school diploma and mainly owing to not finding a proper job she has begun sewing since 2 years ago. Nasim is such a tailor that she sews 45 to 50 dresses a day. (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 13 , 2020 : Nasim Saiedi, 31, lost her hearing due an infection which left her totally deaf when she was 9 years old, is partially deaf after undergoing a cochlear implant surgery. After getting a divorce, she now lives with her mother and covers their living expenses by sewing. She could not continue her studies further after receiving a high school diploma and mainly owing to not finding a proper job she has begun sewing since 2 years ago. Nasim is such a tailor that she sews 45 to 50 dresses a day. (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 13 , 2020 : (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 13 , 2020 : Daily work instruction sheet. Since most of the people here are deaf, instructions are written on a piece of paper and put up on the walls (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 11 , 2020 : Zahra and Sedigheh are communicating using sign language. Lip-reading is an inseparably pivotal part of communicating deaf people with each other and to do so they have to take off their masks, the task which considerably increases the risk of coronavirus infection. (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 11 , 2020 : Sedigheh is communicating using sign language. Lip-reading is an inseparably pivotal part of communicating deaf people with each other and to do so they have to take off their masks, the task which considerably increases the risk of coronavirus infection. Sedighe Tabatabaei, 47, lost her hearing owing to falling down stairs in childhood left her eardrum badly damaged. Since getting married has not been possible considering her hearing difficulty, she is single and lives with her family. Although she has been a professional tailor for about 15 years, due to her hearing impairment finding customers had been such an arduous task before working at the Gandom charity center. (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 11 , 2020 : . (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 11 , 2020 : . (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 11 , 2020 : (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 11 , 2020 : Zahra is making the regular report to Ms. Tajrobi, the Gandom charity center manager. Zahra, 23, lost her hearing due to a childhood accident, could only continue her studies till the sixth grade and then was made to leave school because of the family problems and the limitations in education system, though regained a portion of her hearing ability after undergoing a surgery to repair the damaged eardrum. Once had a dream of being a professional athlete and coach, now she cannot even live independently owing to her hearing impairment, although she has been working as a tailor since 5 years ago. Managing internal work in the workshop is the other responsibility of hers, since she is able to communicate with others via sign language. (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spre
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 11 , 2020 : Zahra is making the regular report to Ms. Tajrobi, the Gandom charity center manager. Zahra, 23, lost her hearing due to a childhood accident, could only continue her studies till the sixth grade and then was made to leave school because of the family problems and the limitations in education system, though regained a portion of her hearing ability after undergoing a surgery to repair the damaged eardrum. Once had a dream of being a professional athlete and coach, now she cannot even live independently owing to her hearing impairment, although she has been working as a tailor since 5 years ago. Managing internal work in the workshop is the other responsibility of hers, since she is able to communicate with others via sign language. (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spre
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 11 , 2020 : . (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 11 , 2020 : . (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 11 , 2020 : . (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 11 , 2020 : Nasim Saiedi, 31, lost her hearing due an infection which left her totally deaf when she was 9 years old, is partially deaf after undergoing a cochlear implant surgery. After getting a divorce, she now lives with her mother and covers their living expenses by sewing. She could not continue her studies further after receiving a high school diploma and mainly owing to not finding a proper job she has begun sewing since 2 years ago. Nasim is such a tailor that she sews 45 to 50 dresses a day. (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 11 , 2020 : Gandom charity center, a tailoring workshop, employs women who are either sole earner of the family, physically ill, or migrant workers. Founded six years ago, the workshop is now running by 16 female employees. The workshop was closed due to coronavirus outbreak, however, it started to work immediately after a few days since the beginning of quarantine time owing to the hospitals’ desperate need for medical gowns and masks. Producing 32000 medical gowns in two weeks for a health center in Tehran, is only one of their so many recent contracts. The workshop is normally open eight hours a day, though these days it opens in two full working shifts from 7 in the morning and till 9 p.m(Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 11 , 2020 : Daily work instruction sheet. Since most of the people here are deaf, instructions are written on a piece of paper and put up on the walls. (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 13 , 2020 : Zahra and Nasim are communicating using sign language. Lip-reading is an inseparably pivotal part of communicating deaf people with each other and to do so they have to take off their masks, the task which considerably increases the risk of coronavirus infection. (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 13 , 2020 : Ms. Sarani, 34, suffering from an inborn spinal cord curvature, lost her father many years ago. She lives with her aged mother and has to work even in this physical condition in order to help the family financially. Although earning a bachelor degree in Geographical sciences 10 years ago, she was unable to find a job related to her college major, and eventually has started sewing since 2 years ago. She was highly interested in working as a psychologist and even got accepted into a M.Sc. degree in psychology at another city other than Tehran, but since could not afford the costs, she declined the offer and began sewing.(Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 13 , 2020 : Zahra, 23, lost her hearing due to a childhood accident, could only continue her studies till the sixth grade and then was made to leave school because of the family problems and the limitations in education system, though regained a portion of her hearing ability after undergoing a surgery to repair the damaged eardrum. Once had a dream of being a professional athlete and coach, now she cannot even live independently owing to her hearing impairment, although she has been working as a tailor since 5 years ago. Managing internal work in the workshop is the other responsibility of hers, since she is able to communicate with others via sign language.(Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
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- Gorgan,Iran – June 13 , 2020 : Nasim Saiedi, 31, lost her hearing due an infection which left her totally deaf when she was 9 years old, is partially deaf after undergoing a cochlear implant surgery. After getting a divorce, she now lives with her mother and covers their living expenses by sewing. She could not continue her studies further after receiving a high school diploma and mainly owing to not finding a proper job she has begun sewing since 2 years ago. Nasim is such a tailor that she sews 45 to 50 dresses a day. (Photo by Mahdi Barchian/NVP Images) Iran is amongst five of the countries with the highest spread of COVID-19. Iran’s government began an official lockdown on March 15th, 2020, the quarantines in place are for those who do not exhibit symptoms but have been exposed to the illness. For the large number of Iranians who live on a day by day income, staying home, means having no money to pay for essential things such as food. Therefore, they must take their life in their own hands and work in order to survive even at the risk of getting infected, spreading the virus in society at large, and even getting fined for breaking the quarantine. For them, choosing either path has extreme consequences
