WORKING IN PARTNERSHIPS AROUND THE WORLD

INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS

IDEAS Independent Program associates work in hospitals, schools, refugee camps, counseling practices, tutoring programs, vocational training centers, special education programs, business consultation, and journalism.

Expertise + partnership.

Working together toward a common goal

For over 25 years, IDEAS has partnered with organizations in countries around the world to provide professional expertise to local communities as we work together toward shared goals.

Challenging casteism as a barrier to dignity

Improving the quality of life for Dalits in India.

Dignity Education Center works to improve the quality of life for Tamil-speaking Dalits who've been working in tea plantations for five generations with few opportunities to improve their life situation due to casteism, oppression, and lack of services.

In one year

73

adults educated in life skills and family counseling

Hospital +
mobile clinics in Bangladesh.

Faith Hospital provides medical care, mobile clinics, the installation of tube wells and latrines, and locally underutilized community health innovations for impoverished families in Chattogram Division Bangladesh.

Improving quality of life through healthcare

In one year

7,903

disadvantaged people received diagnostic evaluations, healthcare treatment, and health promotion education

Equipping displaced families + integration.

Warm hospitality and integration programs are at the heart of the Olive Branch refugee center in West Asia. Refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria receive material aid in the form of groceries, clothing, and other household needs. Integration programs focus on second language acquisition, literacy for women, and trauma-informed support.

Integration into the community begins with care

In one year

95+

participants in language learning and literacy programs

Creating resources and training opportunities

Equipping those who support people with disabilities + families.

Generous Invitations provides accessible, practical resources based on relationship development principles to those walking alongside people with disabilities and their families.

In one year

300+

parents in 4 countries participated in trainings

We are compassionate professionals bringing needed expertise

Opportunity
+ your skills

At IDEAS, our independent programs support professionals who work with local partners to help identify and remove barriers to dignity that arise in unique cultural contexts. Together, we work toward an appropriate and meaningful impact that serves the community and promotes flourishing.

  • "Working for the Dignity Center has given me new life. I’m learning how to be mature, work well on a team, and be a leader for my people who need many things in life."

    Ajay, India

  • “This workshop is one of the most valuable two hours I can think of to empower me for success in my work relationships and responsibilities. Huge benefit!”

    Coaching & Counseling, Trainee

  • "Dorcas is a single mom raising three young adult children. She said, 'If I had a strong sewing machine I would be able to make the money needed to provide for my family.' She was thrilled to receive a machine. She calls her machine her new friend."

    Women Helping Women, Training Attendant

  • "Simeon lived on the streets for seven years. Through his time with us he has learned to make positive life choices and is growing in his relationship with God. He is now a paid staff member who cooks and manages the farm."

    Brother’s Keeper Program Consultant

  • "Thank you for this collaborative group. We are planning to train a group of young men in the skills for installing a solar system so that this work can help families in our community."

    Wajih, Business Owner in Lebanon

Support IDEAS Independent Programs

Help students
like Wanmay discover hope.

IDEAS partners with organizations to provide school sponsorship programs for children like Wanmay, who grow up in rural communities with few options.

Removing barriers to dignity

Learn more about how we work

At IDEAS, we focus on holistic community development. We work with local communities to address needs in agriculture, health & wellness, education, disability, and anti-human trafficking.

Our programs are built to nurture flourishing in the social, mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of our personhood. 

  • IDEAS works in multisector programs alongside local communities. Explore Jordan!

  • IDEAS works in multisector programs alongside local communities. Explore North Africa!

  • IDEAS works near Almaty in multisector programs alongside local communities. Explore Kazakhstan!

  • IDEAS works in multisector programs alongside local communities. Explore Guatemala!

  • IDEAS works near Córdoba in multisector programs alongside local communities. Explore Argentina!

Where we work

As of 2019, the surface of the Dead Sea is 430.5 metres below sea level, making its shores the lowest land-based elevation on Earth.

Helping individuals & communities flourish

Our Impact

21,780

Adults + children in Asia with no access to healthcare were treated in local clinics

1000+

Wheelchairs provided in Africa + Latin America, providing mobility for people & their families

1500+

Farmers & their communities in Central Asia received agricultural training

Celebrating removing barriers to dignity

Stories of Transformation

Alma was born in Guatemala with a disability called spina bifida. Unable to walk, she spent the first 14 years of her life isolated, locked in a room, confined to a bed or the floor. Her mother said she was a mistake. Her father said she was not his daughter. Alma wanted to go to school and have friends, but her disability made that impossible.