IRD Voices Blog » Successes From the Field

A Partnership to Improve Primary Education and Student Health in Cambodia

May 15

Posted by Lali Chania, Deputy Director of Health

As Deputy Director of Health, over the past month, I was able to join Board Member Jane Okun Bomba as she conducted an oversight visit to our programs in Cambodia. It was very inspiring to see project activities and how it impacts lives of many children and families. In Cambodia, IRD works to improve the quality of primary education and student enrollment and to improv... more

Filed Under: Health & Hygiene, Education, Nutrition, Partnerships, Youth, Asia & Pacific, Cambodia

The Renovation of St. Nicola Church, Kosovo

Apr 30 Posted by IRD HQ

Though one of the world's youngest countries and with the youngest population in Europe, Kosovo is rich in archaeological and architectural heritage. However, Kosovo's heritage has been degraded by age, poor construction practices, pollution, and lack of preservation and restoration. The St. Nicola Church was built at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centu... more

Filed Under: Building Infrastructure, Civil Society, Europe, Kosovo

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

Five-Year-Old Ahmad Has New Hope

Nov 6 Posted by IRD HQ

Earlier this year, Ahmad, 5 years old, was accompanying his grandmother for her doctor’s appointment at a medical facility in Charsadda, a district in conflict-affected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, when a bomb blast exploded killing 20 people and injuring 47. Ahmad’s grandmother died instantly, and Ahmad lost one leg and badly injured the other. Ahmad’s parents an... more

Filed Under: Civil Society, Conflict Mitigation, Asia & Pacific, Pakistan

Community School Project Helps the Private Sector Donate Libraries to Jordan Schools

Oct 22 Posted by IRD HQ

Students, parents, and community members joined IRD Jordan’s Director of Programs Dr. Uma Kandalayeva September 16 to celebrate the opening of the new library at the Othman bin Affan Boys School in Sahab, which is supported by the Adopt a School Library initiative. This initiative is part of the USAID-funded Community Mobilization for Partnership in Schools Proj... more

Filed Under: Building Infrastructure, Civil Society, Education, Partnerships, Youth, Middle East & North Africa, Jordan