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Davos is Looking for New Models; The Development Community Has Them
Devex
Arlington, VA — January 20, 2012 — At this week's World Economic Forum, the aid community should share its knowledge of how to achieve community-driven sustainable development, writes International Relief & Development President & CEO Arthur Keys in this exclusive op-ed for Devex. MORE >>
Arthur Keys Earns Emory Honor for International Relief, Development Work
UCC News
Cleveland, OH — January 17, 2012 — Founder, president and CEO of International Relief and Development, Keys is being recognized as an Emory University History Maker for his leadership, humanitarian service and commitment to the university community. MORE >>
Growing Iraq's Democracy from the Grassroots
Frontlines
Najaf Province, Iraq — January/February 2012 — IRD's ICAP program in Iraq is highlighted in USAID's Frontlines magazine. MORE >>
To Create Food Security in Africa, Focus on the Value Chain
Newstime Africa
Mbabane, Swaziland — January 10, 2012 — The "value chain" approach holds much promise for the entire African continent, as well as agriculturally based economies in other areas of the world. An example of a successful project is a commercial community garden initiative funded by USAID and implemented by IRD. Working with Swaziland's Ministry of Agriculture, National Agricultural Marketing Board, farming associations and other stakeholders, IRD has helped establish 39 commercial community gardens. The produce grown and harvested in these gardens is sold in local and foreign markets. MORE >>
Emory Honors City Native
Observer-Reporter
Washington, PA — January 6, 2012 — Dr. Arthur B. Keys Jr., a native of Washington, has been recognized as an Emory University History Maker. Keys, who is president and CEO of International Relief and Development, is being honored for his leadership, his many years of humanitarian service and his commitment to the Emory University community. MORE >>
Respect of Other Cultures is Key to Success
Dnevnik, Objektiv
Ljubljana, Slovenia — December 31, 2011 — IRD's cofounder and Chief of Program Operations Jasna Basarić-Keys is interviewed in the Slovenian magazine Objektiv about IRD’s past and present programming. Readers learn what motivated her to engage in humanitarian work and what prompted her and Arthur Keys to found IRD in 1998. Basarić-Keys reflects on the challenges IRD has faced since its inception and shares her perspective on the role that culture and local community play in successful development. MORE >>
Washington, DC — December 22, 2011 — IRD's own Adam Koons talks to NPR about our lifesaving work and the need to balance emergency programming with the types of transitional programs which can prevent famine. "Now instead of just addressing the emergency, we address the causes of the emergency." MORE >>
Global Development Careers for Lawyers
Devex
Washington, DC — December 13, 2011 — IRD's General Counsel, Jason Matechak, contributes to the Devex article on the aid industry opportunities for legal professionals. Here's what lawyers need to know about transitioning from private practice to global development work. MORE >>
IRD, Partners Working to Increase Water Security in Horn of Africa
Ooska News
Arlington, VA — December 12, 2011 — US based NGO International Relief and Development (IRD), with additional funding from the Latter-day Saints Charities (LDS) and the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), has begun implementing phase two of its water security program in Ethiopia and Somalia, which are facing their worst drought in decades. MORE >>
International NGO Seeks to Raise Awareness on Female Genital Mutilation in Yemen
Yemen Observer
Sana'a, Yemen— December 4, 2011 — Thirty refugee women were gathered in Sana'a to learn more about raising awareness on the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) during a 3 day training which ended on Tuesday November 29th. The training course which was organized by the International Relief and Development (IRD) aimed at raising awareness in the field of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV). MORE >>
UNHCR Sponsors Yemen Radio Program About Refugees
Yemen Observer
Sana'a, Yemen — November 26, 2011 — UNHCR is sponsoring a radio program aimed at raising awareness on refugee issues and promoting stronger relations and better understanding between refugees and host communities in Yemen. IRD is implementing the program. MORE >>
2011 Distinguished Merit Recipient - In His Own Words
Tomahawk Newsletter
Bethany, WV — November 2011 — From Arthur B. Keys, Bethany '64, "The Bethany Chapter is certainly going through some interesting times and I have no doubt the reorganization will make the group even stronger and more viable. MORE >>
Inside the Wire at Camp Taji: A Counterinsurgent's Experience
Military Review
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas — September - October 2011 — The U.S. Army designed the Taji Theater Internment Facility and Reconciliation Center to be the most modern, secure, and comfortable U.S. detention facility in Iraq. During U.S. tenure, violent incidents among detainees decreased by 76 percent, even as the size of the population remained essentially unchanged. MORE >>
