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2007 

ANNUAL REPORT 

CELEbRATiNg TEN YEARs 

Dear Friends, 

This year marks iRD’s 10-year anniversary. Ten years ago, my wife, Jasna, and i set 

out on a journey into the unknown, to challenge the typical ways of doing development, 

to create a different kind of organization. We imagined an organization 

much like iRD is today. We had confidence the organization would be successful, 

but we never imagined that in less than 10 years iRD would be the largest private 

recipient of UsAiD funds. 

iRD takes risks, and i believe that we are successful because we tackle the challenges 

that many others fail to address, in places where many others will not go. 

We have built our reputation as experts in working in conflict and post-conflict 

environments because we put the needs of people ahead of convenience. We let 

those needs determine program feasibility, and not our religious, political, philosophical, 

or ideological outlook. We deliver to donors who have trusted us — 

whether it is with $100 or $100 million — through rapid project startup, sound 

implementation, and thorough monitoring and evaluation. We hire strong local 

staff members and build on their networks and skills. And we have a core staff 

that has been stable, loyal, and committed to sharing the goals of iRD. This is our 

heart. 

i am humbled by the work we have done and the challenges we have met. in iraq, we have 

three ground-breaking programs — our humanitarian work, our community action and 

mobilization, and our economic development and stabilization projects in over 18 cities. in 

Afghanistan, we are working with communities to build roads, monitor and evaluate major 

vertical infrastructure projects, and provide vocational training for construction trades. by 

combining technical expertise with a community-based approach, we are changing the way 

development is done. 

From building roads in Afghanistan to building peace in indonesia, from reducing stigma 

from HiV/AiDs in Ukraine to reducing child malnutrition in Chad, we have also changed 

lives. in more than 24 countries, we provide people trying to recover from disaster or 

conflict, people suffering from joblessness, poverty, and hunger with both the resources and 

the opportunity to rebuild their lives. 

Jasna and i fully believe that the next 10 years will give iRD the opportunity to develop new 

partnerships, expand our work, and touch new lives. 

Dr. Arthur b. Keys, Jr. 

Speaking at the 10th 

Anniversary Gala, 

March 12, 2008, 

Washington DC 

Celebrating Ten Years | 2007 ANNUAL REPORT 2

1998 

TEN YEARs OF iMPROViNg LiVEs 

What I find is that anywhere I have traveled, whether it’s 

the United States, Southeast Asia, or Central Africa, people 

want the same things. They want stability, they want jobs, 

they want health and education for their families. 

—Dr. Arthur b. Keys, Jr. 

3 

One program, 

one country, 

15 employees, 300,000 

people helped 

iRD begins its first 

project, providing 

pharmaceuticals and 

medical supplies to 

internally displaced 

persons in georgia 

1999 

Four programs, 

five countries, 

39 employees, 375,000 

people helped 

iRD opens offices in 

Washington, D.C., 

and adds programs 

in indonesia, serbia, 

Azerbaijan, and 

Macedonia 

2001 

16 programs, 

seven countries, 

77 employees, 

2 million people helped 

iRD begins the 

Community 

Revitalization 

through Democratic 

Action program in 

Western serbia, and 

later in southern 

Montenegro, for 

UsAiD 

iNTERNATiONAL RELiEF & DEVELOPMENT 

2003 

35 programs, 

14 countries, 

735 employees, 


iRD opens offices in 

Erbil and baghdad, 

iraq to help iraqis 

rebuild their 

communities and 

provide humanitarian 

aid to those displaced 

by the war 

2004 

iRD responds within 

days to the indian 

Ocean tsunami that 

devastated the Aceh 

region of indonesia, 

providing emergency 

food, water, and 

medical supplies to 

survivors 

2005 

47 programs, 

17 countries, 

1,400 employees, 


iRD begins the 

Human Resources 

and Logistics 

support program 

in Afghanistan to 

provide oversight to 

the reconstruction 

effort 

2005 

iRD responds to 

Hurricane Katrina, 

providing emergency 

water and supplies 

2008 

2006 

iRD expands 

its agricultural 

development programs 

in Africa, opening 

offices in Chad, Niger, 

sudan, Cameroon, and 

swaziland 

More than 75 programs 

25 countries 

More than 2,500 employees 

Nearly $750 million in aid 

More than 100 million people helped 


OARD OF DiRECTORs AND sENiOR sTAFF 

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. F. Leon Howell 

Secretary 

international Journalist 

silver spring, MD 

Mr. Daniel L. Florea 

Treasurer 

President 

Florea Financial group 

Ruxton, MD 

Mr. Harold Cranston 

Owner and President 

Cranston investments, LLC 

san Francisco, CA 

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 


Rosenblum silverman sutton 

New York, NY 

Senior Staff 

Arthur B. Keys, Jr. 


Jasna Basarić-Keys 

Chief of Program Operations 

Ingrid Fitzgerald 

Chief Administrative Officer 

Gulraiz Hassan 

Chief Financial Officer 

Michele Cato 

Chief of Program Development 

Steve Anlian 

senior Program Development Advisor 

Karla Bonner 

Chief, iraq Programs 

Thoric Cederström 

senior Program Development Advisor 

Lali Chania 

Acting Director of Health 

Isatou Jack 

Director of sustainable Food and 

Agriculture systems 

Gary Kinney 

Director of grants and Contracts 

Adam Koons 

Director of Relief 

James Lanning 

Director of Acquisitions and Logistics 

John McCormack 

Acting Director of Economic Development 

Mario Rizos 

Director of infrastructure 

Richard Santos 

Director of Communications and Advocacy 

Natalija Stamenković 

Director of Democracy, governance, and 

Community Development 

Elsie Tama 

Director of Program Resource Management 

iRD is a charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization that 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 the 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. and Jasna 

basarić-Keys in 1998. 

