2006 - International Relief & Development

2006
Annual
Report

Improving Lives.
Ukraine
Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine — “The play I Love Life, about the stigma of HIV/AIDS and
discrimination against its victims, really changed my life,” commented Ekaterina Synchishina,
a senior at Taurus National University (TNU) in Crimea.
“For the first time I began thinking about attitudes towards HIV-infected people,” she explained.
“I suddenly imagined myself in the place of the heroine, infected by accident, experiencing the
pain of betrayal and misunderstanding. After seeing the play, I realized how important it is to
support people like her, and not exclude them from society.”
The play, I Love Life, was written by Sergei Siplivy, a student at TNU. It is performed on the
average of four times per month at schools, colleges and public events throughout Crimea. The
play is part of the USAID-funded Reducing Stigma and Discrimination Associated with HIV/AIDS in
Ukraine project, designed to create awareness of HIV/AIDS among the two million people who
live in the area.
“As a lecturer with years of experience, I know a great deal about HIV/AIDS,” said Valentina
Efimova, a professor in the Department of Physiology at TNU. “But we have failed to help
students not only stop fearing a person with HIV/AIDS, but also convince them that our attitudes
affect the health, emotions and desire to live of those who are ill.”
She praised the efforts of IRD and USAID for producing I Love Life and sponsoring other outreach
activities that educate students and others about the stigma of HIV/AIDS and how destructive the
discrimination can be for those infected. “In the beginning, the situation at the university was
extremely difficult — not all of the students or teachers were interested in stigma and
discrimination problems associated with HIV/AIDS. In my classes, I could only work with a very
limited number of boys and girls. The play, I Love Life, helped change the situation.”
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” Efimova said about the impact of the
play, “which showed how difficult a task it is to change false stereotypes about HIV-infection and
AIDS, about people living with HIV/AIDS. It is so hard to break the myths that have existed for
decades, and build compassion, care and support for those who are affected by this epidemic.”
I Love Life tells the tale of a young girl stricken by AIDS through a blood transfusion; her
boyfriend leaves her and she is shunned by her family and her schoolmates. She finally attempts
suicide, due to her rejection by all of her loved ones.
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TNU students perform I Love Life
Play evokes strong reaction from
Ekaterina Synchishina
A transformed audience erupts into
applause
When the play premiered several months ago at TNU, spectators were spellbound by the story —
many cried and had very strong emotional reactions — and the vast majority reported that their
attitudes were changed by seeing the play, showing the power of the written and spoken word.

Dear Friends,
Dr. Arthur B. Keys, Jr.
President & CEO
Cover, top to bottom and left to right:
Central African Republic
Indonesia
Kenya
Mozambique
Niger
Lebanon
Serbia
Armenia
Afghanistan
Cambodia
Sri Lanka
Iraq
In 2006, once again, millions of people
suffered greatly from floods, earthquakes,
war, disease and famine. IRD is working
hard to help survivors of these disasters
have a brighter long-term future.
This past year we extended our reach into
three new countries: Lebanon, Laos and
Sudan; expanded our activities in Chad,
the Middle East, the Caucasus and
Gulfport, Mississippi; and received our
first major grant — to help children survive
— in Cambodia.
Indonesia remained a major focus of IRD
activity. Despite massive aid contributions
and programs designated to help Aceh
province, the main site of the tsunami of
December 2004, that area is still far from
completely recovered. IRD continues to
repair water and sewer systems and rebuild
roads, schools and health clinics. When an
earthquake hit central Indonesia in May,
IRD already had an office in Yogyakarta
and was able to help survivors immediately.
One of the brightest spots for IRD in 2006
was the success of the USAID-funded
Construction Trades Training Center
(CTTC) in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
Established as a pilot project in September
2005, the CTTC became a full-fledged
center in March 2006. By the end of the
year, we had trained well over 1,000 men
in various trades — almost none were
working before the training and nearly all
found work after completing the course.
Construction companies are hungry for
qualified tradesmen, and the CTTC
program fits the bill.
Not yet 10 years old, IRD is a young
organization but growing fast. We are
proud that we are willing to go to places
others won’t — and we never forget why we
exist: to reduce the suffering of the world’s
most vulnerable groups and provide the
tools and resources needed to increase
their self-sufficiency.
We could not achieve our goals without
our staff, both at headquarters and in the
field. They work from dawn to dusk, on
weekends and long into the night to save
just one child from disease, help just one
family avoid starvation and train just one
person to find a job. We look forward to
the challenges that the future brings us, as
we hope for a world that is peaceful, safe
and prosperous.
C.S. Lewis once wrote, “It will not bother
me in the hour of death to reflect that I
have been ‘had for a sucker’ by any
number of imposters; but it would be a
torment to know that I had refused even
one person in need.” I know that all of
us here at IRD agree that it would be a
torment for us to know that we had failed
to assist even one person in need, if it were
in our power to do so.
Dr. Arthur B. Keys, Jr.
2006 ANNUAL REPORT 1

About IRD
IRD, a charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization,
focuses its operations in regions of the world that present social, political and technical
challenges. IRD’s mission is to reduce the suffering of the world’s most vulnerable
groups and provide tools and resources needed to increase their self-sufficiency.
Our strategic goal is to accomplish our mission by implementing targeted, cost-effective
relief and development programs that improve the lives of these vulnerable groups.
Facts about IRD:
• IRD was founded by Dr. Arthur B. Keys, Jr. in 1998.
• IRD provided more than $130 million development assistance in 2006 to Africa,
Asia, the Balkans, Latin America, the Middle East and the Newly Independent
States.
• Since 1998, IRD has provided more than half a billion dollars worth of goods and
services in humanitarian assistance to vulnerable populations around the world.
• Currently, IRD has program offices in 23 countries worldwide.
• IRD provides cost-effective relief and development programs in five core sectors
and special projects as needed.
IRD works in collaboration with a wide range of organizations in the design and
implementation of humanitarian relief and development aid programs, including
U.S. and foreign government agencies, bilateral and international donor organizations,
international finance organizations, faith-based organizations, advocacy groups,
international and local NGOs, U.S. corporations and members of the U.S. Congress.
Civil Society
Equipping and Sustaining Community Life
A healthy, stable community encourages citizen participation. IRD works at the
ground level with local partners to promote planning, education and training to
rebuild community life when it has been disabled by tragedy and conflict.
Through our programs, residents leverage their ideas and commitment to their
communities through community action committees. Working together, neighbor to
neighbor, these programs encourage citizen participation, guide the distribution of
humanitarian aid and identify their goals and priorities.
To date, IRD has helped build the capacity of more than 50 local NGOs and 1,500
community-based organizations worldwide. By helping people draw on their own
capabilities and take ownership of their progress, IRD ensures that these communities
are permanently equipped to function more effectively in the future.
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Economic Development
Providing Opportunities and Tools to Build Livelihoods
Disaster relief programs are often temporary by design. The
world often responds to devastation with generosity and
compassion, but the funds and attention dwindle as the
media’s attention moves to the latest global crisis. When relief
efforts end, communities must be equipped to continue their
recovery. Through economic development projects, IRD
programs work to help generate business, train workers and
create jobs that will sustain families and fuel growth.