Saving Lives by Improving Response
Journal of International Peace Operations
Washington, D.C. — September - October 2011 — In any corporate or political campaign, logistics can be central to success. This is certainly true for humanitarian response and emergency relief operations as well. The growing capacity of international organizations to quickly provide relief and other stabilization goods and services is truly impressive. MORE >>
Interview with Adam Koons
Washingtonexaminer.com
Washington, D.C. — October 23, 2011 — Koons is a Silver Spring resident is the director of relief at humanitarian aid and emergency response organization International Relief and Development. When crisis strikes somewhere in the world, Koons -- currently in Ethiopia -- leaves immediately to lend a helping hand. MORE >>
Ambassador Inspires Students
Sunherald.com
Gulfport, Mississippi — October 18, 2011 — The U.S. Ambassador from Serbia and Kareema Barr, Vladimir Petrovic, spoke to 64 students enrolled in a nine-month YouthBuild program Tuesday morning at their training center in Gulfport. MORE >>
In Papua's Highlands, Reaching the Unreached
Frontlines
Papua, Indonesia — September/October 2011 — This year, with USAID funding, IRD Indonesia began a two-year pilot project to help the government improve the educational environment in Papua. MORE >>
Helping Farmers to Access Agricultural Inputs, Markets
The Herald
Chipinge, Zimbabwe — July 28, 2011 —Started in October 2009 and implemented by the development organisation, International Relief and Development (IRD), REVALUE supports 8 500 local smallholder farmers to increase the production and commercialisation of groundnuts, sesame, sugar beans and paprika in Buhera, Chimanimani and Chipinge districts in Manicaland. MORE >>
Agro-Dealers Get New Lifeline
NewsDay
Chipinge, Zimbabwe — July 17, 2011 — Agro dealers who were forced out of business here on the back of a hostile economic environment have bounced back courtesy of an International Relief and Development (IRD)’s programme, Restoring Livelihoods — Strengthening Value Chains (Revalue). MORE >>
Zimbabwe: Sanitation Investment More Critical
All Africa.com
Tinashe Ruvengo, Zimbabwe — June 30, 2011 — Through its Peri-urban Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting (PROOF) programme, IRD has installed rainwater harvesting systems for 2 653 households and eight schools, benefiting 26 321 people since 2009. [...] "We are grateful for the initiative by IRD; it will go a long way providing clean water, which is often not available from the taps said Fatima Chikono (40) of Mabvuku. MORE >>
Afghanistan: Time to Build
Huffington Post
Washington, DC — June 2, 2011 — It is Time to Build, time to move beyond the military effort with a greatly expanded effort to provide maximum support to the grassroots level, with a focus in the quieter areas of the country where the population is supportive of foreign assistance. MORE >>
Water Supply is a Critical Necessity
SunSentinel.com
Fort Lauderdale, FL — May 27, 2011 — Much of the world is focused on the price of food. It is the most basic necessity, and steep increases in its price and difficulty obtaining it cause real human suffering and can lead to social and political instability. MORE >>
Farewell Chapter Written in Alonzo Fulgham's Storybook USAID Career
FrontlinesWashington, DC — May 23, 2011 — Alonzo Fulgham dedicated his career at USAID to ensuring that the men and women he worked with had the tools and resources necessary to allow them to do good works and provide effective development assistance in communities around the world. MORE >>
Yemen, IRD Discuss Training Cadres on Stage
Sabanews.netHodeidah, Yemen — May 9, 2011 — Hodeidah governor Akram Atteyah spoke with IRD Yemen country director John Kilkenny about IRD's work training cadres in theater. MORE >>
Life Lessons After the Bell
The Jordan TimesAmman, Jordan — May 8, 2011 — Moving beyond the standard book reports and exams, the Kingdom’s schools are now opening their doors after class to offer local residents lessons for life. MORE >>
Bringing Earth Day Values to Developing Nations
NorthJersey.comArlington, Virginia — April 24, 2011 — On this Earth Day, there was a great deal of focus on what Americans can do ourselves, for ourselves. That's understandable. But the motto of environmental sustainability has always been "think global, act local. MORE >>
Forging Peace in the Midst of Conflict
ISOAArlington, Virginia — March 17, 2011 —The United States government and private sector organizations have long been involved in efforts to establish conditions conducive to long-term peace and development, but only recently has this work been labeled ―stability operations. MORE >>
Towards Effective Monitoring and Evaluation in Conflict-Affected States
United States Institute of PeaceArlington, Virginia — March 04, 2011 —Robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) strategies are central to the efficacy of economic reconstruction efforts in conflict-affected states. Planners and practitioners need to balance the need for accuracy and consistency with the importance of flexibility and trade-offs in rapidly changing security, political, and economic environments.
