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The Ivy Inter-American Foundation was founded by Anabella Jordan in 1987and the Ivy Peru Committee in 1998 to assist, educate, and empower children and impoverished people throughout the Americas. The Foundation's top priorities are to help youths at risk break out of the cycle of poverty and neglect and to promote good will and solidarity among the countries within the hemisphere.

OUR HISTORY

Anabella Jordan is the wife of David C. Jordan, who served as US Ambassador to Peru 1984-1986.  During that particularly difficult period in Peruvian history, Anabella recognized an urgent need to help suffering children in the region.  In 1985 she established, with a group of Peruvians, the Asociacion Emergencia Ayacucho (Emergency Association of Ayacucho) to alleviate the suffering of orphans who resulted from the wide-spread atrocities committed by the Shining Path Peruvian terrorists.  IIAF was formed in 1987 to help finance this successful humanitarian organization.

IIAF TODAY

IIAF has since expanded, but our objective remains the same: to increase awareness of the overwhelming disadvantages that so many children in the Americas face. By doing so we have cultivated a growing network of generous supporters and charities. Together we are empowering communities throughout the Americas to nurture, educate, and help their own children build better and more prosperous lives.

The lives and future of everyone across the hemisphere and across the globe are increasingly intertwined. We at IIAF recognize that while there is poverty next door their can be no true prosperity at home. Solidarity throughout the hemisphere is the mortar that binds the building blocks of prosperity together. By supporting our efforts you can help make this solidarity stronger every day.

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OUR FOCUS

With our reach, contacts, and regional awareness we are responding to urgent requests for help from small humanitarian groups so often overlooked by larger foundations. Our success stories include providing critical assistance to a nutritional center in Chimaltenango, Guatemala, to abandoned youth rescued by CIMA in Lima, Peru, and to a home for disabled children in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. In addition to our efforts on behalf of orphans and poor children, we also focus on improving the lives of young men and women through guidance, education, and training programs.

Recently we have started a scholarship program to provide job-related training high school age. Ivy is actively soliciting donors for this effort.

EVENTS AND FUNDING

IIAF raises funds and awareness by sponsoring events such as our Holding Little Hands Luncheon held biannually and the annual fall Silent Auction, both held in Washington D.C. IIAF also facilitates donations between individuals and groups.

The Ivy Inter-American Foundation is an entirely volunteer organization. Funds go to assist needy children and their communities in the Americas. For information on making donations or becoming an IIAF volunteer please go to the Donations & Contacts page, or contact IIAF president, Anabella Jordan.

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