Iranian pharmacy has new take on 'wall of kindness'
The measure helps poor people obtain medicine amid rising inflation in Iran.
A pharmacy in Iran has amended the “wall of kindness” concept to help poor people obtain medicine.
The pharmacy in the capital Tehran is allowing people to donate money without purchasing medicine. Instead, they put the receipts corresponding to their donations on a wall. Poor people then come to the pharmacy and take a receipt for the corresponding amount they need to buy medicine, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported today.
The measure is an adaptation of the “wall of kindness” concept that emerged in the northeast Iranian city of Mashhad in 2015. There, people put warm clothing on a wall for poor people to take during the cold winter months. Similar walls subsequently popped up in Iranian cities.
The walls have also appeared in other countries as well, such as Jordan.
