INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS    

Ameen’s international partners are:
 

• USAID
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency that provides economic, development and humanitarian assistance around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the government of the United States.
www.usaid.gov

 




• OPIC
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is an independent U.S. government agency. OPIC mobilizes and facilitates the participation of US private capital and skills in the economic and social development of less developed countries, areas, and countries in transition from nonmarket to market economies.
www.opic.org


 

• KIVA
Ameen partnered with Kiva in 2008 with the aim to connect international lenders with its borrowers through the Kiva website. An innovative concept, Kiva is a platform that allows the sponsoring of the activities of a small business in need of financing.
www.kiva.org




• CISCO/Partnership for Lebanon

The partnership for Lebanon was launched by US business leaders in September 2006 to provide needed resources to assist the reconstruction effort in Lebanon and to help Lebanese people find a path to long term economic growth and stability. The partnership led by CISCO is focused on building out technology infrastructure and using technology to connect communities with needed services and resources.
www.cisco.com
www.partnershipforlebanon.org


 


• RELIEF INTERNATIONAL
Relief International (RI) is a humanitarian non-profit agency that provides emergency relief, rehabilitation, development assistance, and program services to vulnerable communities worldwide. RI is solely dedicated to reducing human suffering and is non-political and non-sectarian in its mission..
www.ri.org





• IESC

International Executive Service Corps (IESC) is a non-for-profit organization using private sector volunteers to assist economic growth around the world. IESC’s mission focuses on improving the lives of people throughout the world by strengthening private enterprise.