• iRD provided nearly $278 million development assistance 

in 2007 to Africa, Asia, the balkans, Latin America, the 

Middle East, and the Newly independent states. 

• since 1998, iRD has provided nearly three-quarters of 

a billion dollars worth of goods and services in humanitarian 

and development assistance to vulnerable populations 

around the world. 

• Currently, iRD has program offices in 25 countries worldwide. 

• iRD implements cost-effective relief and development 

programs in six 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. 

AbOUT iRD 

Children in Sri Lanka. 

6 iNTERNATiONAL RELiEF & DEVELOPMENT 


iRD PROgRAM LisT 2007 sUCCEss sTORY 

Afghanistan 

• Construction Trades Training 

Center 

• Human Resources and Logistical 

support 

• strategic Provincial Roads – 

southern and Eastern Afghanistan 

Armenia 

• Distribution of Medical 

Commodities 

• improved Primary Health Care 

Assessment 

• school Repair and Restoration 

Azerbaijan 


Commodities 

Cambodia 

• better Foods for better Lives 

• Child survival 

Cameroon 

• Agricultural Commodity 

Distribution 

Chad 

• Emergency Food for Work and 

Agricultural Assistance 

• Emergency seed and Tool 


• Provision of Agricultural Materials 

• Livelihood security Restoration for 

Refugees, iDPs, and Locals 

• Rehabilitation of Elementary school 

• World Food Programme Food 


Georgia 


Commodities 

• Agricultural Production and Rural 

Enterprise support 

Indonesia 

• better Foods for better Lives 

• Community-based Water and 

sanitation 

• Decentralized basic Education iii 

• Emergency Medical Response 

• small Towns and Rural 

Communities Water Restoration 

Program 

• supply of Agricultural Commodities 

• Water, sanitation, and Hygiene 

Iraq • Community stabilization Program 

• Humanitarian Assistance in iraq 

• iraq Community Action Program 

Jordan 

• Emergency Assistance for iraqi 

Refugees and People of Concern 

• strategic Health support Program 

Laos 

• safe Educational Opportunities 

Lebanon 

• Lebanon Emergency Relief and 

Employment Program 

• National Campaign for initiating, 

sorting, and Recycling 

Montenegro 

• Community Revitalization through 

Democratic Action 

Mozambique 

• Capable Partners Health Project 

• Community Mobilization and 

Training in Hygiene and sanitation 

Activities 

• Drought Mitigation through 

Community Management of 

Water Harvesting systems and 

Conservation Farming 

• Emergency Response to Drought 

• Emergency Response to Flooding 

• Food for Work 

• Livelihoods Rehabilitation Post- 

Cyclone Flavio 

• The National Council for HiV/ 

AiDs Positive Organizational 

Development Project 

• Provision of Water, Hygiene, and 

sanitation Conditions for Long- 

Term Resettlement Centers 

• Reducing the impact and 

Transmission of HiV/AiDs 



• Women First HiV/AiDs 

Nepal 

• Reintegration and Resettlement for 

Conflict Affected Populations 

Niger 

• Community Nutrition Project 

• Distribution of Treatment Rations 

to Moderately Malnourished infants 

and/or Pregnant and breastfeeding 

Mothers 

• Pastoralist Livelihood improvement 

Program 



Serbia 

• belgrade Youth Center Restoration 

Project 

• international Food Relief 

Partnership Program 

• Community Revitalization through 

Democratic Action 

• serbian Agribusiness Activity 

Sri Lanka 

• Community based solar 

Disinfection system (sODis) for 

Water and Hygiene Awareness 

Program 

• Rural integrated Water sanitation 

and Hygiene Project 

• Food Distribution for Returnees 

• Hambantota Water Project 

• Hambantota Educational support 

improvement Program 

South Sudan 

• Distribution of seeds, Tools, and 

Fishing Kits 

• Radio Distribution and Civic 

Education Project in sudan 

Swaziland 

• Drought Mitigation through 

Community Management of 

Water Harvesting systems and 

Conservation Farming 

Ukraine 


Commodities 

• Rapid Response to Avian influenza 

• Reducing stigma and 

Discrimination Associated with 

HiV/AiDs 

United States, Mississippi 

• gulf Coast Community service 

Center 

• Needs Assessment and Community 

Mapping 

• Youthbuild 

Worldwide 

• Ocean Freight Reimbursement 

Program 

Mississippi Program Builds Houses for Katrina Survivors 

gulfport resident Kennie Keys had a tough time at school. “it was a hard life; i got in trouble 

at school. but after i was introduced to the iRD program it’s kept me out of trouble,” said 

Keyes. 

Keys’ high school referred him to Youthbuild, a program in Mississippi managed through 

iRD Us’s gulf Coast Community service Center. The program works with local schools to 

identify kids who have recently dropped out of high school or are at risk of doing so. it then 

offers them the opportunity to learn basic construction trades while working towards their 

graduate equivalency degree. 

“it’s taught me how to use teamwork, be positive, and, well, how to build a house,” 

Keys said. “We learned how to build this whole house.” 

in August 2005, Mississippi and the gulf Coast region as a whole was devastated 

by Hurricane Katrina. More than 1,600 people died during the storm, an estimated 

65,000 people are still living in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 

trailers, and hundreds of thousands more have been permanently displaced. 

iRD Us first came to Mississippi only a few days after the storm, initially drawing 

on its disaster experience from the indian Ocean tsunami and elsewhere, as well as its 

network of resources. shortly thereafter, iRD Us established the gulf Coast Community 

service Center in gulfport to help manage the longer-term needs of the survivors. 

“After Hurricane Katrina, things were rough,” said survivor Nancy brown. “When we 

came back, everything was destroyed. i don’t have words. i’ve never been through a 

storm like that. i just lost everything. it wasn’t until i went to iRD that things began 

to change.” 

