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Interview with Washington SyCip Posted on : May 2, 2008 An article published in a leading Philippine newspaper (Philippine Daily Inquirer) featuring Washington Sycip on Philippine Education. Mr Sycip - trustee emeritus of IIRR - mentions the IIRR Yen Center Project with the Sisters of Mary Schools Boystown and Girlstown Sustainable Agriculture Technology Vocational  Education is built on bio-intensive gardening (BIG), a purely organic method of growing vegetables, legumes and other food crops in small areas suitable for poor households and schools. Read the full article: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/education/view/20080409-129346/Washington-SyCip-puts-his-money-where-his-mouth-is

New Director for IIRR's US Office Posted on : March 2008 The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) has a new Director for its US office in the person of Leslie Enright.. Learn more

A Journey of Faith and Courage: Celebrating 10 years of IIRR in Ethiopia Article by Isaac Bekalo, IIRR Africa Regional Center Director Posted on : December 2007 "...another IIRR office outside the Philippines?" a high-ranking IIRR officer exclaimed in disbelief. This was in 1990 when I had just joined the institute. I was a time when IIRR did not have the policy, strategy or resources to operate a regional office much less a country office. The IIRR strategy in the 70s and 80s was to spread the Rural Reconstruction approach through autonomous national movements and not to operate regional or country offices. It took a leap of faith, enormous amount of courage and persistence for IIRR-Ethiopia to go on record as the first IIRR country office in the world. Learn more

Research benefits Phillipine Farmers IIRR Facilitates adoption of new practices Posted on : July 2007 After farming together for nearly 50 years, husband and wife Luciano and Epifania Cameros are anticipating a 25% increase in their yield of corn this year. Even before the crop has come in, they have seen their income increase because they are spending less on inputs.In the past, they applied inorganic fertilizer to their corn, but this year, they began to apply only organic fertilizer from cattle they raise.The Cameros’ are farmer-beneficiaries of the Community Agricultural Technology Program  (CATP), facilitated by IIRR. Learn more

Other Stories... Kenyan Pastoralists enroll in school Models for access to education emerge Chinese villagers take the lead IIRR workshop produces immediate results Education creates possibilities for pastoralists IIRR Program change children's lives Indonesian community influences policy IIRR shares successes in policy advocacy Agricultural Innovations Discovered Exposure Visit Translates into Action Planning for the Maldives

Now available for download: September 2007 International Sharing Posted on : September 2007

WFP-Ethiopia team visited Watersheds in Philippines IIRR Regional Center for Asia Conducts Study Visit Program Posted on : July 2007To support strengthening the capacities of the World Food Programme - Ethiopia (WFP-Ethiopia) staffs and government officials on integrated watershed development, the IIRR Regional Center of Asia (RCA) conducted a two-week study visit program from June 25th to July 7th, 2007. The study visit program had a combination of interactive sessions (orientation, presentations and discussions) and visits to different projects and organizations to help the participants to articulate their learning. The program also had different reflection sessions to assist them to synthesize and reflect back in between the program itself. The study program was highly successful in orienting the participants in new technical and social skills, and in the words of Mr. Arega Yirga of WFP "..the mission was successful in all aspects"View full training report (PDF File, 1.47 MB)

IIRR Announces New Trustee Leadership Retired Cleary Gottlieb Partner named Chair Posted on : July 2007(New York – June 27, 2007) IIRR announced today the election of a new Chair and a new member of its Board of Trustees. Anthony C. Gooch, a retired partner of the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, will take over as Chair. Cleary Gottlieb has acted as pro bono counsel to IIRR for nearly 50 years, with firm attorneys serving at various times on the Board of Trustees and in other advisory roles. Gooch, who served as the Institute’s General Counsel from 2000 through 2002 and who has been a member of its Board since that time, replaces Dr. Michael Gerber, who has led the Board as Chair for the past five years. Learn more

Silang Seminar 2007: Rural Enterprises as Drivers for Building Strong Local Economies Posted on : July 2007 Cavite, Philippines - The inaugural Silang Seminar held in the Yen Center of IIRR in Silang, Cavite last June 20 - 21, 2007 brought together top-level development and NGO executives, government policy-makers, business CEOs and donor agency heads in meaningful dialogue and discussions. With this year's theme "Rural Enterprises as Drivers for Building Strong Local Economies", cases on micro-enterprises from the Philippines, India, Thailand and Kenya were presented in the two-day international workshop. Read more

Now available for download: Annual Report 2006 and March 2007 International Sharing

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