Small financial grants can provide the training and education
necessary to build a trade; technical training and resources can
help small and medium businesses gain access to world markets.
IRD provides the resources to help people function productively,
generating income and development through social
loans, business loans, vocational training and employment.
Food Security
Improving Nutrition, Food Access and Availability
Few problems have challenged the international community
more than finding ways to better distribute the world’s agricultural
riches so that food grown on one continent can provide
sustenance to those in need on others.
IRD is renowned for implementing creative solutions to bring
food to the needy and empower communities to meet the
nutritional needs of their people. By tapping the enormous
resources of the U.S. agricultural community, IRD develops
innovative programs to use U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) food commodity programs to meet nutritional
needs overseas.
IRD distributes thousands of metric tons of grain and
soybeans to vulnerable regions across the globe, and produces
nutritional snacks, noodles and biscuits for school meal
programs and low-income families. Proceeds from selling U.S.
agricultural surpluses fund de-worming programs in Southeast
Asia and provide equipment and training for farmers in the
Newly Independent States, while other initiatives assist in the
development of agricultural cooperatives and expand markets
across borders.
Health
Bringing Critical Health Skills and Services to Communities
in Crisis
When war and conflict leave hospitals destroyed and people
without access to primary health care, communities continue
to suffer long after the initial devastation.
IRD programs are designed to rebuild local health care infrastructure
and equip communities to meet the basic health,
nutrition and reproductive needs of their people. Working
with our partners, IRD has rehabilitated clinics and hospitals
in war-torn regions from Serbia to Iraq, and supplied tens of
millions of dollars worth of pharmaceutical supplies and
medical equipment around the world.
Designed to emphasize preventive as well as primary health
care, our programs include training and health education
outreach to raise public awareness of family planning,
HIV/AIDS education, nutritional information and health
management.
Infrastructure
Strengthening the Building Blocks of Communities
A thriving community must, at minimum, provide its people
with the basic services and resources necessary to support
family life and make commerce possible.
IRD programs have helped develop effective social services
through collaborative efforts to improve roads, rebuild utilities,
repair water and sewage systems, renovate schools and
establish health facilities. We help children return to school,
bring potable water to families and train local leaders to
operate efficient sanitation systems.
Beyond distributing food and critical supplies, we work with
local and international humanitarian organizations to rebuild
shattered lives and equip refugees with the shelter and tools
they need to gain independence.
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Crop evaluation by IRD, Azerbaijan
Medical supply delivery to local hospital, Armenia
Student at IRD-renovated school, Afghanistan
Carpenters at vocational training classes, Iraq
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Local man assists with water tank installation, Chad
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Civil Society
IRD believes that linking governance
and civil society initiatives with
other development programs produces
greater results than the programs can
achieve separately. Working with IRD’s
Economic Development, Health, Food
Security and Infrastructure programs,
the Civil Society sector promotes strong
community participation and advocacy
and helps leverage local resources.
Across all sectors, IRD seeks to
empower informed citizens who can
participate in the democratic process in
areas ranging from HIV/AIDS awareness,
to education and road building, to
business development.
IRD’s current Civil Society portfolio
includes programs in vocational training,
life-to-work education and community
social work. These programs are
implemented in vastly different contexts
— Afghanistan, Indonesia and post-
Katrina Mississippi — each with its own
unique set of challenges. What binds
these programs together, however, are
IRD’s efforts to promote the empowerment
of individuals and communities,
as well as the long-term sustainability of
its interventions.
In Jalalabad, Afghanistan, IRD operates
the Construction Trades Training Center
(CTTC), a vocational training school. In
the first year of the USAID-funded
CTTC program, IRD graduated more
than 1,000 students in intensive painting,
construction, electrical wiring,
plumbing and contractor programs.
In the fall of 2006, IRD initiated a
short-term program that trains between
30 and 40 tradesmen each week.
Importantly, many of the students who
enroll in the Center are individuals most
at risk of engaging in insurgency activities.
IRD ensures the long-term sustainability
of the Center by providing a
range of marketable construction and
educational services to contribute to the
reconstruction effort.
IRD supports innovative approaches
to life skills education in Indonesia
under the USAID-funded program
Decentralized Basic Education:
Objective 3 (DBE3). In partnership with
Save the Children, the Academy for
Educational Development and The Asia
Foundation, IRD is working to improve
the quality of formal and informal
secondary education by increasing its
relevance to life, work and community
development. To date, IRD has developed
educational modules and provided
training to over 1,300 district teachers,
tutors and managers working with at-risk
youth. IRD has also completed an
educational assessment in Papua and
Irian Jaya Barat to explore the possibility
of expanding DBE3 activities into those
provinces.
IRD seeks to leverage its wealth of international
experience in its domestic Civil
Society programs on the Mississippi
Gulf Coast though IRD US. Through its
Gulf Coast Community Service Center
in Gulfport, IRD provides comprehensive
case management services to victims
of Hurricane Katrina with funding from
the Mississippi Department of Health
and Human Services, the American
Association of Retired Persons, the
Reformed Church in America and
Capital Groups. In addition to connecting
victims with the services they need
to begin rebuilding their lives, IRD also
delivers financial and housing counseling
as well as emergency preparedness
seminars.
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Economic Development
IRD’s economic development
sector addresses some of the most difficult
issues facing small- and medium-scale
farmers and entrepreneurs in vulnerable
communities throughout the world.
Since 1999, IRD’s Economic
Development programs have strengthened
the capacity and resiliency of
individuals and communities to protect
lives, respond to recurring disasters and
strengthen human capital investment.
The Economic Development sector
focuses on four core areas:
• Sustainable Agriculture, including
support to agribusiness competitiveness,
market linkage and value
chain development in an environmentally
friendly production and
processing systems environment;
• Livelihood Security;
• Micro-Enterprise Development; and
• Local Economic Planning and
Development, supporting economic
development and public/private
sector partnerships.
Sustainable Agriculture
IRD has assisted tens of thousands of
rural farmers and their communities by
implementing agricultural practices with
a cross-sectoral approach, integrating
environmental health, economic
profitability and social equity. In Serbia,
Iraq and Azerbaijan, for example, IRD
has provided technical assistance to
prepare farmers for certification and
established cooperatives to provide
them with the collective bargaining
power, economies of scale of production
and access to competitive markets
necessary for a sustainable source of
income.
Livelihood Security
IRD provides micro-grants and technical
assistance to vulnerable individuals,
marginal groups and resource-poor
farmers to provide them with both the
financial resources and skills they need
to develop a sustainable livelihood. In
2006, IRD assisted nearly 1,000 farmers
and small businesses in southern
Lebanon to replace tools and inventory
stocks lost during the conflict with Israel.
Through similar emergency livelihood
security programs, IRD has assisted over
5,000 vulnerable families in Serbia,
Montenegro, Azerbaijan and Iraq.
