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IESC Celebrates the Large-Scale and Enduring Success of TIPS Program Beneficiaries in Sri Lanka

November 17, 2023

On November 9, 2023, IESC’s President & CEO David Hartingh and Associate Vice President Sujeewa De Alwis hosted a reunion in Colombo, Sri Lanka of former IESC staff and Sri Lankan business leaders who were program beneficiaries of the IESC implemented and USAID funded Technology Initiative for the Private Sector (TIPS) program from 1991 to 2000. TIPS was a $17 million flagship USAID program, working in conjunction…

October 19, 2023

IESC is excited to announce that it has been awarded a new five-year USAID Farmer-to-Farmer program focused on expanding access to agricultural finance in Kenya, Tanzania, and Liberia. Building on the success and impact IESC achieved over the last five years, the new Farmer-to-Farmer Access to Finance Program (F2F A2F) will deliver targeted volunteer technical assistance to financial institutions, smallholder farmers,…

August 25, 2023

Volunteers have been a critical part of IESC’s mission since 1964. The Frank Pace Award, named for one of IESC’s founders, is given each year to a volunteer expert, or team of experts, who performed the most outstanding project in the previous year.

This year’s recipients are Ganza Mfumya and Allyn Lamb, who volunteered with our USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Access to Finance Program in Tanzania. Ganza and Allyn provided…

August 25, 2023

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. One winner and two runners-up are selected each year.

For 2022, we honored Dr. Silvia La Osa, IESC Sanitary and…

August 10, 2023

IESC is excited to announce the launch of a new three-year USAID-funded program in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) that will improve food security and strengthen farmer livelihoods. The $5.3 million Caribbean Agricultural Productivity Improvement Activity (CAPA) will help farmers and stakeholders in the fruit and vegetable industry by promoting the use of market-driven agricultural practices and technologies, which…

Washington, DC—August 2, 2023—Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC) announces the election of Mr. Morgan McGrath as Board Director.

Mr. McGrath was elected to join IESC’s Board as a Director effective August 2023. Morgan McGrath is Head of International Banking at J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking, where he is responsible for the global relationship management of Commercial Banking clients headquartered in the U.S. and…