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Refugees Unite to Enhance Mobilization Efforts
Yemen TimesSana'a, Yemen — January 2011 —Various refugee committees in Yemen met during a two-day meeting that ended yesterday to create an overall forum to establish and enhance links. The meeting was hosted by International Relief and Development (IRD) in Sana’a and included representatives from the Somali, Ethiopian, Eritrean and Iraqi refugee communities from Kharaz Refugee Camp, Aden, Taiz, Mukalla, Hodeida and Sana’a.
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Geographic Targeting for Comprehensive Coverage: The pros and cons of working away from the spotlight.
Monday DevelopmentsArlington, Virginia — January 12, 2011 — Trying to drive through Port-au-Prince just days after the earthquake, we encountered an impressive and large range of emergency relief agencies. A few weeks later there were a great many more.
But driving further out of the city itself, towards the actual epicenter of the earthquake, the number of disasters response agencies we saw dropped dramatically.
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Quality Healthcare Critical to Ukraine's Economic Growth
KyivPostCrimea, Ukraine — October 18, 2010 — Though there have been notable economic improvements in Ukraine in its two decades of independence, its people continue to face high inflation, including frequent cost increases for basic products and services, including health care.
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Volunteers Build a New Home for Displaced Biloxi Family
WLOXBiloxi, Mississippi — October 7, 2010 — A Biloxi family is closer to having a permanent home thanks to 120 members of International Relief and Development. The diverse group of volunteers began construction on the home in Woolmarket for a family that's been displaced since Hurricane Katrina.
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Yale Divinity School Hosts Forum on Poverty at Church Center for the UN
Yale Office of Public Affairs & CommunicationsNew Haven, Connecticut — September 17, 2010 — Yale Divinity School (YDS) will host a discussion on September 22 at the Church Center for the United Nations to address compelling world issues from poverty to clean water. Arthur Keys, president and CEO of International Relief and Development (IRD) is scheduled to participate in the Yale panel.
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Wounds of Displacement
International: The NewsShikarpur District, Pakistan — September 7, 2010 — IRD with RDF, and USAID, is providing relief to 2500 flood affected families in districts Shikarpur and Kashmore. The NGO provides health and hygiene kits, kitchen kits, blankets, plastic sheets, jerry cans, buckets, soaps and aqua tabs. These items are being distributed among 52 families in the village Faiz Mohammad Brohi and 40 households of the village Saien Bux Jafferi.
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Spelling Relief
Bethany TodayBethany, WV — August 16, 2010 — From Post-Katrina help in the Gulf Coast to operations in Haiti and Afghanistan, International Relief and Development (IRD) is known for its expertise in community specialization. Under the leadership of its founder, President and CEO Dr. Arthur Keys '67, H 2006, IRD helps residents prepare the best plan forward.
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Dream Job? Alum Takes Legal Epertise to War Zone
Uhlawalumni.netHouston, Texas — July 31, 2010 — As a law student in the 1980s with a background in oil and gas production and land management, Vasquez envisioned working with developing countries to help them tap the true potential of their natural resources. Today, the Law Center alumnus is doing just that as senior legal advisor to the Afghanistan Ministry of Mines through International Relief and Development, Inc.
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ANAIR-IRD: Distribution of Layettes for Babies
Cridem.orgRosso, Mauritania — July 16, 2010 — IRD and ANAIR held a launching ceremony of the distribution of 7,250 kits consisting of layettes to newborns and kids aged up to 2 years. This donation from IRD/HQ to ANAIR is for returning populations and vulnerable host populations in Mauritania. More than 7,000 children aged 0-2 years and women at term pregnancy will benefit from this operation.
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Junk Food or Humanitarian Aid?
