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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

In Her Own Words: Melissa Price on Miracles

Mar 1 Posted by IRD HQ

A seventeenth-century French philosopher observed that “out of difficulties grow miracles.” That idea smacked me in the face on my first trip to Africa for the Africa Higher Education Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2008. Reminders of the country’s 1994 genocide were still plentiful: abandoned checkpoints, buildings riddled with bullet holes, makeshift memorials, and hesi... more

Filed Under: Civil Society, Economic Growth, Relief to Development, Women & Gender, Youth, Africa, Sudan, Middle East & North Africa, West Bank

Ligaya Diaz: IRD Programs Empower Women to Help Individuals & Families

Feb 1 Posted by IRD HQ

Ligaya Diaz, a Filipina, began working with IRD Cambodia as a food technologist in March 2005 on a USDA Food for Progress Project. When asked why she joined IRD, Ligaya said “I have always wanted to join a development organization, because my parents worked in grassroots organizations in the Philippines. IRD gave me the chance to apply my skills in a food production proj... more

Filed Under: Civil Society, Food & Agriculture, Health & Hygiene, Capacity Building, Economic Growth, Education, Jobs, Nutrition, Partnerships, Women & Gender, Youth, Africa, Liberia

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

Bethany College Students Visit IRD Headquarters

Jan 25 Posted by IRD HQ

Bethany College (West Virginia) freshmen visited IRD headquarters this morning to learn about IRD's programs and the connection our work has to promoting social justice. Dr. Keys talked about how he got involved from an early age when he was involved in union activities in the coal industry of rural Pennsylvania, where he grew up and in civil rights activities d... more

Filed Under: Youth