Micro and Small-Medium
Enterprise Development
Micro and small enterprises provide
sustainable jobs but need assistance to
enhance their competitiveness, productivity
and market access. This requires
business and market linkage services,
access to improved production
technologies and organizational assistance
to improve their efficiency and
bargaining power. It also requires
integration into existing value chains
to ensure growth and sustainability. In
2006, IRD assisted apple growers in
Serbia to expand their local and export
markets through improvements in
packaging and advertising, and worked
with fishing and livestock enterprises in
Indonesia to revitalize business supply
chains. Economic development is
dependent on the ability to access both
business and financial services, so IRD
recognizes the importance of supporting
the development of these service
providers in rural areas.
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DBE3 teaching activities in participating school,
Indonesia
Construction Trades Training Center, Afghanistan
Computer training class, Iraq
Agricultural fair to promote local products, Serbia
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Local farmers participate in IRD technical assistance
seminar, Azerbaijan
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Food Security
The goal of food security is for
all people at all times to have access to
sufficient, safe and nutritious food. This
conventional definition breaks down
into four main objectives: availability,
accessibility, safety and quality, and
utilization. The Food Security sector at
IRD responds to the food insecurity
concerns of vulnerable populations
through programs to address these
objectives.
In 2006, IRD continued its successful
United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA)-funded Better Foods
for Better Lives program in Indonesia by
supporting production of soy-fortified
rice noodles and iodine-fortified soy
sauce. As a result, IRD’s local partners
have produced over four billion
packages of soy-enriched foods to date,
reaching four million people in lowincome
communities each month.
IRD’s Better Foods for Better Lives
program in Cambodia works to
strengthen local food processing
capabilities while providing fortified
food products to 250,000 low-income
consumers. The USDA-funded project,
designed to promote private-sector
development, has created thousands of
jobs and has introduced industry best
practices, such as flour fortification, to
Cambodia. A school feeding component
of the project provides daily
school snacks for free to 8,500 children,
giving an incentive for parents to send
their children to school.
In Sri Lanka, IRD assists rural students
through the Hambantota Educational
Support Improvement Project (HESIP).
The USDA-funded project works with a
local dairy company to provide daily
rations of milk to 12,000 schoolchildren,
works with parent-teacher associations
and school committees to
renovate school sanitation facilities, and
assists the Ministry of Education in its
health and nutrition awareness
campaign.
In 2006, the Office of Food for Peace at
USAID granted an extension to the
International Relief Partnership Program
that IRD implements in Kosovo. The
program assists internally displaced and
vulnerable populations by distributing
commodities provided by Breedlove
Dehydrated Foods to more than 3,000
families in the region.
IRD’s USAID-funded Emergency Food
for Work and Agricultural Assistance
Initiative for Affected Villages in eastern
Chad provides emergency food security
and agricultural improvement opportunities
for villages affected by the influx
of refugees fleeing neighboring Darfur,
as well as the internally displaced
persons in southeastern Chad. In South
Sudan, IRD is assisting Sudanese
refugees to return and reintegrate into
communities they left during the civil
war. With funding from UNHCR, IRD
helps 10,000 households generate
income through agricultural and
fisheries projects.
In response to the 2005–2006 drought
in Mozambique, IRD is improving food
security through community-based
water harvesting systems and agricultural
and apicultural income generation
activities. Additionally, IRD started
working with the World Food
Programme (WFP) in July of 2006 to
distribute food to orphans and provide
home-based care to HIV/AIDS patients.
In 2007, the Food Security sector will
continue to expand its presence in other
African countries, including Niger and
the Central African Republic.
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IRD distributes emergency food supplies, Chad
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A farmer prepares to plant high-quality seed
potatoes provided by USDA through IRD, Georgia
U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia Joseph A.
Mussomeli visits Better Foods for Better Lives
project, Cambodia
Displaced children review medical information
while waiting for examination, Iraq
Avian Flu training exercise, Indonesia
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Health
In response to health concerns
across the globe, IRD’s Health team has
continued to develop effective prevention
interventions, as well as address
both the long-term and immediate
health care needs of vulnerable populations.
In 2006, IRD health programs
included HIV/AIDS, maternal and
child health, family planning and reproductive
health, treatment of infectious
diseases, nutrition, community-based
primary health care, health education,
and water and sanitation hygiene training
programs. Target populations
include refugees, internally displaced
persons (IDPs), people living with
HIV/AIDS, the disabled and women
and children marginalized by poverty.
IRD’s Health team incorporates the
capabilities of all IRD sectors into its
activities. For example, in Mozambique
IRD builds the capacity of communitybased
associations conducting homebased
care for people living with
HIV/AIDS. IRD provides both administrative
and technical assistance, and
works with the associations to help
them seek local sources of funding. In
Ukraine, the USAID-funded Reducing
Stigma and Discrimination Associated
with HIV/AIDS project raises awareness
of HIV/AIDS and understanding about
the infection, reaching over two million
people thus far.
In 2006, IRD received a USAID Child
Survival and Health Grant to implement
a four-year child nutrition
improvement project in Cambodia. In
a country where 45.3 percent of
children 18 to 23 months are malnourished,
IRD improves child nutrition
through community-level education
and behavior change communication,
water and sanitation hygiene training,
and the marketing of fortified, low cost
foods and supplements.
IRD is an active member of
InterAction’s Avian Influenza (AI)
working group and in 2006 participated
in the Bird Flu Summit. To help
prevent and control the spread of AI,
IRD implements programs to contain
outbreaks of AI in Indonesia, Ukraine
and Iraq as well as developing the training
curriculum for master trainers and
local community members.
In 2006, IRD continued to provide
primary health care for an estimated
200,000 IDPs, returnees and members
of affected communities through the
USAID/OFDA-funded Humanitarian
Assistance to Iraq project. IRD has
rehabilitated selected clinics and
provided basic medical equipment and
training. In Kirkuk, IRD conducted
emergency medical trainings for hospital
staff to improve their handling of
emergency cases. With the Department
of Health, IRD also established mobile
medical units that travel to remote
locations to improve access to primary
health care services.
In partnership with governments,
community organizations and health
care providers, IRD designs and implements
innovative health programs
responsive to local community needs.
In 2007, IRD will continue to build on
its core capabilities to address the
increasingly complex health care needs
of developing countries, focusing on
Chad, Colombia, Vietnam, Laos, Nepal,
Afghanistan, Sudan and Haiti.
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Infrastructure
The long-term success of all of
IRD’s initiatives relies on a strong and
stable infrastructure in the communities
served, including roads, buildings,
water and wastewater systems, and
power plants. When the infrastructure
needs to be rebuilt, IRD works with the
community — first to identify needs,
then to work in partnership with local
governments to develop a plan to
address those needs — to ensure
reconstruction is sustainable.
In 2006, thousands of small-, mediumand
large-scale projects were identified,
developed and implemented in Iraq
through the Community Stabilization
Program (CSP) and the Iraq Community
Action Program (ICAP). These
projects not only improve the public
infrastructure of Iraq, they create better
employment opportunities for
unemployed Iraqis.
