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ILAD projects in Agriculture and Small Business Development in West Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East and among refugee populations in the US equip people with skills and knowledge to earn a profit for their labor and increase their economic stability.
ILAD projects are designed to create opportunities to increase income and/or food production. Agricultural development in West Africa and Business Development in West Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East and among refugee populations in the US contribute to reducing hunger among vulnerable populations.
ILAD projects in the Middle East, among refugee populations in the US, in Eastern Europe, and in West Africa provide access to accurate health information addressing a variety of issues. In addition, ILAD contributes to clean water initiatives in West Africa.
Literacy and education are high priorities for ILAD projects. Every ILAD project incorporates literacy in some form whether print, digital, or financial. In addition, ILAD works in partnership with a rural community in West Africa to run a secondary school where both girls and boys receive a safe, quality education.
Many ILAD projects focus entirely on services for women, while other projects intentionally include women and girls as participants. Business Development in West Africa, among refugee populations in the US, and in the Caucasus encourage women to participate. Literacy classes in the Middle East, West Africa, and among refugees in the US are designed specifically for women. The secondary school in West Africa provides safe and quality .education for girls and boys
In West Africa, ILAD partners with a well drilling business to provide pro bono wells in rural areas that do not have access to clean water. ILAD has participated in clean water initiatives in West Africa prior to its partnership with this business. ILAD also conducts educational seminars on best practices for hygiene and sanitation in West Africa, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.
ILAD is currently researching opportunities to provide consistent electricity to areas that do not yet have access.
Through Business Development Training and Human Language Technology in Southeast Asia, the Caucasus, Asia, West Africa, and refugee populations in the US, ILAD is promoting productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation and encouraging the growth of micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises.
In West Africa, ILAD invests in a small-scale enterprise that provides a market to local pineapple farmers, produces and bottles juice, and distributes the product to other West African nations. This enterprise is a model for other businesses in the developing world to integrate into value chains and markets.
ILAD projects in all our contexts work to promote human flourishing and inclusion of the most vulnerable and under-resourced communities in our world. Our projects aim to promote the social, economic and educational inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status
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