Aljazeera.netArlington, VA — June 27, 2010 — IRD's Deputy Director of Sustainable Foods and Agriculture Systems, David Prettyman, participates in a panel discussing U.S. food aid on Al Jazeera English.
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Opening of the Water Pump for Three Villages
ZeriMalisheva, Kosovo — June 9, 2010 — IRD opens rehabilitated water pump that will provide clean water for 2700 residents in three villages in Kosovo.
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International Relief & Development (IRD) to the Rescue of People in the Department Filingue"
L'EveilNiamey, Niger — June 3, 2010 — The launching ceremony of "Operation Free Distribution of Food to People in the Department Filingué” took place in Niger and attended by IRD Representative, Mr. Innocent Gbessy, guests, and beneficiaries. A total of 805 tons will be distributed to 8502 households in thirty-five centers within seven communes of the Filingue department . This distribution will be repeated four times to support farmers and help them through the difficult lean season.
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Eye Project to Give Khammuan Children a Clearer Future
Vientiane TimesVientiane, Laos — June 2, 2010 — IRD is bringing eye health to children in rural Laos.
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In Afghan Region, U.S. Spreads the Cash to Fight the Taliban
Washington PostNawa, Afghanistan — May 31, 2010 — IRD's AVIPA Plus Program has been a hit with Nawa residents since the day it began in December, largely because of the plentiful cash-for-work opportunities.
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Afghan Farmers at War's Epicentre Play Both Sides
AFPArghandab, Afghanistan — May 24, 2010 — IRD's AVIPA Plus Program is creating jobs that give the fighting-age men of the area an alternative to picking up a gun.
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Farmers Praise CA Programme
Swazi ObserverMbabane, Swaziland — May 24, 2010 — Farmers in the Lubombo and Shiselweni regions praise IRD's conservation agriculture program.
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U.S. Hires Afghan Farmers to Hold Off Taliban
Wall Street JournalBaba Saheb, Afghanistan — May 18, 2010 — IRD's AVIPA Plus Program, injects cash into villages, helping farmers with seeds, fertilizer and advice in exchange for collaboration with the Afghan government.
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Shah Visits Afghanistan, Pakistan Aid Projects
FrontlinesLahore, Pakistan— April 2010 — USAID administrator, Dr. Rajiv Shah, visited USAID-funded project AVIPA Plus, which is operated by IRD. It gives farmers vouchers for agriculture products, provides cash-for-work projects, and awards small grants to agribusinesses and community associations.
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Marjah Farmers Clean Canals and Get Pumps After Fighting Ends
FrontlinesMarjah, Afghanistan — April 2010 — Only a month after the end of Operation Moshtarak, the U.S. and Afghan military push to evict Taliban fighters from this southern region, IRD is helping to provide jobs, irrigation and better seeds through the AVIPA Plus Program.
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Attacks Fail to Derail Afghan Aid
FrontlinesAfghanistan — April 2010 — After a series of attacks killed
and injured several USAID expatriate and Afghan contractors in
Afghanistan’s troubled southern provinces of Kandahar and
Helmand, Agency officials reassured Afghan officials that U.S.
aid programs would not be curtailed...
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Film Helps Save Birds from Avian Flu in Ukraine
FrontlinesCrimea, Ukraine — April 2010 — IRD produced a short film and T.V. program to raise awareness of avian influenza (AI) and how to help minimize the risk of and AI infection.
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In Marjah, Rooting Out The Taliban Is Only The Start
NPRWashington, D.C. — March 15, 2010 — Once the Marjah area of the Helmand province in southern Afghanistan is cleared of the Taliban, IRD will play a vital role in giving the residence an economic alternative to militancy through the AVIPA Plus Program.
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Perkins School Gifts Support Blind Students in Baghdad
Wicked Local Watertown
Watertown, Massachusetts — September 2, 2009 —IRD with Perkins School for the Blind
are sending much needed help for the second time with a shipment of Perkins Braillers, a Juliet Pro Braille Embosser (printer), cases of Braille printer paper, and a collection of Braille magazines for the Baghdad School for the Blind
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Braille Equipment to Aid Blind in Baghdad
The Eagle-TribuneLawrence, Massachusetts — August 16, 2009 —IRD, with help from Perkins School for the Blind and Sabre Foundation, has shipped desperately needed supplies to The Baghdad School for the Blind.