IRD’s Human Resources and Logistical
Support (HRLS) program in Afghanistan,
funded by USAID, provides the
technical support and monitoring activities
needed to help the Afghan people
rebuild their country.
In 2006, IRD began several projects to
increase the long-term supply of potable
water to communities throughout the
world. Through the UNICEF-funded
Urban and Rural Water Restoration
Program in Indonesia, IRD continues to
rehabilitate damaged water treatment
plants and distribution systems throughout
Aceh province as well as identify
and tap new sources of potable water.
IRD works closely with communities to
provide opportunities for local input
and ensure the future operations and
maintenance of the newly-constructed
facilities.
In the coastal district of Hambantota,
Sri Lanka, IRD completed a water
supply project to improve local water
quality and access to potable water
by rehabilitating water distribution
networks and treatment plants for
people in Kirinda and Bundala. IRD
also identified new water sources to
improve the water supply, providing
safe water to 11,000 beneficiaries. In
addition, IRD managed the creation of
a 20-year master plan for water infrastructure
development.
Through the Community Revitalization
through Democratic Action (CRDA-E)
programs in Serbia and Montenegro,
IRD builds and renovates structures
that support economic development of
these regions such as markets, roads,
electrical networks, irrigation systems,
tourism facilities, and water treatment
plants and distribution networks.
As part of our efforts to help those
most in need, IRD plans to expand its
assessments in Asia and Africa to determine
how we can help the urban and
rural poor desperate for potable water
and sanitation facilities. In 2007, special
emphasis will be given to those affected
by war and natural disasters, particularly
in Indonesia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Construction of new water and sanitation pipeline,
Serbia
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Schoolchildren in front of repaired sanitation facility
following Yogyakarta earthquake, Indonesia
Engineers search for new potable water sources,
Sri Lanka
Road construction monitored by IRD, Afghanistan
Bridge engineering and construction overseen by
IRD, Afghanistan
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Special Projects
Since 2004, IRD has implemented
the Human Resources and Logistical
Support Program (HRLS) in Afghanistan.
This program, funded by USAID,
has offered IRD the opportunity to
enhance our management capabilities
while addressing the developmental
challenges facing this war-torn country.
Under the HRLS program, IRD
provides technical support to the
USAID Office of Infrastructure, Energy
and Engineering to monitor major
construction and rehabilitation projects
completed by contractors. These projects
are reopening vital transportation routes,
rebuilding schools and clinics, improving
irrigation channels and providing
sustainable energy and water sources.
IRD assists with individual project
identification, planning, site selection,
engineering, management information
system design and operation, procurement
of services and goods, and
construction and quality assurance
inspection.
IRD also is providing technical support
in other sectors across Afghanistan,
including advice and support for policy
and legal reform, institutional capacity
building, and human resource development
and training to both USAID and
the Afghan government staff.
kilometers of regional, national, provincial
and secondary highways by the end
of 2007.
IRD also provides capacity building for
the Ministry of Public Works and assists
in the creation of a private sector for the
operations and maintenance of these
roads, as well as helps the Afghan
government draft and adopt policy
measures that will ensure sustained
maintenance. In the energy sector in
2006, IRD monitored the rehabilitation
and construction of 24 power stations,
including hydropower and natural gas
plants, as well as 25 irrigation and water
projects. IRD is also nurturing a growing
Afghan press to report on all infrastructure
projects.
Successful implementation of these
objectives should provide the following:
• A robust economy with a growth
rate between nine and 11 percent
per year, resulting in an increase in
yearly income from $200 to $300–
$340;
• A tenfold increase in power supply;
• At least 75 percent of Afghans
having access to basic health care
and primary education; and
• A rural economy based on viable
options to poppy cultivation.
By the completion of the project, IRD
will have monitored the construction of
311 clinics, two 100-bed hospitals, one
50-bed hospital, two new midwife
centers, 465 schools and 12 new teacher
training centers. In the transportation
sector, IRD will have monitored the
construction of approximately 6,000
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Rapid Response
In response to disasters that
affect the lives of millions, IRD implements
programs that offer immediate
humanitarian assistance, respond to
urgent needs, and improve the quality of
life for displaced persons, refugees and
other vulnerable groups.
IRD’s emergency activities include the
provision of water and sanitation,
shelter, food aid, health assistance and
essential commodity distribution during
and immediately after disasters. In 2006,
IRD provided rapid response activities
in the following countries:
Mozambique: Following a drought
assessment in Mozambique, a drought
response and mitigation project funded
by the Office of Foreign Disaster
Assistance (OFDA) was designed and
initiated in January. The program, which
continued for the entire year, provided
water harvesting technologies and food
security support in Massinga district,
through the creation of community
reservoirs and school-based water collection
systems, as well as assistance with
the multiplication, distribution and
training on drought resistant food crops.
South Sudan: In February, IRD
conducted an intensive humanitarian
needs assessment and program planning
mission in an isolated but pivotal part of
South Sudan. By April, a South Sudan
office was established in Malakal, and in
June, IRD began implementing a United
Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR)-funded emergency
assistance program supporting Sudanese
displaced persons and refugees returning
after decades to resettle in the area.
Indonesia: IRD already had a large
number of programs in Indonesia,
including tsunami emergency recovery
in Banda Aceh. When a massively
destructive 6.2 level earthquake occurred
on May 27 in Central Java, IRD’s
Yogyakarta office began immediate
emergency assistance, starting with the
provision of food aid, funded first by
IRD directly and later through the
World Food Programme.
Lebanon: When war erupted in
Lebanon in July, IRD mobilized an
emergency team from headquarters
and other IRD offices that arrived in
the country within the month. Based
on field assessments of priority needs,
in October IRD began a Department
for International Development
(DfID)-funded emergency recovery and
rehabilitation project to restore lost and
disrupted household incomes and livelihoods
in south Lebanon, the center of
the region damaged by the July war.
Iraq: In 2006, IRD continued to
provide emergency assistance to
displaced persons throughout Iraq,
especially in the central and northern
regions. Emergency needs are ongoing
and ever-changing, as large numbers of
people continue to move from place to
place to escape regional or sectarian
violence in their neighborhoods.
