IDE - Enabling Prosperity

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CORE VALUES

HOLIDAY GIVING

IDE is a different kind of non-profit organization. We are dedicated to ending poverty in the developing world not through handouts, but by helping poor farmers invest in their own success. Our core values are:

	We believe in the right of poor women and men to a secure livelihood
	We believe that markets can be a powerful force for poverty reduction
	We listen to and learn from the people we work with
	We value innovation and entrepreneurship
	We have confidence in our ability to make a significant difference

	Cambodia
	Ethiopia
	Myanmar
	Nepal
	Bangladesh
	Vietnam
	Zambia
	Zimbabwe

IDE Affiliate Organizations:

IDE Canada

IDE UK

IDE USA

IDE-India

SUCCESS STORIES

Success Story


"I Am Not Worried About My Children Anymore." An IDE Success Story from Bangladesh “Four years ago, I thought poverty was my destiny, a chain that confined me, and was going to confine my family too,” says Nazrul Islam, whose family of five lived on less than a dollar a day prior to learning about IDE’s treadle pump program in Bangladesh. Because he could not properly irrigate his family’s small plot of land, Nazrul was forced to provide for his family from infrequent work as a day laborer. When he learned about IDE’s inexpensive treadle pump from a relative, Nazrul applied for a micro-loan to cover the costs of the pump and drilling a well on his land, about $20. Results were immediate...

Praise for Out of Poverty by Paul Polak
	"A wise and engaging new book." --The Economist "Part policy rant, part case-study, part how-to, and anything but depressing." --Business Week



Support IDE by shopping at eConsciousMarket.com! More info

As we head toward this holiday season with a new urgency shaping our giving habits, consider this for a moment: a few dollars in the developing world can still make a huge difference for a family trying to make it through a long dry season of subsistence farming.

Below are some options for making your gift go further this holiday season, while helping rural farmers in the developing world take the first permanent steps out of poverty.

Personalized Card to Gift Recipient

If you would like to donate to IDE on behalf of someone please let us know when you make your donation through our website. We will send a personalized greeting card that explains our work and the programs your donation is supporting. Donations made by December 10th will have cards mailed in time for the holiday season.

Universal Giving

An online giving site that allows you to search for nonprofits that have met the rigorous demands necessary to qualify for a Universal Giving listing. Search for “International Development Enterprises” and learn more about how your gift will be used to help enable prosperity for so many in the developing world.

www.universalgiving.org

Changing the Present

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit website offering gifts that change the world. Browse the causes to find “International Development Enterprises,” and purchase a gift for your loved one that makes a difference. You can share these gifts with your friends and family, or use them for your own nonprofit giving.

www.changingthepresent.org

eConscious Market

A "For-Benefit" online commerce site based in Boulder, Colorado that sells the finest ecologically and socially responsible products available, and donates a minimum of 10 percent of every purchase to the exceptional non-profit organizations listed on their website. Choose “International Development Enterprises” from a list of causes and IDE will receive donations on every green gift you buy this season from the site.

www.econsciousmarket.com

iGive

An online mall where you can shop with various retailers who provide a percentage of your purchase to IDE when you choose us as your cause. With more than 700 retailers available, you are sure to find the perfect gift as you also provide support to IDE’s work. Donations are credited automatically for 99 percent of participating merchants.

www.igive.com

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