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The South of Khorasan Relief Committee began its activities following the earthquake of 1997 in the villages of Qa'en and Birjand. The original purpose of the committee was to relieve the pains and respond to the basic needs of the people afflicted by the earthquake. During this stage the committee came face to face with the economic and social problems and the cultural poverty of the people in the area. For this reason, the Committee concentrated its activities on raising the level of knowledge in the community regarding children's issues. Along these lines, the Committee implemented the following projects:
 1. Establishment of kindergartens:
Following the earthquake, the South of Khorasan Committee established the first rural kindergartens in Abiz and Esfadan in Qa'enat. The South of Khorasan Committee of the Society for Protecting the Rights of the Child has been responsible for preparing and mobilizing these two kindergartens, training instructors and running these centers. The satisfactory results and the educational progress of those children who entered elementary school after undergoing training caught the attention of educational authorities. Thus, the groundwork was laid for the establishment of kindergartens in two more villages in March 2003.
2. Assistant education:
This project was implemented in order to help educate those children who were deprived of continuing their education because they lived in scattered villages. The project members, with the financial support of other members of the Society and of cultured individuals, took up the responsibility for supplying funds for room and board for children in public dormitories (Omekolsoom, Drau, Lanu, Narjes, Afareez, Parvin E'tesami, Darmian and Parvin Dolatabadi). This way, the South of Khorasn Committee has taken steps to establish and equip two girls' dormitories called Parvin E'tesami and Parvin Dolatabadi. In addition, the Committee has opened a boys' dormitory in the village of Lanu on the border strip.
Meanwhile, the committee's meetings encouraged educational authorities to start work-study courses for girls and boys, which were well received by teenagers. Today, many of the students of these courses are preparing themselves to enter university.
3. Assistance teaching:
The Committee implemented this project also to help children living in scattered villages continue their education. The main goal of the project is to help children enjoy an opportunity for a higher level of educational while remaining with their families. In this project, two or three teachers were recruited and dispatched to the villages under consideration. In this way the Committee made it possible for the children of remote and scattered villages to study at secondary school level.
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