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Youth Build
WLOX TVGulfport, Mississippi — July 20, 2009 —Teens from around the area who may be slipping through the cracks are getting a second chance. Through IRD’s Youth Build Program, at risk teens and young adults are getting counseling, leadership training and technical training while teaching them to give back to the community by building houses for families still living in FEMA trailers.
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Vouchers and Agriculture in Afghanistan
Monday DevelopmentsNorthern Afghanistan — June 2009 —IRD's innovative AVIPA program helps farmers use vouchers to improve productivity in difficult conditions in northern Afghanistan.
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ANAIR and IRD Sign a Memorandum of Understanding
Agence Nouakchott d'InformationNouakchott, Mauritania — June 17, 2009 —The National Agency for Support and Integration of Refugees (ANAIR) and the International Relief and Development (IRD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 17 June 2009 in Nouakchott. IRD will also facilitate the participation of ANAIR staff to training opportunities and various initiatives undertaken by IRD during the implementation of the program funded by the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM). (PDF of article to follow in French.)
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Frederick Man Works to Bring Healing to Sudan
Frederick News
Kaujok, Sudan — June 17, 2009 —IRD Board member John Deckenback discusses his experiences visiting Sudan for 10 days last month to check on the progress of IRD’s humanitarian programs there. Deckenback visited projects providing both reliable sources of water and basic facilities such as a hospitals and schools.
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Colombians Thank Navy "Miracle Workers"
Militay.comTumaco, Colombia — June 16, 2009 —In hopes of improving the quality of life for many Colombians, IRD has partnered with the U.S. Department of State to distribute kits which include basic needs items like medical and newborn kits to hygiene, school and first aid kits.
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Cancer Treatment For The Poor
VOA NewsManila, Philippines — June 15, 2009 — Health authorities estimate that by the year 2020, cancer, at its current rate, will have taken the lives of some 10 million people worldwide. Particularly vulnerable are people in developing nations, such as the Philippines. IRD, in partnership with the Asia America Initiative is helping to establish caner treatment for the poor.
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IRD implemented Small Reconstruction Projects in Kindergartens #3 and #5 Kanaker-Zeytun, Yerevan
U.S. Embassy Armenia Web SiteYerevan, Armenia — May 21, 2009 —In spring 2009 through its Armenian Branch IRD implemented two small reconstruction projects with $24,000 assistance from the U.S. Department of State. Thanks to additional support in $9,000 provided by LDS Charities IRD could fully target the most urgent humanitarian needs in those kindergartens.
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Iraq Archeology: Field Museum, University of Chicago Training Iraqi Archeologists
Chicago TribuneBaghdad, Iraq — May 6, 2009 —Iraq was home to some of civilization's first outposts and hosted conquerors from Alexander the Great to Americans. Much of that archeological heritage was lost and looted in the chaotic months after the U.S. invasion in 2003. The Field Museum and the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute are training Iraqi archeologists and cultural preservationists, who will return home to train their colleagues. The project is funded by a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. State Department to International Relief and Development.
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IRD Revives Boreholes in Shiselweni
Swazi Observer
Mbabane, Swaziland — April 30, 2009 —On April 30, IRD’s work in Swaziland was featured in a two-page spread in the Swazi Observer, one of the leading national newspapers in that southern African country. IRD started operations in Swaziland in 2007, and focuses on water, hygiene, and sanitation; and conservation farming. MORE >>
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Queen Noor Presented With Humanitarian Award
King Hussein FoundationWashington, DC — March 22, 2009 —As part of their 10th year anniversary celebrations, International Relief and Development (IRD) have presented Queen Noor with a Humanitarian award in recognition for Noor Al Hussein Foundation's work with victims of conflict, including refugees and internally displaced peoples.
