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The Institute Of Integrated Rural Development (IIRD), founded in 1986, is a Bangladeshi development non-government organization. IIRD's mission is to create a model of integrated rural development for Bangladesh. For IIRD, development is a participatory process that empowers people to identify, analyze and devise creative solutions to their own problems. IIRD is people-focused, rather than program-focused. IIRD's people are mainly the landless poor, women, children of the poor, the homeless, the unemployed, marginal and small farmers and traditional artisans. IIRD workers go daily to the people at their homes; the people do not need to come to IIRD offices to get help. Poverty eradication is IIRD's central thrust. Activities and programs are tailored to needs of the people; they are revised and new activities introduced as people's needs require. IIRD is a dynamic and flexible organization; IIRD works to achieve the dream of a strong democratic and self-reliant nation.
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Learning silk cultivation
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Making hard candy at the IIRD candy factory
Activities and programs of IIRD are mainly focused on poverty eradication, but also include a concern for helping foster a self-reliant economy. Activities are of two kinds as follows:
Direct provisioning of social services for the poor including:
Economic uplift activities including:
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Vaccinating poultry
IIRD works in four thanas/administrative units in Bangladesh. The four projects are:
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Children attending school
IIRD has benefitted from the generous assistance of many donors throughout the world. These are just a few of them.
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IIRD maintains a communitarian system of management with varying responsibilities by different groups. It is guided by a Governing Council, Liaison Committee and Coordination Committee. There is a head office in each IIRD thana and liaison office in Dhaka. As of June 01, 1997 the total number of IIRD employees including four field projects and Dhaka Office is 285 of whom 98 are women.
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Making parts for sanitary latrines
IIRD is registered both under the Foreign Donation (Voluntary Activities) Act through no: 257 as a Non-Government Organization and with the Department of Social Services (No. Netro-0016).
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Preparing silk thread
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[email protected]Any financial support you can provide will help Father Bill expand his work for the poor in Bangladesh. Please send your tax-deductible contribution to: Society of Mary P.O. Box 23130 St. Louis, MO 63156-3130. Every dollar of your contribution will go to the programs in Bangladesh. Please make checks payable to Society of Mary, and indicate "For Bangladesh."