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Water pipeline constructed by IRD, Iraq
Emergency food distribution following Yogyakarta
earthquake, Indonesia
Grocery store restocked through an IRD small
business grant, Lebanon
Students participate in UNICEF's “Go to School”
campaign, launch assisted by IRD, South Sudan
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IRD staff food distributors, Zambezia province,
Mozambique
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2006 Programs
Afghanistan
• Human Resources and Logistical Support
(HRLS)
• Construction Trades Training Center
Armenia
• Medical Commodity Distribution
• School Repair and Restoration
• Improved Primary Health Care Assessment
Azerbaijan
• Medical Commodity Distribution
Cambodia
• Child Survival
• Better Foods for Better Lives
Cameroon
• Agricultural Commodity Distribution
Chad
• Emergency Food for Work and Agricultural
Assistance
• Emergency Seed and Tool Distribution
• World Food Programme Food Distribution
• Livelihood Security Restoration for
Refugees and IDPs
Georgia
• Medical Commodities Distribution
• Major Water Initiative
• Agricultural Production and Rural
Enterprise Support
Indonesia
• Student Health Improvement Program
(SHIP)
• Better Foods for Better Lives
• Emergency Medical Response
• Decentralized Basic Education
• Emergency Livelihood Recovery and
Income Generation in Aceh
• Water Sanitation in Aceh
• Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Schools
in Yogyakarta
• Community-Based Water and Sanitation
• Avian Influenza Training Project
Iraq
• Iraq Community Action Program (ICAP)
• Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq (HAI)
• Community Stabilization Program (CSP)
• Emergency Assistance for Fallujah
• Emergency Response to IDP Crisis in
Central Iraq
• Facilitating Return to Northern Iraq
• Evaluation of Joint Humanitarian
Information Center North Activities
Kosovo
• Food Distribution
Laos
• Safe Educational Opportunities
Lebanon
• Emergency Relief and Employment
Program
Montenegro
• Community Revitalization Through
Democratic Action (CRDA)
Mozambique
• Women First HIV/AIDS
• Community Mobilization and Training in
Hygiene and Sanitation Activities
• National Council for HIV/AIDS
Organizational Development
• Food for Work in Inhambane Province
• Emergency Response to Drought
• Food Distribution in Maxixe
• Capable Partners Health Project
Serbia
• Community Revitalization Through
Democratic Action (CRDA)
Sri Lanka
• Hambantota Educational Support
Improvement Project
• Hambantota Water Project
• Health Grants Management
South Sudan
• Return and Repatriation of
Sudanese Refugees
Ukraine
• Primary Health Care
• Rapid Response to Avian Influenza
• Reduce Stigma and Discrimination
Associated with HIV/AIDS
• Medical Commodity Distribution
United States, Mississippi
• Gulf Coast Community Service Center
• Needs Assessment and Community
Mapping
• Case Worker Support
Worldwide
• Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program
2006 ANNUAL REPORT 11

Board of
Directors
Rev. Dr. Arthur B. Keys, Jr.
President and CEO
International Relief & Development, Inc.
Arlington, VA
Ms. Patricia Tyson
Vice President
Labor/Community Advocate
Washington, DC
Mr. Daniel L. Florea
Treasurer
President
Florea Financial Group
Ruxton, MD
Mr. F. Leon Howell
Secretary
International Journalist
Silver Spring, MD
Rev. Dr. John Deckenback
Conference Minister
United Church of Christ
Central Atlantic Conference
Baltimore, MD
Mr. John Wesley Gilbert
Major Gifts Officer
Trust for Public Land
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Roland Johnson
Foundation Director
Philadelphia, PA
Ms. Vera R. Silverman
President and CEO
Rosenblum Silverman Sutton
New York, NY
Mozambique
Improving
Lives.
Maputo, Mozambique — Since its inception one year ago, IRD’s Women First program
has trained 300 women in Inhambane province in small business skills and improved
health habits.
In June 2006, after months of door-to-door selling, four women from villages in the
province graduated from the program after selling more than $80 in goods per week,
in a province where the average weekly income is $2.60. As their graduation gift, IRD
gave each graduating woman a bicycle to facilitate her new life as an independent seller.
“I see big changes in my life,” said Ms. Florinda, one of the two graduates in the
village of Cumbana, after receiving the bicycle. “I don’t have to wait for my husband
to give me money. I don’t depend on him anymore to buy the things I need and I even
help substantially with the expenses at home.” Ms. Florinda’s husband, who is facing
difficult times finding clients for his home-based workshop, was present at the graduation
and very proud of his wife.
IRD trains the women in small business skills and provides them with start-up baskets
of marketable products on credit. Unilever, a private sector company, works with IRD
and the women’s groups to establish product supply chains, so that the women have a
reliable supply of goods to sell in their local communities.
The program covers five districts of Inhambane province. Currently, 53 women are
directly involved as sellers and stock keepers. The women’s groups in Zavala and
Cumbana have demonstrated remarkable growth; both groups started with three
sellers and now both groups have 14 women each.
Working through women’s groups established by the United Methodist Church, the
Women First project also trains one woman per group to become a peer educator
and train her group peers on health and HIV/AIDS issues. IRD continues to expand the
program in new areas of the province, involving new women’s groups and enlarging the
products available for sale through new partnerships with private sector companies.
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Building
Livelihoods.
Montenegro
Herceg Novi, Montenegro — The economy of Herceg Novi, a picturesque coastal
town on the border of Montenegro and Croatia, is primarily based on tourism. The
impression that the beautiful beaches and breathtaking Adriatic scenery leaves on
tourists has, however, often been impaired by the inadequate disposal of garbage
generated by tourists in the summer months. The majority of towns in Montenegro
face similar problems, but none of them has yet begun selective waste disposal,
essential for reducing the amount of solid waste through recycling.
To respond to this problem, the Public Utilities Company “Cistoca” from Herceg Novi
approached IRD, USAID’s implementing partner in Southern Montenegro, with a
request to financially support its efforts to initiate a system of selective waste disposal
in the municipality. Cistoca partnered with Herceg Novi, and together they constructed
the sites for placing the bins and provided the majority of equipment for primary
collection and selection of secondary raw materials for recycling. Through IRD, USAID
funded the procurement of more than 280 bins for separate disposal of paper, glass
and plastic distributed throughout the town, as well as additional equipment.
Selective waste disposal is new to Southern Montenegro. The success of the entire
process depends on its participation in the proper selection of waste; educating the
public on the need to recycle is an essential part of the process. To that end, Cistoca
distributes leaflets to the general public to raise awareness of the need to protect the
environment, gives regular media reports and, perhaps most important of all, promotes
the inclusion of environmental issues in the school curriculum of Herceg Novi.
“Although the awareness campaign has only lasted for a couple of months now,
already 95 percent of the solid waste that comes to our recycling station is disposed
of using the correct bins,” said Borivoje Bonic, director of Cistoca in Herceg Novi.
“This allows us to prepare the raw materials for further recycling using a straightforward
process. It also indicates a surprisingly high level of education, awareness and
cooperation of both citizens and tourists at an early stage in the learning process.”
The bins and public education program are only the beginning of a five-year plan to
reduce the solid waste in this municipality by 30 percent, and at the same time, create
jobs and generate incomes from the sale of the secondary raw materials. According to
the projected financial effects, in three years it is expected that over 2,000 tons of
material suitable for recycling will be collected per year, with an annual revenue of
over 100,000. The true value of the process, however, cannot be measured by figures.
It is its direct contribution to the benefit of the environment and future generations.
Senior
Staff
Arthur B. Keys, Jr.
