iDE creates income and livelihood opportunities for poor rural households. We design and deliver market-based solutions in Agriculture and WASH in 10 countries across Asia, Africa, and Central America. Much more than a collection of technologies and field offices, we are a globally integrated ecosystem of over 1,300 staff, passionate about innovation and entrepreneurism.

Powering entrepreneurs to end poverty.

Source: Nonprofit submitted responses

Goal One: iDE’s goal in agriculture is to have a large and lasting impact on the incomes and well-being of small-scale farmers. On average, the farmers we work with see an annual income gain of $231.

Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.

Goal Two: iDE’s goal in WASH is to make radical improvements in health, nutrition, and productivity of rural people through the reduction of diarrheal-related disease.

Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.

Goal Three: iDE's goal in Climate & Resilience is to improve the resilience of communities to climate shocks and stresses based on the different contexts that we work in.

Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.

Describe an investment in leadership

In the past 12-18 months, iDE has made a significant investment into our current/future leaders. This investment has been allocated towards staff professional development, which allows our employees to choose areas that they are interested in and want to further develop. iDE also invests in the leadership and career development of our employees to maintain/obtain the mandatory credit hours associated with professional development certifications (ex. SPHR, Salesforce Administration, Project Management).

This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:

• Strategic Partnerships

• Networks of Collective Impact Efforts

• Thought Leadership

• Raising Awareness

What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?

iDE participates in a wide range of mobilization and advocacy efforts to further promote our mission to power entrepreneurs to end poverty. In addition to our marketing and social media campaigns, we have hosted thought leadership panels and have been selected as featured presenters at industry-focused conferences. We have also published research and have been featured in case studies and reports published by organizations including the International Water Management Institute, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Farming First. Additionally, we have developed and fostered strategic partnerships with organizations to further leverage our mutual expertise and values to create transformational impact for families, communities, and the sector as a whole.

Over the past year, we responded to climate change, increasingly impacting countries where iDE is working. While global warming affects everyone, it is particularly concerning in developing countries where people are already suffering regular cyclones, drought, and floods. In Ethiopia, conflict in the northern Tigray region struck at our clients, put our staff at risk and forced us to divert operations to safer locations. In the meantime, COVID-19 outbreaks continued to limit our field access across the globe and took a heavy toll on the marginalized communities we work in. But through it all, the perseverance of our entrepreneurs and the tireless efforts of our 1,300 staff showed amazing resilience. Our creative technical and operational pivots, and prudent financial management helped us stay afloat and continue to deliver impact where it matters most. While COVID-19 and climate change remain a significant threat in the countries we work in, we remain committed to powering entrepreneurs to end poverty. Examples of our teams' efforts in adapting to the pandemic and supporting climate resilience efforts include: In Ghana, we leveraged the Sama Sama sanitation program to build over 65 handwashing stations and share key handwashing messaging. In Cambodia, we repurposed the Yey Komru hygiene campaign, urging families to guard against disease. And in Mozambique, we safely forged ahead with trade fairs for 18,000 farmers impacted by cyclones in 2019.