79%
Over 500 million marginalized people live in rural areas.
They are the smallholder farmers, fishermen, pastoralists,
indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities.
Every day, they rely on minimal resources to survive.
60%
of girls in Sub-Saharan Africa did not enroll in secondary education due to
poverty, gender-based violence and discrimination, and child marriage.4
Let’s break the cycle of poverty
15 million lives were improved in 46 countries
Anti-Poverty Programs Implemented
Partnerships and Collaboration
300+ organizations worked with us to support rural communities and find solutions that will end poverty in those communities.
4 million young children
89% of your contributions
used to directly deliver our programs globally
60 years of leading innovation
Empowering communities to end poverty
Programs
2019 IIRR Annual Report
Developing practical and sustainable solutions to end rural poverty.
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