The center puts survivors in touch with the resources the community desperately 

needs – everything from contacting state and local governments on their behalf, to 

financial and legal assistance, to rebuilding homes. The center has helped hundreds of 

families move back into a home, in part thanks to the Youthbuild program. 

“Now i have a beautiful home,” said brown, looking at the house iRD Us helped her 

build. “i thank iRD — and my community — from the bottom of my heart. i can’t believe 

it.” 

The community residents who are a part of Youthbuild can believe it. They see it every day. 

“During Katrina, me and my family lived on the beach and then moved to a FEMA trailer 

for a while before we moved into an apartment,” said Youthbuild participant steven Ricks. 

“i know i was happy when i got back into a home myself. i’d love to help someone else do 

that.” 

Kennie Keys works on a 

house frame in Gulfport, 

Mississippi. 



ECONOMiC gROWTH 

Mechanics training in Iraq. 

since 1999, iRD’s economic development programs have addressed some of the most difficult 

issues facing farmers and entrepreneurs in vulnerable communities around the world. 

Often integrating health, democracy and governance, and other sectors into its programming, 

iRD’s economic growth sector programs have helped individuals and whole communities 

to respond to recurring disasters and provide for themselves. 

The economic growth sector focuses on five core areas: 

• Development of sustainable agriculture systems, including support for agribusiness 

competitiveness, market linkage, and value chain development in an environmentally 

friendly production and processing systems environment; 

• Livelihood security; 

• Micro-enterprise development and small/medium enterprise development; 

• Local economic planning and development, supporting economic development, and 

public/private sector partnerships; and 

• Job creation and access to training, market information, and credit. 

by developing programs that take into account communities as a whole, not 

just the agricultural context, iRD has assisted tens of thousands of farmers and 

their communities better respond to global agricultural conditions. in Western 

serbia, for example, programs have focused on agricultural sector development 

through both the introduction of new technology and improvements in quality 

production, market linkages, and market access for local businessmen, including 

everything from livestock marketing, green market development, and small dairy 

processing to strengthening cooperative developments and associations. 

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 iraq, iRD has helped thousands of internally displaced people and others 

affected by conflict with grants covering start-up costs for small businesses such 

as music stores and auto repair shops. iRD operates similar emergency livelihood 

security programs in Lebanon, Montenegro, and serbia. 

Micro and small businesses form the backbone of many local and rural economies, but the 

business owners often need help learning how to effectively increase their business’ reach. 

iRD assists with business and market linkage services, access to improved production technologies, 

organizational assistance to improve their efficiency and bargaining power, and integration 

into existing value chains to ensure growth and sustainability. For example, projects 

in Montenegro have sped up and streamlined the business registration process and increased 

market access for small businesses. 

D E M O C R A C Y, g O V E R N A N C E , A N D 

COMMUNiTY DEVELOPMENT 

iRD seeks to empower informed citizens to participate in the democratic process in areas 

ranging from HiV/AiDs awareness to education and road building to business development. 

iRD’s current 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. The common thread, however, is 

iRD’s efforts to promote strong community participation, as well as the 

long-term sustainability of its interventions. 

since April 2006, iRD has operated the Construction Trades Training 

Center (CTTC) in Afghanistan, running intensive, practical 28-day training 

courses in site engineering, carpentry, plumbing, electrical wiring, painting, 

and masonry. iRD has graduated more than 3,400 students from its core 

training programs. More than 85 percent of its graduates have found 

employment in the construction trades. The program ended on May 31, 

2008, and iRD is implementing a plan to transition the CTTC into an 

independent NgO entity by June 2008. 

Millions of indonesian youth leave school every year unprepared for the workforce. iRD, 

save the Children, the Academy for Educational Development, the Asia Foundation, and 

UsAiD are working together in seven provinces to bring a new curriculum to students, 

which integrates life skills, technology, and community resources into a program that helps 

junior high school students become better prepared for participation in community development. 

Over the five years of the program, Decentralized basic Education iii (DbE3) will 

provide life skills training modules to 200,000 teachers in 400 schools. And there are already 

signs the program will be sustainable: materials created for DbE3 have been replicated by 

other institutions, and iRD teaching methods have been adopted by indonesian Ministry of 

Education trainers. 

Through the gulf Coast Community service Center in gulfport, Mississippi, in 2007 iRD 

Us served more than 1,676 families affected by Hurricane Katrina and closed 489 cases. 

significantly, iRD Us has raised more than $1.5 million on behalf of its clients to help 

repair more than 700 homes and completely reconstruct more than 30 homes. iRD Us is 

also working with the Mississippi gulf Coast Community College and Mississippi Presbytery 

to provide at-risk youth with high school equivalency education, service learning, and 

on-the-job construction training through building affordable homes. 

Participants in IRD’s 

YouthBuild program raise 

a wall on a new house in 

Gulfport, Mississippi. 

Indonesian children have a 

better chance of becoming 

productive members of 

society thanks to IRD’s basic 

education program. 



s U s T A i N A b L E F O O D A N D 

AgRiCULTURE sYsTEMs 

IRD staff members in 

Chad assist with a food 

distribution. 

Low-cost fortified noodle 

packets produced in 

Indonesia. 

