IRD Voices Blog » June 2012

Friday Photo

Jun 22 Posted by IRD HQ

Today's featured photo is from IRD's Jordan Schools Project. The Al Qabesy Secondary Girls school in Al Salt, Jordan is one of the 8 new schools that IRD is constructing as part of the Jordan Schools Project. Pictured is the school itself, IRD's COP - Bill Martt, Quality Control Manager - Rasheed Khalil, and site manager - Rami Qussous. USAID launched a majo... more

“Traveling Ag Theater” in Southern Afghanistan

Jun 18 Posted by IRD HQ

Pictured: In Kandahar Province, Southern Afghanistan, IRD's Southern Regional Agricultural Development (S-RAD) program, funded by USAID, is putting agricultural training on center stage. So far, nearly 1,000 farmers in remote districts have attended performances of S-RAD’s Traveling Ag Theatre. The performances train farmers in southern Afghanistan on best hortic... more

Filed Under: Conflict Mitigation, Food & Agriculture, Asia & Pacific, Afghanistan

Friday Photo

Jun 8 Posted by IRD HQ

This Friday's photo was taken in January 2009 in Afghanistan. It depicts a farm family member who participated in IRD's Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Productive Agriculture (AVIPA) program. AVIPA aimed to increase rural family farm production and productivity while also strengthening links between the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and its people.... more

Friday Photo

Jun 1 Posted by IRD HQ

Every Friday, one extraordinary photo will be selected to highlight IRD's work worldwide. For this week we chose a photograph taken by Jonathan Hodgdon, Senior Program Officer, Community Stabilization team, IRD. Hodgdon traveled for three days (April 27 - 29, 2012) with Abdulahi Muse, IRD Emergency Relief Coordinator, IRD project manager Guled Bahdon and the Dolo Ado-bas... more