President and CEO
Elmer S. (Sandy) Owens
Chief Financial Officer
Jeffrey Jordan
Chief of Program Development
Elsie Tama
Chief Technical Officer
Ingrid Fitzgerald
Director of Human Resources
Frank Pavich
Director of Civil Society (Acting)
Thoric Cederström
Director of Food Security
Jasna Basaric-Keys
Director of Health
Michael Barros
Director of Infrastructure (Acting)
Karla Bonner
Chief, Special Projects
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Ms. Florinda, recent Women First graduate, showing
the bicycle provided by IRD at her graduation
Women First business training participants unload
supplies provided by Unilever through IRD
Page 13, top to bottom:
Recycling bins in Herceg Novi, funded by USAID
through IRD
Equipment for recycling glass
2006 ANNUAL REPORT 13

Where IRD Works
UKRAINE
SERBIA &
MONTENEGRO
ARMENIA
GEORGIA
AZERBAIJAN
GULFPORT
LEBANON
JORDAN
IRAQ
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
NEPAL
NIGER
CHAD
LAOS
CAMBODIA
COLUMBIA
CAMEROON
SOUTH
SUDAN
SRI LANKA
INDONESIA
MOZAMBIQUE
“IRD’s mission is to reduce the suffering of the world’s
most vulnerable groups and provide tools
and resources needed to increase their self-sufficiency.”
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INTERNATIONAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT

Worldwide Locations
IRD AFGHANISTAN
Kabul Office:
Gilbert Richard, Chief of Party - Human
Resources and Logistical Services (HRLS)
Program
Phone: +93-0-700-233-831
E-mail: grichard@afghanreconstruction.org
James Weeks, Deputy Chief of Party -
HRLS Program
Phone: +93-0-799-508-826
E-mail: jweeks@afghanreconstruction.org
Sherpur
Kabul, Afghanistan
Jalalabad Office:
Victor Odegard, Program Director -
Construction Trades Training Center
Program (CTTC)
Phone: +93-0-700-183-456
E-mail: vodegard@afghanreconstruction.org
Farmehada
Jalalabad, Afghanistan
IRD ARMENIA
Ruzanna Stepanyan, Country Director
Yerevan Office:
12 A Vagharshyan Street
Yerevan, Armenia 0012
Phone 1: +374-1-026-2428
Phone 2: +374-1-026-2446
Phone/Fax: +374-1-026-2446
E-mail: irdarm@netsys.am
IRD AZERBAIJAN
Shamil Kaliyayev, Country Director
Baku Office:
185 M. Muhtarov Street
Baku, Azerbaijan Az 1065
Phone: +994-12-499-15-79
Fax: +994-12-499-16-65
E-mail: smamedova@ird-az.org
Ganja Office:
47 Shakhriyar Street
Ganja, Azerbaijan Az 2016
Phone: +994-12-418-7839
Phone/Fax: +994-22-58-01-21
E-mail: hgamzayeva@ird-az.org
IRD CAMBODIA
John Alexander Sempliner, Country Director
Phnom Penh Office:
25 Mao Tse Toung Boulevard
Phnom Penh
Phone: +855-23-986-430/986-780
Fax: +855-23-213-990
E-mail: irdcambodia@online.com.kh
IRD CAMEROON
Moses Nyoh, Country Representative
Yaoundé, Cameroon
IRD CHAD
James Jean, Acting Country Director
Iribe, Chad
IRD COLOMBIA
Adriana Guinand, Acting Country Director
Bogota, Colombia
IRD GEORGIA
Charles Specht, Country Director
Tbilisi Office:
1 Irakli Abashidze Street
Tbilisi, Georgia 0179
Phone: +995-32-23-34-15
Fax: +995-32-22-48-37
E-mail: ird@caucasus.net
Zugdidi Office:
119 Rustaveli Street
Zugdidi, Georgia 2100
Phone: +995-315-5-28-82
Fax: +995-315-5-28-82
E-mail: zugird@gol.ge
IRD INDONESIA
Robert Harris, Country Director
Sue Ellis, Deputy Country Director
Jakarta Office:
JI. Ampera Raya No. 5A
Cilandak Timur
Jakarta Selatan 12560
Indonesia
Phone: +62-21-788-39164
Fax: +62-21-780-4284
E-mail: ird@ird.or.id
Web site: www.ird.or.id
Yogyakarta Office:
Jl. Babaran No. 71 Umbulharjo
Yogyakarta 55164
Indonesia
Phone/Fax 1: +62-274-378477
Phone/Fax 2: +62-274-385338
E-mail: ygyoffice@ird.or.id
Aceh Office:
Jl. Geuceu Meunara Lorong VII No 17
Desa Garot - Aceh Besar, Nanggroe Aceh
Darussalam 23237
Indonesia
Phone: +065-1-742-8718/19
Fax: +065-1-41675
E-mail: acehoffice@ird.or.id
IRD IRAQ
Robert Jacobi, Chief of Party, Community
Stabilization Program (CSP)
Baghdad, Iraq
John Palmucci, Chief of Party, Iraq
Community Action Program (ICAP)
Baghdad, Iraq
Hameed Kareem, Chief of Party, Humanitarian
Assistance in Iraq (HAI) program
Michael Dockrey, Deputy Chief of Party
Erbil, Iraq
IRD JORDAN
Tamara Al-Salem, Country Representative
Amman Office:
28 Sa’id Bin Abi Waqas Street
Um Uthaina
Amman, Jordan
Phone/Fax: +962-6-5510-318
IRD LAOS
Todd Bruce, Country Director
P.O. Box 6782
Vientiane
Laos
Vientiane Office:
House 17, Group 02
Piawat Village
Sisatanak District
Vientiane Capital
Laos
Phone 1: +856-21-214524
Phone 2: +856-21-222439
Mobile: +856-20-666-7680
Fax: +856-21-217553
IRD LEBANON
George Jeries, Acting Country Director
Beirut, Lebanon
IRD MONTENEGRO
Predrag Jankovic, Chief of Party
Budva Office:
Vojvodjanska 12
Budva 86000
Montenegro
Phone: +381-86-454-875
Fax: +381-86-454-883
E-mail: bd@ird.cg.yu
Podgorica Office:
Kralja Nikole No. 204
Podgorica, 81000
Montenegro
Phone: +381-81-609-300
Fax: +381-81-648-774
E-mail: pg@ird.cg.yu
Web site: www.ird.cg.yu
IRD MOZAMBIQUE
Themos Ntasis, Country Director
Maputo Office:
Avenue Base N’Tchinga 567
Bairro Coop
Maputo
Mozambique
Phone: +258-21-415953
E-mail: tntasis@ird-dc.org
Quelimane Office - Zambezia Province:
Rua Mao Tse Tung 152
Bairro Administrativo
Quelimane, Zambezia
Mozambique
Phone: +258-242-17135
Phone/Fax: +258-242-16990
E-mail: ird_coordzam@teledata.mz
IRD NEPAL
Phanindra Adhikary, Country Manager
East Consult Building
Hotel Marg
Lazimpat
Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: +977-1-441-3267
Fax: +977-1-441-7895
E-mail: padhikary@ird-np.org
IRD PAKISTAN
Tariq Durrani, Consultant
House 50, St 1
Sector G 4, Phase 2
Hayatabad, Peshawar
Pakistan
IRD NIGER
Capochichi Antoine Gbessy Innocent
Country Manager
BP 862
Niamey, Niger
IRD SERBIA
Slavenko Djkoic, Chief of Party
Belgrade Office:
Takovska 45/IV
Belgrade, 11000
Serbia
Phone: +381-11-3290-567
Fax: +381-11-3290-580
E-mail: info@ird-bg.org.yu
IRD SRI LANKA
Martijn Hekman, Country Director
Colombo Office:
7 Jayaratna Road
Off Thimbirigasyaya Road
Colombo 5
Sri Lanka
Phone: +94-11-255-6010
Fax: +94-11-259-2945
E-mail: martijn@irdsl.org
IRD SOUTH SUDAN
Natalie Topa, Country Director
AFEX Camp - Juba, South Sudan
Sudan Mobile: +256-477-113-820
VoIP: +202-465-4701
IRD UKRAINE
Oksana Mikitenko, Country Director
Crimea Office:
21/2, Shmidta Street
Simferopol, 95017
Crimea, Ukraine
Phone/Fax: +380-652-603-003
E-mail: ird@ird.crimea.ua
Donetsk Office (HIV/AIDS Project):
3, Konstitutsii Square, Office 12
Donetsk, Ukraine 83000
Phone: +380-62-304-73-39
E-mail: stn@net.dn.ua
Donetsk Office (DOS Project):
3, Konstitutsii Square, Office 12