2007 saw the beginnings of a major shift in the depth and scale of food issues around the 

world. growing food needs were exacerbated by changes in the international markets, 

including rising food, fuel, and transportation costs. Recognizing the increasing challenges 

facing food aid efforts around the world, iRD began to redefine its approach to food security, 

strengthening its emphasis on sustainable, community-oriented agriculture and income-generation. 

iRD targets the root causes of food insecurity — availability, access, 

and utilization — while meeting the immediate needs of the most vulnerable 

people. it implements dynamic programs using local partners and host 

communities with funding and commodities donated by UsDA, UsAiD, 

WFP, and a variety of other public and private donors. 

by the end of 2007 iRD successfully distributed over 220,000 metric tons of 

food commodities worth over $40 million in countries such as Azerbaijan, 

Cambodia, Chad, Cameroon, georgia, indonesia, Laos, Mozambique, 

Niger, sri Lanka, and sudan. iRD’s food aid projects have utilized a wide 

variety of technical approaches and interventions, including large-scale food 

for education and school feeding programs, farming projects with returnee 

and conflict-affected populations, and grass-roots economic development 

models with nutritional and health components. 

in late 2006 iRD received a $1 million grant from UsDA for a schoolfeeding 

program aimed at improving attendance and educational opportunities for 10,000 

primary school children in Laos. Working with the Humpty Dumpty institute, iRD began 

to provide nutritious mid-morning snacks and family take-home rations for school-aged girls 

in 110 schools. To ensure the sustainability and long-term viability of the project, iRD also 

helped local schools construct community gardens and vegetable plots, as well as hygiene and 

sanitation facilities. 

iRD started a combined income-generation and agriculture development project 

in georgia in 2007. With income generated by selling 15,000 metric tons of U.s. 

government-donated wheat, the project is providing high-quality seed potatoes and 

agricultural training to 9,500 small-scale farmers to help them start successful potato 

farms. The project is further helping foster private-sector development and stimulate 

local markets by offering entrepreneurial training to over 2,500 of these farmers. 

in 2007 iRD successfully completed the final year of its three-year better Foods 

for better Lives program in Cambodia. Funded by UsDA, the $2.6 million project 

worked with local food processors to improve their capabilities and distribution 

networks while providing nutritionally fortified food products to approximately 250,000 

low-income people. The program created thousands of local jobs, improved food-processing 

capacity, reduced micronutrient deficiencies, increased school attendance, and improved 

small business development. The UsAiD-funded improving Nutrition in Cambodia project, 

which is distributing 75 metric tons of prepackaged nutrient-fortified vegetables to schools 

and HiV/AiDs affected people in rural Cambodia, also started in 2007. 

Over the last 10 years, iRD has improved the health of millions of people, from the immediate 

needs for medical supplies for refugees and internally displaced people in Armenia to 

the long-term needs for improved hygiene education in indonesia. iRD’s technically 

appropriate health programs include HiV/AiDs awareness and prevention, 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. improving health is also interwoven 

with iRD activities in other sectors such as sustainable agriculture and democracy and 

governance. 

The Women First program in Mozambique is an example of this multi-sectoral, 

holistic approach. The program empowers Mozambican women through a combination 

of small-business development and peer education on health and HiV/AiDs. 

Women First creates connections between women’s groups and the private sector, putting a 

supply chain in place to give women greater access to household products such as soap and 

candles from the private sector company Unilever. Women First gives women in these groups 

business skills training and provides them with start-up baskets of goods on credit. As the 

women go from house to house to sell these products, they also raise awareness of health 

issues. They complete a comprehensive year-long health and HiV curriculum, which has 

been developed through participatory methodologies and is based on the needs of the women 

in the communities served. The program has been so successful that other organizations are 

examining the possibility of replicating it. 

in Jordan, iRD is working with local organizations the Noor Al-Hussein Foundation and 

the Jordanian Red Crescent to provide access to quality health care for iraqi refugees living 

in Amman. Thousands of refugees have received general, obstetric, internal, pediatric, 

dermatological, dental, and psychosocial care since the program began in June 2007. based 

on the program’s success, iRD was awarded a follow-on program through December 2008 

from UNHCR. 

iRD’s child nutrition improvement program in Cambodia continued in 2007, designed to 

reduce the number of children under five years old who die of malnutrition in Teuk Phos 

District. iRD is encouraging exclusive breastfeeding for at least the first six months of a 

child’s life to prevent food and water-borne infections. Additionally, nutritionally fortified 

foods, oral rehydration and zinc solutions, and soap are being socially marketed to the 

approximately 53,000 people in the district. 

While it may have dropped from the headlines for now, avian influenza (Ai) is still a large 

threat to health and economic security. iRD is assisting communities in Ukraine to adopt 

appropriate practices of bird handling, safe consumption of poultry products, and proper 

hygiene practices with the goal of increasing community awareness of Ai and preventing Ai 

outbreaks in animals and humans in the regions with higher risk. in October 2007, iRD 

received additional funding from UsAiD to scale up and reinforce Ai prevention activities 

in Ukraine. The program now focuses on 14 high-risk regions, primarily in southern and 

eastern Ukraine. 

HEALTH 

Ukrainian Avian Influenza 

educators perform a drama 

about safe poultry practices. 

A healthy Cambodian 

child who has benefitted 

from IRD’s child nutrition 

program. 



IRD AFGHANISTAN 

Kabul Office: 

gilbert Richard, Chief of Party, 

Human Resources and Logistics 

support (HRLs) 

Phone: +93-0-700-233-831 

E-mail: grichard@ 

afghanreconstruction.org 

Frederick Chase, Chief of Party, 

strategic Provincial Roads (sPR) – 

southern and Eastern Afghanistan 

Phone: +240-520-0167 

Jalalabad Office: 

Victor Odegard, Program Director, 

Construction Trades Training Center 

(CTTC) 

Phone: +93-0-700-183-456 

E-mail: vodegard@ 

afghanreconstruction.org 

IRD ARMENIA 

Ruzanna stepanyan, Country 

Director 

Phone 1: +374-1-026-2428 

Phone/Fax: +374-1-026-2446 

E-mail: irdarm@netsys.am 

IRD AZERBAIJAN 

shamil Kaliyayev, Country Director 

baku Office: 

Phone: +994-12-596-1579 

Fax: +994-12-596-16-65 

E-mail: smamedova@ird-az.org 

ganja Office: 

Phone: +994-12-418-7839 

Phone/Fax: +994-22-58-01-21 

E-mail: hgamzayeva@ird-az.org 

IRD BANGLADESH 

Andrew Roberts, Acting Country 

Representative 

IRD CAMBODIA 

sandy sempliner, Country Director 

Phnom Penh Office: 

