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IESC Announces Frank Pace Award Winner, Amanda Rose Newton

December 8, 2025

Volunteers have been a critical part of IESC’s mission since 1964. The Frank Pace Award, named after one of IESC’s founders, is given each year to a volunteer expert, or team of experts, who performed the most outstanding assignment in the previous year. This year’s recipient is Amanda Rose Newton, who volunteered with IESC in Kenya making a lasting impact on the communities IESC serves.

During her volunteer assignment, Amanda Rose…

December 8, 2025

Established in 2013, the Tarek Nabhan International Achievement Award recognizes staff members in our overseas offices who regularly go above and beyond their normal job responsibilities to achieve excellence. The award is named after Tarek Nabhan in recognition of his 31 years of service to IESC.

For 2024, we honored our winner María José Morales, who serves as the Organizational Capacity Building Specialist for IESC’s activities in El…

September 4, 2025

The following serves as an advance notice regarding the forthcoming release of our 2024 annual report (accessible soon at Annual Reports – IESC), as well as an update on IESC given the profound changes of this year. Regarding 2024, it was a milestone year for IESC. Not only did we make significant progress alongside those we serve, but we also commemorated 60 years of impact since our founding in 1964.

IESC was…

Continuing Our Mission

February 27, 2025

Since 1964, IESC has empowered people and communities in 139 countries to improve their lives. Over the past decade alone, we have helped nearly 75,000 individuals secure new or better jobs and supported growing businesses in generating $1.1 billion in sales. Many of the countries we’ve worked with, such as Singapore, South Korea, Portugal, and the Czech Republic, have transformed from receiving foreign assistance to becoming self-reliant,…

October 15, 2024

Tirana, Albania – As we mark World Food Day, a reminder of the importance of food and agriculture for global stability, we are proud to announce the USAID Compete SëBashku program. This is a vital five-year program helping to accelerate Albania’s accession to the European Union (EU) through economic reforms that align with EU requirements and boost competitiveness of the agrifood sector.

World Food Day is an important occasion to…

October 2, 2024

Dakar, Senegal – Amid Senegal’s youth unemployment crisis, where over 62% of the unemployed are under 35, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing in sustainable futures for young people and their communities. As part of this effort, USAID has awarded Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC) with a five-year, $8.4 million Feed the Future Senegal Youth Development Activity award to improve the livelihoods of…