Successes
Impacting Lives on a Global Scale
Farm - Resource Development International (Romania)
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The first IAP project was the development of a farm in Romania. This began in the spring of 1993 under the supervision of Fred Fleming, a wheat farmer and seed plant owner from Reardon, Washington. Funds were raised and equipment was shipped to Braila, Romania. Marlin and Sharon Statema sold their business in the United States and joined Fred in Romania to begin farming 90 acres. Upon word of this endeavor, a group of American businessmen established a for-profit business, Resource Development International (RDI), which invested in a seed mill to complement the work already begun by Fred and the Statemas. Soon after, silos and steel buildings where erected to store and process the goods produced. In time and after proper training, the business was handed over to a Romanian man named Daniel Zaina. During his 2008 visit to Spokane, Daniel gave a very positive report when asked about the ongoing project. The business is now able to support Romanian missionaries through a local church.
Diaconia Medical Clinic (Romania)
IAP partnered with the Holy Trinity Church to build and staff a diagnostic clinic in Braila which was fully operational in the fall of 1997. Various professional champions from the Spokane area gathered and installed the equipment, then trained the staff. The clinic was set up as a non-profit business charging clients according to their income. They currently serve over 5,000 clients annually. Through the help of a group in Texas they have been able to build another state of the art clinic and hope to eventually build a hospital.
Home of Hope (Romania)
In March of 1999, the IAP board approved our partnership with the Diaconia Association to establish a children's home in Braila, Romania. In April of 2000, Home of Hope was dedicated and a year later IAP transfered the project to The Evergreen Foundation. Jerry McCandless, owner and founder of Evergreen Environmental Group, and his wife Kendrick have not only continued to help build the capacity of the home, but have assisted in starting a Romanian business which helps fund their ministry with children.
Fondo de Desarrollo Microempresarial (Ecuador)
In 2005, a conversation took place between David Cliffe, a missionary with HCJB World Radio, and IAP. In that discussion, David shared a concern for the poor in Quito, Ecuador. The discussion of micro-loans arose in response to IAP's ongoing work with Letta Micro-finance Institute in Ethiopia. The Letta project is having an amazing impact on its loan recipients, their families and the spread of the Gospel across the country and much of Africa. A seed was planted and IAP continued to work with David in hopes of establishing a micro-lending program for the people of Quito. IAP established a partnership with FODEMI, a micro-finance arm of World Vision, and began to train and equip a loan officer to administer funds for the pilot project involving 15-25 people from the local church. The oversite of this project was recently transfered to World Vision International.
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