Donetsk, Ukraine 83000
Phone: +380-62-304-64-87
E-mail: ird@net.dn.ua
Lugansk Office (DOS Project):
1a, Oboronnaya Street
Lugansk, Ukraine 91011
Phone: +380-642-58-69-45
E-mail: krkrest@gts.lg.ua
IRD UNITED STATES
IRD Headquarters:
Arthur B. Keys, Jr., President and CEO
1621 North Kent Street
Suite 400
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: +703-248-0161
Fax: +703-248-0194
E-mail: info@ird-dc.org
Web site: www.ird.org
Gulfport/Biloxi Office:
Lori West, Program Manager
Gulf Coast Community
Services Center
1600 30th Avenue, Suite 202
Gulfport, MS 39501
Phone: +228-596-5226
Fax: +228-864-6979
Web site: www.ird-us.org
2006 ANNUAL REPORT 15

In-Kind
Donors
Adventist Development and Relief Agency
Brother’s Brother Foundation
Canadian Food for the Hungry
Cargill, Incorporated
Church of the Brethren
Church World Service
Christian Relief Services
Convoy of Hope
CrossLink International
Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation
Direct Relief International
George Mason University – Fairfax, VA
Gifts In Kind International
Gleaning for the World
Globus Relief
Heart to Heart International
Hope Haven
Interchurch Medical Assistance
International Medical Equipment Collaborative
Islamic Relief
Jacksonville State University – Jacksonville, AL
Kansas State University Students
Kibotos Foundation
Latter-Day Saints Humanitarian Services
Lutheran World Relief
Medical Teams International (formerly
Northwest Medical Teams)
Medicines for Humanity
Mercy Corps International
National Relief Charities
Orphan Grain Train
Project C.U.R.E.
Project HOPE
Proctor & Gamble – Gillette Europe
Rotary International Club – Tallahassee, FL
Salesian Missions
United Methodist Committee on Relief
Universal Aid Society
University of Maine Students
World Vision United States and International
Worldwide Humanitarian Aid, Inc.
Donors
& Partners
Academy for Educational Development
ACDI/VOCA
Breedlove Dehydrated Foods
American Association of Retired Persons
AmeriCares
Armenian Health Alliance
Capital Group Companies
Canadian International Development
Agency
Church World Service
Cooperative Housing Foundation
Counterpart International
Direct Relief International
Disaster Resource Network
Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations
Humpty Dumpty Institute
International Rescue Committee
International Services Corporation
Joint Aid Management
Latter-Day Saints Charities
Lutheran World Relief
Mercy Corps International
Mississippi Department of Human Services
National Council for HIV/AIDS Mozambique
Neda Communications
Sabre
Save the Children Foundation
Strategic Security Solutions International
UK Department for International
Development
United Methodist Church
United Methodist Committee on Relief
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees
United Nations Children’s Fund
United Nations Office for Project Services
U.S. Agency for International Development
• USAID Office of Food for Peace
• USAID Office of Foreign Disaster
Assistance
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Department of State
• Bureau of Population, Refugees,
and Migration
World Bank
World Food Programme
World Vision United States and International
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In-Kind Contributions
IRD has extensive experience in implementing and
managing in-kind commodity distribution programs worldwide.
Since IRD opened its doors, we have obtained,
shipped and delivered to beneficiaries almost $250 million
worth of donated goods worldwide, including $39 million
worth of donated goods in 2006.
IRD staff has the skills needed to manage the acquisition,
distribution and monitoring of all types of in-kind commodities.
IRD benefits from an extensive donor network of multinational
companies and private voluntary organizations. IRD
also coordinates shipments with private freight forwarders,
U.S. government agencies, host-country governments, local
communities, and international and local NGOs.
Health Commodities
Many of the goods distributed are pharmaceuticals and other
medical supplies and equipment that are based on needs
assessments. IRD’s staff has the procurement and logistical
experience to undertake full supply chain management from
tracking and monitoring the acquisition through shipment
and delivery.
In 2006, IRD distributed over $18 million worth of pharmaceuticals,
medical supplies and equipment, and humanitarian
commodities to health institutions and local charities serving
refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and other vulnerable
groups in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro and
Ukraine. In addition, IRD has been working closely with
regional and local health authorities to improve their
commodity management, accounting and distribution
systems.
Food and Relief Donations and
Distributions
IRD distributes large quantities of food throughout the world.
Direct food distribution programs aim to increase food availability
and access for low-income populations, particularly in
communities affected by conflicts or natural disasters. We
implement emergency food distribution activities, provide
assistance through supplemental institutional feeding and
manage large-scale school feeding initiatives.
Since 1999, IRD has distributed more than 130,000 metric
tons of food commodities donated by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture and USAID. A major portion of the donated
commodity is monetized, and proceeds from the monetization
are utilized in a diversity of programs that are targeted to
meet specific needs. Some examples are a student health
improvement program in Indonesia, which includes components
on free snack noodle distribution, de-worming and
hygiene promotion; HIV education; and private business
development of the poultry industry in Azerbaijan.
In 2006, IRD undertook major delivery and distribution of
food and other relief supplies to help alleviate the plight of
malnourished children and displaced persons due to food
shortages in Cambodia, Chad, Niger and South Sudan.
In addition, IRD helped to ship more than $3 million worth
of relief supplies in response to the earthquake in Yogyakarta,
Indonesia. The Student Health Improvement Program (SHIP),
implemented since 2001 in five districts on the island of Java,
Indonesia, provides direct distribution on enriched snack
noodles and snack biscuits to 70,000 primary schoolchildren
in 500 schools.