Phone: +855-23-986-430/986-780 

Fax: +855-23-430-762 

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WHERE iRD WORKs 

E-mail: ird@online.com.kh 

Kampong Chhnang Office: 

Phone: +855-26-989-053 

Fax: +855-26-770-100 

IRD CAMEROON 

James Jean, Country Director 

IRD CHAD 

James Campbell, Country Director 

Phone: +831-566-2473 

jcampbell@ird-dc.org 

IRD COLOMBIA 

Adriana guinand, Regional 


E-mail: aguinand@ird-dc.org 

IRD GEORGIA 

Charles specht, Country Director 

Robert Harris, Director of 

Operations, Eastern Europe 

Tbilisi Office: 

Phone: +995-25-01-06 

U. S. A. 

COLOMBIA 

Fax: +995-32-22-48-37 

E-mail: ird@caucasus.net 

Zugdidi Office: 

Phone: +995-95-22-66-44 

E-mail: zugird@gol.ge 

IRD INDONESIA 

Aida Tatic, Acting Country Director 

Kim DeRidder, Chief of Party, serasi 

Jakarta Office: 

Phone: +62-21-788-39164 

Fax: +62-21-780-4284 

E-mail: ird@ird.or.id 

Web site: www.ird.or.id 

Aceh Office: 

Phone: +062-651-742-8718 

Fax: +065-1-41675 

E-mail: acehoffice@ird.or.id 

semarang Office: 

Phone: +62-24-850-7500 

Fax: +62-24-850-3649 

Yogyakarta Office: 

Phone/Fax 1: +62-655-7014-723 

E-mail: ygyoffice@ird.or.id 

IRD IRAQ 

David Elkins, Chief of Party, 

Community stabilization Program 

(CsP) 

John Palmucci, Chief of Party, iraq 

Community Action Program (iCAP) 

Hameed Kareem, Chief of Party, 

Humanitarian Assistance in iraq 

(HAi) program 

Michael Dockrey, Country 


IRD JORDAN 

Nick stevens, Country Director 

Uma Kandalaeva, Program Manager 

Phone/Fax: +962-6-5510-318 

IRD KENYA 

Angeline siparo, Country 


Phone: +254-20-21-89-193 

iNTERNATiONAL RELiEF & DEVELOPMENT 

MONTENEGRO 

NIGER 

UKRAINE 

SERBIA 

CHAD 

CAMEROON 

LEBANON 

IRAQ 

JORDAN 

SUDAN 

GEORGIA 

ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN 

KENYA 

MOZAMBIQUE 

SWAZILAND 

Email: asiparo@ird-dc.org 

IRD LAOS 

Todd bruce, Country Director 

Phone: +856-21-214524 

Fax: +856-21-217553 

IRD LEBANON 

george Jeries, Acting Country 

Director 

Phone: +961-3-389-769 

E-mail: gjeries@ird-dc.org 

IRD MONTENEGRO 

Predrag Jankovic, Chief of Party 

Web site: www.ird.cg.yu 

budva Office: 

Phone: +381-86-454-875 

Fax: +381-86-454-883 

E-mail: bd@ird.cg.yu 

Podgorica Office: 

Phone: +382-81-620-490 

E-mail: pg@ird.cg.yu 

AFGHANISTAN 

PAKISTAN 

NEPAL 

BANGLADESH 

SRI LANKA 

LAOS 

CAMBODIA 

IRD MOZAMBIQUE 

Mark Heffernan, Country Director 

Themos Ntasis, southern Africa 

Regional Representative 

Maputo Office: 

Phone: +258-21-415953 

E-mail: mheffernan_ird@tvcabo. 

co.mz 

Maxixe Office: 

+258-293-30249 

E-mail: irdmaxixe@tdm.co.mz 

Quelimane Office: 

Phone: +258-242-17135 

Phone/Fax: +258-242-16990 

E-mail: ird_coordzam@teledata.mz 

IRD NEPAL 

Phanindra Adhikary, Country 

Manager 

Phone: +977-1-443-2602 

Fax: +977-1-442-7294 

Mobile: +977-985-110-4629 

E-mail: padhikary@ird-np.org 

INDONESIA 

IRD NIGER 

Aaron Marshall, Country Director 

E-mail: amarshall@ird-dc.org 

IRD PAKISTAN 

Awni Quandour, Regional 


islamabad and Peshawar 

IRD PALESTINE 

Lubna ghanayem, Acting Country 

Director 

Phone: +970-2-295-8061 

IRD SERBIA 

sandra Jelesijevic, Chief of Party, 

belgrade Youth Center 

Phone: +381-11-2850-385 

Fax: +381-1-2850-451 

E-mail: info@ird-bg.org.yu 

IRD SOUTH SUDAN 

Natalie Topa, Country Director 

sudan Mobile: +256-477-113-820 

VoiP: +303-800-4086 

IRD SRI LANKA 

Martijn Hekman, Country Director 

Phone: +94-11-255-6010 

Fax: +94-11-259-2945 

E-mail: info@irdsl.org 

IRD SWAZILAND 

Yemane Abraham, Program Manager 

Phone: +268-404-7970 

E-mail: yemane0012003@yahoo. 

com 

IRD UKRAINE 

Oksana Mikitenko, Country 

Director 

Crimea Office: 

Phone/Fax: +380-652-603-003 

E-mail: ird@ird.crimea.ua 

Donetsk Office (HiV/AiDs Project): 

Phone: +380-62-304-73-39 

E-mail: stn@net.dn.ua 

Donetsk Office (DOs Project): 

Phone: +380-62-304-64-87 

E-mail: ird@net.dn.ua 

Lugansk Office: 

Tatiana Zhabenko, Office Director 

Phone: +380-642-58-69-45 

E-mail: krkrest@gts.lg.ua 

IRD UNITED STATES 

iRD Headquarters: 

Arthur b. Keys, Jr., 


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 Director 

gulf Coast Community service 

Center 

Phone: +228-864-6677 

Fax: +228-864-6979 

Web site: www.ird-us.org 


iNFRAsTRUCTURE RELiEF 

A construction project in 

Aceh, Indonesia. 

infrastructure is at the core of any long-term development solution. iRD works with local 

communities to address the needs of people while developing new strategies to ensure longterm 

sustainability. For example, iRD’s drought mitigation projects in Mozambique and 

swaziland work with schools to construct rainwater harvesting systems and provide hygiene 

education for communities. Farmers are also learning about conservation farming and tillage 

and runoff water farming techniques. With iRD’s assistance, the participating villages are 

able to increase water supplies during chronic periods of drought. 