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Granger receives 2 awards for helping women's causes
Fort Worth Star-TelegramWashington, DC — March 21, 2009 — In the last two weeks, U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, has received two prestigious awards for her international work. On Wednesday, Granger was honored with a humanitarian award by International Relief & Development, a nonprofit group devoted to relieving the suffering of the world’s neediest. The award cites Granger’s "outstanding efforts in promoting women’s leadership." MORE >>
U.S. Aid to Increase Prosperity of Indonesian People: IRD Activities in Indonesia
VOA-IndonesiaWashington, DC — March 18, 2009 — VOA sits down for an interview with Budi Kuncoro, Program Director for Decentralized Basic Education-III (DBE3), a USAID-funded program in Indonesia, implemented with Save the Children and Academy for Educational Development, to develop the life skills of Indonesian students before they enter the work force. MORE >>
Agency Teaches Workers to Handle Dangerous Situations
Pennsylvania Herald-StandardFarmington, Pennsylvania — March 15, 2009 —Hostiles quickly approached the car from the front. Just as the driver was about to be killed, Tina Wesbrock of IRD slammed the Ford Focus into reverse and gunned it to about 45 miles an hour while she counted out loud. She then took her foot from the accelerator and the weight of the car transferred from the front to the rear end. MORE >>
Sending Supplies to Gaza
WSET ABC-13Concord, VA — February 20, 2009 — Gleaning of the World is sending another shipment to a part of the world in need. Gleaning is partnering with an aid organization called International Relief and Development to assist people in Gaza. With the money it has raised, Gleaning is sending medical equipment and other supplies to the war-torn region. As you're probably well aware, the region has been torn with violence over the past couple months.
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Education and Mine Clearance in Laos
Voice of AmericaKhammouane Province, Laos — February 2, 2009 — U.S. Ambassador to Laos Ravic Huso and Deputy Governor of Khammouane Province Oday Sudaphon visited 3 Laotian schools in November that are receiving support from the Humpty Dumpty Institute, in partnership with IRD. Listen to the MP3 of the editorial. MORE >>
Four Kosovo Municipalities and USAID Sign a Memorandum of Understanding
Kosovë
Peja, Kosovo — January 30, 2009 — Nearly 85,000 residents in four municipalities of Kosovo will have clean drinking water, thanks to a project implemented by NGO International Relief and Development (IRD) in Kosovo and funded by USAID. MORE >>
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Climb-YouthBuild Helping Teens Succeed
WLOX Channel 13 GulfportGulfport, MS — January 27, 2009 — Teens from around the area who may be slipping through the cracks still have a chance to climb the ladder of success. Through the efforts of Climb Youth Build, and the International Relief and Development organization, self esteem and mental toughness are being taught to at risk teens and young adults. MORE >>
History Museum Director to Lead $13M Iraq Project
The Aurora SentinelAurora, Colorado — January 23, 2009 — The executive director of the Aurora History Museum has been selected to lead the $13-million Iraq Cultural Heritage Project, an effort by the nonprofit International Relief and Development funded by the U.S. State Department via a U.S. Embassy grant. MORE >>
Al-Osaily Discusses with IRD Joint Potential Projects
Al-Quds NewspaperHebron, West Bank — January 20, 2009 — Mr. Khaled Al-Osaily, head of Hebron municipality, met yesterday in his office with Eng. Naim El-Mani, Chief of Party of the IRD-INP project, Mr. Scott Short, Head of MWH, Mr. Tawfik Arafeh, city Engineer and members of Hebron Municipal Council, to discuss the details of the joint potential projects and the implementation of “Al-Quds School” in the southern suburb of Hebron. MORE >>
FEMA Trailer Residents Struggle to Find Alternative Shelter
Mississippi Public RadioGulfport, Mississippi — December 10, 2008 — More than 40,000 Mississippi families have spent time living in FEMA trailers and mobile homes since Katrina. As MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports, with a March deadline looming, those that remain are struggling to find other shelter - and IRD is helping. MORE >>
Walters is on Team to Save Iraqi Art
The Baltimore SunBaghdad, Iraq — November 30, 2008 — The collaborative effort will be funded through a roughly $13 million grant the State Department gave to International Relief and Development, a nongovernmental organization. U.S. experts will train Iraqis to preserve their collections by controlling humidity, pollution and light levels. The Iraqis will also learn how to protect their artifacts from floods, fires and other disasters, and the safest ways to move collections from one location to another. MORE >>
Next, Iraq Needs a Civilian Surge
The Roanoke Times
IRD President and CEO Dr. Arthur B. Keys, Jr.Washington, DC — October 30, 2008 — America has a moral responsibility to Iraq. That responsibility holds regardless of which candidates comes to occupy the White House. A well-funded civilian surge is the way to discharge it. MORE >>
Washington, DC — October 16, 2008 — The Baghdad School for the Blind receives an unexpected gift after years of hardship and war — a shipment of desperately needed supplies, courtesy of the Perkins School for the Blind and IRD. Watch the full video. MORE >>
Teaching Them to Fish
Time MagazineWashington, DC — September 11, 2008 —To help alleviate the crisis, the U.S. shipped some 30,000 metric tons of wheat to the struggling nation in 1999--and continued to do so until 2005. But rather than simply handing over the wheat to produce the low-cost noodles, the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) contracted with a fledgling nongovernmental organization called International Relief & Development (IRD) to create a pioneering food-aid program using a business model that has since become a template for projects in Cambodia, Niger and Sri Lanka.
