IDE is pleased to continue its popular “Breakfast at IDE” series in 2007! We invite you to join us for a free and informal breakfast discussion designed to give you an in-depth perspective on how IDE works to help rural families throughout Asia and Africa escape the cycle of subsistence poverty.

The next breakfast is scheduled for:

Please check back for breakfast date announcements.

We ask that all attendees RSVP for these events. If you or someone you know is interested in attending, please contact Jeslin Shahrezaei at 303-232-4336 x220, or email jshahrezaei@ideorg.org.

Our Life is Much Better
An IDE Success Story from Zambia

Before learning about IDE, Peter Chakanyuka, along with his wife and six children, farmed a ½ hectare plot of land.  Depending upon rain for irrigation, his family could only grow maize and peanuts, with yields that were too small to sell. 

After purchasing a treadle pump from a local IDE representative, the Chakanyuka family increased its irrigated land to more than two hectares in a single season...

I Am Not Worried About My Children's Future
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...

A Good Job and a Secure Future
An IDE Success Story from Vietnam

Years of war have left Phu Da commune with vast areas of sandy, infertile land pockmarked with bomb craters. IDE’s affordable hand pumps enabled farmers in Phu Da to grow better quality, high value crops even during the dry season.  But, thanks to IDE’s entrepreneurial approach, it’s not just the farmers who benefit.