Addressing the needs of a disaster of a different kind, in the wake of 

the 2004 tsunami iRD constructed and rehabilitated water supply 

networks and sanitation facilities in villages in the Aceh province of 

indonesia as well as the Lambaro Water Treatment Plant in banda 

Aceh, which now provides 45 million liters of water per day to the 

city. iRD also trained local communities to implement cost-recovery 

service delivery programs, ensuring the long-term sustainability of 

the newly constructed systems. UNiCEF awarded iRD a follow-on 

project to bring water systems improvements to an additional 

220,000 people. 

in December 2007 iRD launched a large infrastructure program 

funded by UsAiD to improve up to 2,000 kilometers of gravel 

roads in southern and Eastern Afghanistan. The project will increase 

stability and security by linking otherwise remote communities 

and requires extensive community outreach and participation. iRD 

is working with local engineering firms and NgOs to facilitate the implementation of 

these improvements. in addition, iRD’s Construction Trades Training Center program has 

provided Afghan participants with the necessary skills to secure employment in the construction 

trades. 

in sri Lanka, iRD is promoting a community-based, cost-effective way to disinfect drinking 

water through the solar water disinfection system, an easy way to reduce bacteria and reduce 

the occurrence of water-borne diseases. 

iRD completed the highly successful Community Revitalization through Democratic Action 

project in Montenegro and serbia in 2007, upgrading more than 700 community facilities 

including solid waste systems, health centers, schools, community centers, irrigation systems, 

roads, tourist facilities, and playgrounds, benefiting nearly 1 million people. UsAiD granted 

an extension to the serbia program to renovate the belgrade Youth Center, a highly visible 

project in the heart of the capital. 

The National Campaign for initiating, sorting, and Recycling Municipal solid Waste Project 

in Lebanon has helped start a nationwide recycling program. Funded by UNiCEF, the 

project trained school teachers to encourage waste separation in schools and placed waste 

collection points and sorting supplies in 1,139 public schools. 

iRD began its 10 years of relief and development experience with an emergency program to 

support internally displaced populations in georgia. since then, the organization has taken 

on the challenge of working in some of the most complex and difficult places, often in the 

immediate aftermath of disasters. iRD has helped millions of people over the years with 

programs that respond to urgent needs with appropriate humanitarian assistance. 

iRD’s emergency activities include the provision of water and sanitation, shelter, food 

aid, health assistance, and essential commodity distribution. 

beginning in late 2006, heavy rains inundated much of the Zambezi River valley in 

Mozambique. in late February 2007, Cyclone Flavio compounded the problem with 

more rains and strong winds. in response, iRD led NgO efforts to provide emergency 

water and sanitation needs for flood-affected people. iRD constructed 500 

latrines, established emergency water committees, and repaired or established water 

wells. iRD, Population services international, and UNiCEF trained 40 community 

health activists located in the resettlement centers and formed a traveling theater 

group to perform plays on a range of topics relating to water, sanitation, and hygiene. 

iRD also provided seeds for 4,000 farmers who had lost their crops, enabling them to 

start over and recover. 

iRD continues to provide support to internally displaced persons across iraq. To date, 

the Humanitarian Assistance for iraq (HAi) program has implemented 370 projects 

and activities benefiting more than 2 million people. This has included the construction 

of wells, rehabilitation of health care centers, assistance in making arrangements 

for voluntary returnees, and training of regional administration and other partner 

NgOs on issues relating to international protection standards, reintegration, and 

human rights. HAi is a flexible program, accommodating the ever-changing situation 

in the country as people move from place to place to escape regional violence. 

On November 15, Cyclone sidr struck a large area of southern bangladesh, killing 

as many as 10,000 people and creating the worst disaster in the country since 1991. 

iRD was on the ground with an assessment team by November 18. in coordination 

with the United Nations, other agencies, and local organizations, iRD reached 

more than 50,000 families with the rehabilitation of water systems and shelters. This 

reduced the spread of water-borne diseases and saved countless lives. 

The complex emergency in southeastern Chad, a spillover from conflicts both in Chad and 

neighboring sudan, continues to disrupt thousands of lives. iRD’s programs have helped 

refugees, internally displaced persons, and host communities better cope with the disruption, 

providing life-saving food aid, medical care, and agricultural supplies like seeds and tools. 

Bringing emergency water 

treatment supplies to 

Mozambicans forced to leave 

their homes due to flooding. 



AFgHANisTAN AND iRAQ 

Repaving a road in 

Afghanistan. 

“T-wall” security walls 

decorated with scenes from 

Iraq’s past. 

Afghanistan 

Under the Human Resources and Logistical support (HRLs) program, since 2004 iRD has 

helped UsAiD monitor major construction and rehabilitation projects such as reopening 

vital transportation routes, rebuilding schools and clinics, and providing 

sustainable energy and water sources. iRD provides quality assurance 

monitoring, and assists with project identification, planning, site selection, 

engineering, management information system design and operation. 

iRD has monitored the construction of 460 schools and 308 clinics 

and conducted post-occupancy evaluations of 768 schools and clinics 

funded by UsAiD, establishing how they are being used and assessing 

their physical condition. Additionally, iRD monitored the construction 

of three industrial parks. Monitoring will start in 2008 for construction 

of new teacher training centers and midwife centers. 

