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IRD Assists Victims of the Darfur Crisis in Eastern Chad
Eastern Chad – June 11, 2007 – IRD is currently accepting cash donations for the victims of the violence in Darfur and eastern Chad. Donations will be used to support projects covering a wide range of areas such as direct food and non-food item distribution, agricultural assistance, training in animal husbandry, and nutritional support for women and children.
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IRD Receives Grant to Help Displaced Persons in Northeastern Sri Lanka
Washington, DC – June 6, 2007 – UNICEF has awarded a grant to International Relief and Development to improve sanitation and increase awareness of good health and hygiene practices in areas of Sri Lanka plagued by civil strife, IRD announced today.
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IRD Names Jeffrey N. Jordan as Chief of Program Development
Washington, DC – May 17, 2007 — IRD today announced the addition of Jeffrey N. Jordan as chief of program development. Mr. Jordan brings to IRD more than 18 years of experience in international development. MORE>>
IRD Names Jeffrey N. Jordan as Chief of Program Development
Washington, DC – May 17, 2007 — IRD today announced the addition of Jeffrey N. Jordan as chief of program development. Mr. Jordan brings to IRD more than 18 years of experience in international development. MORE>>
IRD Staff in Chad Meet with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Southeastern Chad – April 16, 2007 — Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer today visited the Internally Displaced People camps of Habile and Aradib during their brief visit to eastern Chad. They were accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Chad Mark Wall. MORE>>
NINE IRD ENGINEERS IN AFGHANISTAN GIVEN AWARD BY U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Kabul, Afghanistan – April 14, 2007 — The U.S. Corps of Engineers today honored nine IRD engineers working in Afghanistan “for validation of outstanding performance and demonstration of exception professionalism in timely completion of the 2006 USAID School and Clinics Refurbishment Program.” MORE>>
Making a Big Difference: IRD Leads Makeover of Armenian Schools for Disabled Children
Yerevan, Armenia — March 12, 2007 — Imagine the following scenario: 117 disabled children attend school in a three-building complex. Building A houses the administrative offices, a kitchen and a cafeteria. The cafeteria is expensive and difficult to heat, its ceiling is cracked, and holes leaking dirt and water are everywhere. Several windows are broken, and the walls are crumbling. Building B houses the dorm and class rooms. Building C holds laundry facilities and bathrooms where even in the harshest of winter weather children have to run from the bathroom building after showering, through the yard to the dorm building where they live and take naps. MORE>>
AmeriCares and IRD Join Forces to Respond to Flooding in Mozambique
Washington, DC — March 5, 2007 – In response to the devastating floods in Mozambique, AmeriCares and International Relief & Development (IRD), two international relief and humanitarian aid organizations, are reaching out to help those affected by the disaster.
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IRD WINS TOP HONORS AT 2006 INTERACTIVE MEDIA AWARDS
Washington, DC – February 22, 2007 – International Relief and Development (IRD) today announced that it has been awarded Outstanding Achievement in Website Development by the Interactive Media Awards™. The honor recognizes that the Web site (www.ird.org) met and surpassed the basic standards of excellence that comprise the web’s most professional work. The site was honored specifically for excellence among nonprofit websites.
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SERBIAN-AMERICAN MENTORS ‘MEET THE PRESS’ IN BELGRADE
Belgrade, Serbia – February 21, 2007 – IRD Serbia and the Serbian Unity Congress (SUC) today sponsored a media event to highlight the activities of three Serbian-Americans acting as mentors to members of the business community in western Serbia.
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IRD US Receives $50,000 Grant from AARP
Washington, DC – February 20, 2007 – The AARP Foundation has awarded International Relief and Development United States (IRD US) a one-year grant of $50,000 so that IRD US can hire one fulltime and one part time social worker to provide case management services to needy people aged 50 and older. The grant continues until 2008.
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IRD BEGINS RELIEF FOR ZAMBEZI FLOOD VICTIMS
Washington, DC – February 20, 2007 – International Relief and Development began recovery efforts to aid the thousands of people uprooted and isolated by the extended floods of the Zambezi River over the past week. “We are so proud of our staff in Mozambique who began helping the victims so soon after the floods began,” said IRD president and CEO Arthur B. Keys, Jr. “IRD is one of the very few humanitarian aid organization working in Chinde district and we are so grateful to have the opportunity.”
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IRD Receives Funds to Aid Georgian Farmers
Washington, DC – February 7, 2007 – Through the sale of commodities provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), International Relief and Development (IRD) has begun a program in southern Georgia to assist farmers and other rural entrepreneurs to improve the quality of their lives by increasing their incomes.
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