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Queen Noor addresses UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs
The Jordan TimesAmman, Jordan — June 25, 2008 — Her Majesty Queen Noor on Wednesday addressed the UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs in Geneva, appealing for renewed international support for the estimated 67 million refugees and displaced people worldwide, including nearly five million displaced Iraqis.
Since 1985, she has been the founder and chairperson of the NHF, which has partnered with the American NGO International Relief and Development (IRD) and the Jordanian Red Crescent to implement innovative programmes funded by UNHCR and the US State Department, that provide primary and psychosocial healthcare screening and referral services to thousands of Iraqi children and mothers in Jordan. MORE >>
Chad: The story of Order # 81707503
ReliefWebKoloma, Chad — May 21, 2008 — *This is a UN story on the efforts to distribute supplies to displaced person camps in Southeastern Chad. The relief workers mentioned work for IRD.* An elderly woman sits under one of the few scrawny trees in a parched landscape as she and 8,000 other displaced people wait for aid workers to begin handing out some 100 tonnes of flour, salt, sugar, and cooking oil.
The woman's name is Hawa Brahim and the displaced site is Koloma, near the town of Goz Beida in Chad's southwest.
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People Making a Difference
Jim Lanning, IRD Director of Acquisitions and LogisticsWashington, DC — May, 2008 — I was deeply honored when the Kjaer Group asked me to be the subject of their first "People Making a Difference" profile. It struck me as a great opportunity to encourage those outside the community to get more involved in humanitarian work.
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Volunteers, Home Owners Celebrate Building Blitz
WLOX GulfportGulfport, MS — May 2, 2008 — Home owners cut a cake decorated with the picture of a new house. Friday's noon hour celebration under the gazebo began as an ambitious project several months ago. Everyone sharing the barbecue lunch played a role in the special recovery effort.
Jennifer Stackhouse is a case worker with International Relief and Development. She helped organize the funding and match the need with the providers.
"It's very rewarding. It is very rewarding for me to see them get back on their feet. It's been such a long, hard road for them," she said. MORE >>
Food Aid Groups Push 'Green Revolution' to Fix Hunger Crisis
Associated PressKansas City, MO — April 16, 2008 — Amid a deepening world hunger crisis, leading food aid groups are calling for a "green revolution" that would help impoverished regions develop their own agriculture economies rather than relying on U.S.-grown food.
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Healthier Haskell Aims to Make Campus One of Healthiest in Country
Kansas City StarKansas City, MO — April 16, 2008 — Thoric Cederstrom, director of food security and food policy for International Relief & Development, which distributes food around the world, discussed a new report on obesity and malnutrition among American Indians at the ninth annual International Food Aid Conference this week in Kansas City.
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Malnutrition at the Margin: The Political Ecology of Global Hunger
The Leadership Imperative - A Mandate for Social Responsibility event
Thoric Cederstrom, Director of Sustainable Foods and Agriculture Systems, presentingLong Beach, CA — April 10, 2008 — Currently, some 820 million people in the world suffer hunger from not getting enough protein and energy to eat. Another two billion are unable to meet their daily requirements for vitamins and minerals, leading to a host of micronutrient-related diseases and deficiencies. And yet, globally there exists enough food resources to meet protein-energy requirements and enough financial resources to produce sufficient micronutrients. Dr. Cederstrom’s presentation will explore these contradictions by examining some of the complex linkages in global hunger, the role of food aid, and the role of anthropology in promoting truly sustainable development and solving the world food problem. MORE >>
A Visit to Iraq and Jordan, January 2008
Conference Publication, by IRD Board Member John DeckenbackWashington, DC — March 2008 — In January I had the opportunity to spend almost two weeks seeing first-hand another side of this war, the humanitarian effort to provide basic necessities to its victims.
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