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In Her Own Words: Rula Katkhuda on IRD and Development for Women

Jan 25 Posted by IRD HQ

My name is Rula Abu-Kishk Katkhuda, and I am a mother of three children living in Amman, Jordan. I am an Arab, born in Nazareth. At age 4, I moved with my family to Ames, Iowa. After my father completed his doctorate, we moved back to Nazareth and then to the West Bank town of Ramallah, where I graduated from high school. I joined IRD by pure chance in Septe... more

Filed Under: Building Infrastructure, Civil Society, Emergency Response, Capacity Building, Education, Jobs, Partnerships, Refugees, Women & Gender, Youth, Middle East & North Africa, Jordan, West Bank

IRD’s Acquisitions & Logistics Team Forges Strong Partnership with Lutheran World Relief

Jan 23 Posted by IRD HQ

Our Acquisitions & Logistics team partnered with in-kind donor Lutheran World Relief, or LWR, to deliver millions of dollars’ worth of quilts, school kits, and personal and babycare kits to seven countries in 2012. LWR produced a poster showing that IRD was its partner agency on nine shipments during the period. According to Jim Lanning, director of Acquisition... more

Filed Under: Emergency Response, Asia & Pacific, Cambodia, Europe, Serbia, Ukraine, Middle East & North Africa, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen

Remembering Haiti Three Years Later

Jan 12 Posted by IRD HQ

On January 12 three years ago, a catastrophic 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. An estimated 3 million people were affected. An estimated 316,000 people died, 300,000 were injured, and 1 million were made homeless. IRD activated its team of first responders and began distributing basic humanitarian aid: water, food, sanitation, medicin... more

Filed Under: Building Infrastructure, Emergency Response, Health & Hygiene, Relief to Development, Water, Women & Gender, The Americas, Haiti

Syrian Humanitarian Situation Worsens

Nov 29 Posted by IRD HQ

IRD and the Middle East Institute hosted US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, USAID's Mark Bartolini, Albert Cevallos of IRD, and Kelly Clements from the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration for a conversation on the humanitarian dimension of the Syrian crisis. IRD's CEO Dr. Arthur Keys released this statement on the deteriorating... more

Filed Under: Emergency Response, Refugees, Middle East & North Africa, Syria

IRD Response in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

Nov 7 Posted by IRD HQ

Our thoughts and prayers are with survivors of Hurricane Sandy. Having responded to disasters across the world, IRD knows how difficult it is to deliver relief to people in need. We also know how much harder it is to be in need of relief. IRD, as a member organization of National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, is supporting our partner organizati... more

Filed Under: Emergency Response, Relief to Development, The Americas