During 2007, the HRLs journalism program evolved from focusing 

on energy to reporting on all aspects of infrastructure development. This highly-acclaimed 

reporting approach emphasizes unbiased, factual information tailored for the Afghan public, 

which has otherwise grown skeptical about progress. 

Iraq 

iRD’s iraq Community Action Program fosters democratic principles at the grassroots level, 

encompassing organization, economic development, and community infrastructure strategies 

in order to create a more capable iraqi civil society. Currently, iRD has 232 active community 

action groups working throughout baghdad, giving people a voice to communicate with 

local government. The program also provides grants and training for micro, small, 

and medium businesses. To date, iRD has completed more than 2,600 projects 

benefiting more than 7 million people, including more than 3,000 accidental 

civilian victims of Coalition Forces (see page 25). 

The Community stabilization Program (CsP) increases employment through 

training, job placement assistance, and business development. iRD has placed more 

than 23,000 iraqis in long-term jobs, graduated over 16,500 trainees from vocational 

training courses, and placed nearly 5,200 people in apprenticeship programs 

to further their skills. 

iRD also works directly with community groups, local government officials, and 

provincial reconstruction teams to foster more productive and peaceful communities, 

and it reaches out to iraqi youth considered at risk for recruitment into insurgency. 

To date, CsP has engaged nearly 69,000 iraqi youth in over 100 different sports and arts 

programs. For example, a very successful and visible project has recruited young artists to 

decorate the otherwise intimidating “T-walls” used for security purposes. Many of the scenes 

the artists have chosen reflect pride in iraqi history. 

In-Kind Contributions 

iRD has extensive experience in implementing and managing in-kind commodity distribution 

programs world-wide. since iRD opened its doors, the organization has obtained, 

shipped, and delivered to beneficiaries almost $300 million worth of donated goods worldwide, 

including $30 million worth of donated goods in 2007. 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, hostcountry 

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 2007, 

iRD distributed over $30 million worth of pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and 

equipment, and humanitarian commodities to health institutions and local charities 

serving refugees, internally displaced persons, and other vulnerable groups 

in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chad, georgia, indonesia, iraq, Mozambique, Ukraine, 

and Vietnam. 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 

ACQUisiTiONs AND LOgisTiCs 

iRD distributes large quantities of food throughout the world. Direct food distribution 

programs increase food availability and access for low-income populations, 

particularly in communities affected by conflicts or natural disasters. iRD 

implements emergency food distribution activities, provides assistance through 

supplemental institutional feeding, and manages large-scale school feeding initiatives. 

since 1999, iRD has distributed more than 220,000 metric tons of food commodities 

donated by UsDA, UsAiD, WFP, and private donors. A major portion of the donated 

commodity is monetized, and proceeds are used 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 in the Caucuses; and private business development of 

the poultry industry in Azerbaijan. in 2007, 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 Laos. 

An Iraqi boy proudly shows 

off a new donated soccer 

ball. 



Special Projects 3% 

Health 8% 

Democracy & Governance 6% 

FiNANCEs 

Funding by Sector 

Infrastructure 2% 

Agriculture 2% 

Relief 4% 

Economic Growth 74% 

Statement of Activities 

December 31, 2007 

Revenue and Support 

2007 Totals 

Contract and grant revenue $269,595,212 

Contributed goods 26,954,074 

Contributions 92,924 

interest income 133,393 

TOTAL REVENUE AND SUPPORT $296,775,603 

Expenses (Program Services) 

Economic Development 206,019,151 

Democracy & governance 17,358,815 

Health 23,295,069 

special Projects 8,655,121 

Relief 11,218,955 

sustainable Food and Agriculture systems 4,850,281 

infrastructure 6,402,030 

TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES $277,799,422 

Expenses (Supporting Services) 

Management and general 18,190,834 

Fundraising 53,425 

TOTAL EXPENSES $296,043,681 

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $731,922 

NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR $1,254,831 

NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $1,986,753 

Statement of Financial Position 

December 31, 2007 


Celebrating Ten Years | 2007 ANNUAL REPORT 21 

Assets 

2007 Totals 

Cash and cash equivalents $10,836,719 

Accounts receivable 2,888,215 

grants receivable 13,372,472 

Due from iRD Us 378,085 

Prepaid expenses 595,142 

Property and equipment 862,967 

Deposits and other assets 216,436 

TOTAL ASSETS $29,150,036 

Liabilities and Net Assets 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses 15,085,461 

bank Line of Credit 2,013,137 

Refundable advances 9,568,53 

Deferred rent 190,530 

Deferred construction allowance 305,622 

TOTAL LIABILITIES $27,163,285 

Risks, Contingencies, and Commitments 

Net Assets 

Unrestricted 1,905,908 

Temporarily restricted 80,845 

TOTAL NET ASSETS $1,986,752 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $29,150,037 

IRD Expenses 

Management & General Expenses 6% 

Fundraising Expenses

DONORs AND PARTNERs 1998-2008 

Indonesian children learn 

about proper hygiene. 

Donors & Partners 

Academy for Educational Development 

ACDi/VOCA 

breedlove Dehydrated Foods 

American Association of Retired Persons 

AmeriCares 

Capital group Companies 

Canadian international Development 

Agency 

Church World service 

Cooperative Housing Foundation 

Counterpart international 

Direct Relief international 

Disaster Resource Network 

Enterprise Corporation of the Delta 

Food and Agriculture Organization of the 

United Nations 

Humpty Dumpty institute 

imperial Foods 

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 

Neighborworks 

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 

U.s. Department of Agriculture 

U.s. Department of Defense 

U.s. Department of Health and Human 

services 

U.s. Department of Labor 

U.s. Department of state 

World bank 

World Food Programme 

World Vision United states and 

international 

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 

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. 