IRD continued to expand its activities in Iraq by providing
more than $2.2 million of relief commodities to IDPs in
Northern Iraq and over $3.8 million in humanitarian commodities
for job creation and reconstruction of essential infrastructure
to vulnerable people in neighborhoods in Baghdad.
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Schoolchildren making presentation to IRD staff, Serbia
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IRD emergency food distribution participants, Niger
2006 ANNUAL REPORT
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Financials
Consolidated Statement
of Activities
December 31, 2006
Consolidated Statement
of Financial Position
December 31, 2006
2006 Totals
Revenue and Support
Contract and grant revenue $91,058,649
Contributed goods 39,148,099
Contributions 231,502
Interest income 81,002
Other income —
Net assets released from restrictions:
Satisfaction of program restrictions —
TOTAL REVENUE AND SUPPORT $130,519,252
Expenses (Program Services)
Economic Development/Civil Society 60,705,136
Health 34,399,383
Special Projects 9,765,298
Relief 13,342,702
Food Security 2,123,476
Infrastructure 2,873,304
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES $123,209,299
Expenses (Supporting Services)
Management and General 7,065,244
Fundraising 242,070
TOTAL EXPENSES $130,516,613
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $2,639
NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR $1,162,819
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $1,165,458
2006 Totals
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $14,571,501
Accounts receivable 435,115
Grants receivable 4,569,695
Prepaid expenses 484,378
Property and equipment 419,776
Deposits and other assets 172,269
TOTAL ASSETS $20,652,734
Liabilities and Net Assets
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 3,796,988
Loan payable 1,000,000
Refundable advances 14,380,404
Deferred rent 208,917
Deferred construction allowance 100,967
TOTAL LIABILITIES $19,487,276
Risks, Contingencies and Commitments
Net Assets
Unrestricted 1,024,596
Temporarily restricted 140,862
TOTAL NET ASSETS $1,165,458
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $20,652,734
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INTERNATIONAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT

Afghanistan
Improving Lives.
Building Livelihoods.
In June 2006, a U.S. government delegation, led by Ambassador Ronald Neumann, toured
IRD’s Construction Trades Training Center (CTTC) in Jalalabad as part of a tour to view
successful American-funded development projects in the country. USAID highlighted the
tour of the CTTC during the visit, in part because the Center set the astounding precedent
of becoming self-sustaining in less than a year of operation.
“They chose CTTC because it is a shining example of a successful USAID project in
Afghanistan,” said Michelle Parker, a USAID staffer based in Kabul.
IRD’s Construction Trades Training Center opened in March 2006 with a grant from USAID
and the U.S. military’s Combined Joint Task Force. The Center offers vocational and technical
training for both tradesmen and engineers, and offers classes in carpentry, electrical
work, painting, masonry, steelwork and construction management for site engineers and
general foremen.
All tradesmen and general foremen classes last for 28 days; site engineers classes are for
14 days. Each session begins with classroom instruction and concludes with practical,
hands-on training in workshops where students practice their trade under the guidance of
qualified instructors. CTTC Director Victor Odegard pointed out that with the Center’s help
more than 90 percent of the tradesmen graduates have jobs when they leave the program.
The Center now also conducts three independent programs: the Material Testing
Laboratory, which inspects and tests the quality of materials used in building roads and
concrete construction; the Building Inspection Program, in which teachers from the Center
travel to building sites in Nangarhar province to inspect the quality of work on new and
renovated buildings; and training Programs on construction-related issues for other nongovernmental
organizations. These programs generate funds from private construction
contractors working in-country.
“We are developing plans to establish training centers similar to the one in Jalalabad
throughout Afghanistan,” said Odegard. “We are in the process of creating a well-trained,
qualified workforce who, instead of becoming involved with the Taliban, can help rebuild
the country.”
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A masonry student works on building a wall
A CTTC student during a break
Plumbing students review procedure
A plumbing student practices in the CTTC test
environment
2006 ANNUAL REPORT 19

How You Can Help
IRD donors can have confidence that their contributions are used efficiently and
effectively. IRD not only provides immediate relief in the wake of disasters, but
focuses on helping people function more productively over the long run through
sustainable development programs.
Your help is crucial to helping IRD maintain the high quality of expertise and services
that support our programs worldwide.
To donate by mail, please make the check payable to IRD and send it to our
headquarters, located at 1621 North Kent Street, Suite 400, Arlington, Virginia 22209.
For secure online donations, please visit our Web site at www.ird.org or call our tollfree
number 877-844-5644 to donate by credit card.
Matching Gifts
You can double your donation if you work for one of the many companies that match
donations made by employees, their spouses and retirees. Please check with your
human resources office for information on matching grants.
Foundation and Corporate Support
Foundation and corporate support is welcome through financial contributions for
general operating purposes as well as in-kind donations for specific programs, including
computer and information systems, food and commodities, pharmaceuticals and
medical supplies, and construction materials and equipment.
Bequests and Planned Gifts
For donors wishing to designate IRD in their wills, bequests can also help reduce
estate taxes for their survivors. IRD also is delighted to receive charitable gift
annuities, charitable remainder trusts, and the transfer of appreciated securities, real
estate, or life insurance policies that allow donors to support IRD while providing an
opportunity for tax savings.
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Avian Flu emergency preparedness workshop,
Ukraine
Repaired water treatment plant following tsunami,
Indonesia
IRD staff in Mozambique
New well providing potable water, Niger
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INTERNATIONAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT

Building Livelihoods.
Lebanon
The bombing in Zabqine, Lebanon, began last August, and the small supply shop owned
by Hussein Bzaih was hit very early on.
“My shop was completely destroyed,” said Bzaih. “But I thought if I sold the goods from
my house I might still be able to have an income, even though the war was continuing.”
Unfortunately, Bzaih’s house and second shop location were partially destroyed by a
second bomb soon following. He had now lost his shop, most of his house, and most
importantly, his way of making a living. Recently, however, Bzaih received a small
business grant to restock his shop from IRD. Through the UK Department for International
Development-funded IRD emergency livelihood recovery project, IRD has disbursed more
than $620,000 in micro-grants to farmers and small business owners over the past four
months.
“I could restock the store very quickly,” said Bzaih. “Now we have reopened and are
selling more things here than I did across the street. I sell everything from Coca-Cola to
shoes and socks.”
His neighbor, Ibrahim Moslem, also received a micro-grant to expand his car repair
business. With his own money combined with the grant from IRD, he was able to buy a
hydraulic jack, power drill and a new tool set worth more than $1,000. He also bought a
grinder to smooth out dents so he can begin doing auto body work.
“I want to be able to totally rebuild cars,” said Moslem. “I would like to have a one-stop
auto service shop.”
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Small business owner and micro-grantee Hussein Bzaih
The first location of Bzaih’s shop
Small business owner and micro-grantee Ibrahim Moslem

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