IRD Provides Medical Equipment and Long-Term Care 

for Mining Accident Victims in Ukraine 

“it was one of the worst accidents,” said 28-year old miner Vitaliy Kvetkovskiy, describing 

a methane gas explosion at Ukraine’s Zasiadko coal mine on November 18, 2007. “The last 

thing i remember is the loud blast and gas smell. The temperature in the mine had tremendously 

increased; it was burningly hot and i lost my consciousness. When my 

consciousness came back, i was in the pile of bodies and tried to get to the 

surface. i could hardly breathe because of dust. When i finally caught some 

fresh air, i fainted again.” Kvetkovskiy was one of hundreds of injured miners; 

89 miners lost their lives. 

When news of the explosion broke, iRD immediately approached UsAiD with 

a proposal to provide emergency assistance for treatment of 36 miners hospitalized 

in the Donetsk Oblast Hospital of Occupational Diseases. With UsAiD’s 

funds, iRD procured and delivered devices for blood plasma filtration needed 

for immediate treatment of miners. 

“This assistance with equipment from American people is invaluable. We will 

use it to increase the curative effect,” emphasized the chief doctor of Donetsk 

Oblast Hospital of Occupational Diseases, Evgeniy gladchiuk. “The Ukrainian government 

allocated emergency funds for the cleanup and paid compensation to the families who 

suffered losses. However, in addition to cash compensations for the families of the dead and 

injured miners, there was an urgent need to provide effective emergency medical aid to those 

miners who survived the accident. Our facility needed proper diagnostic and rehabilitative 

treatment to help them return to normal lives. This is where iRD came to the rescue and 

provided the needed equipment.” 

Two more explosions occurred in the same mine during the first week in December, killing 

five and injuring 100. iRD promptly responded again with procurement of a pulmonary 

plethysmograph, which conducts very sensitive lung function tests, and an ultrasound 

scanner, which is one of the most widely used diagnostic tools in modern medicine. “This 

equipment will help us to save lives not only of those who suffered in this accident but also 

the miners who are delivered to our hospitals with similar problems on a daily basis, approximately 

900 a year,” said gladchiuk. 

in 2008, iRD will continue helping the victims of the mining disaster at the Zasiadko coal 

mine and their families by supporting local health services in the provision of psychosocial 

rehabilitation and counseling to people who are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder 

and depression. 

sUCCEss sTORY 

A badly burned miner 

receives medical attention. 



HOW YOU CAN HELP sUCCEss sTORY 

IRD’s new website makes it 

easy to stay informed and 

make a difference. 

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 also focuses on helping 

people function more productively over the long run through sustainable development 

programs. 

Your assistance is crucial to helping iRD maintain the high quality of expertise and services 

that support our programs worldwide. 

Please visit our website at www.ird.org to make a secure online donation 

and find out how to get more involved. You can also call our tollfree 

number, 877-844-5644, to donate by credit card, or send a check 

payable to iRD to our headquarters at 1621 North Kent street, suite 400, 

Arlington, Virginia 22209. 

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. 

IRD Affiliations 

For more information about iRD, please visit www.ird.org or visit us through guidestar, a 

leading source of information on U.s. non-profits. 

Assistance to Civilian Victims of the Iraq War 

The Assistance to Civilian Victims of War Fund (ACV) has helped hundreds of iraqis rebuild 

their lives after accidental injuries had threatened to leave them disabled and unable to 

contribute to their families. Local community action groups (CAgs), supported by iRD, 

help identify residents in their neighborhoods who need assistance with surgeries, prosthetic 

limbs, and small business grants. 

For example, in March 2003, 13-year-old saif Emad was caught in the crossfire from a 

Coalition Humvee gunner and was paralyzed from the waist down. He had little access 

to medical facilities or physical therapy, causing him to become withdrawn and unable to 

socialize with his friends. in May 2007, saif’s father heard of iRD through the local CAg. 

While iRD representatives and a health advisor concluded saif’s wound was impossible to 

heal completely, iRD/ACV helped establish a small business of computer games networks to 

help generate income for his family. For saif himself, iRD/ACV provided physical therapy 

equipment to help him face the world again. 

Mr. Duraid was standing outside his family’s house on November 7, 2004 when a gunner on 

a nearby American truck opened fire. He was struck in his right arm by a stray bullet. His 

family rushed him to a nearby hospital, but the operation was unsuccessful, 

and he lost his arm above the elbow. The iRD/ACV program 

provided Duraid with an artificial limb and three weeks of therapy; he 

can now use his hand normally. iRD also provided music shop equipment 

so that he could once again support his family. 

On August 22, 2007, seven-year-old Mustafa Firas accidentally 

received multiple gun shot wounds to his head and eyes, making 

him blind and putting him in a coma. Local doctors lacked adequate 

equipment for treatment, so they advised that he be sent abroad. 

Mustafa’s father, however, did not have the money for this travel. 

instead, he approached his local CAg for help and was referred to an 

iRD/ACV program, which confirmed the diagnosis and financed his 

travel to and treatment in Jordan. Ten days following the surgery, the 

benefits were already apparent. Mustafa has now finished his course of 

therapy and is once again able to see. 

The Ministry of Education built a school in baghdad’s sadr district, 

one of the most war-torn neighborhoods in the city, for over 500 

children who have been left orphaned by the war. Unfortunately, the 

ministry did not also have funding to purchase necessary equipment 

like generators, computers, and other administrative equipment, which made it difficult for 

teachers to provide the best possible education to their students. After being contacted by the 

local CAg, iRD supplied the school with the most needed equipment. Now the orphaned 

students can go to school in an environment more conducive to learning. 

Iraqi children have better 

schools to attend thanks to 

IRD. 



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