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PSDI

9005 Greenridge Drive

Saint Louis, MO 63117

nonprofit

organization

u.s. postage

paid

st. louis mo

permit 2828

return service

requested

If we who have so much are suffering, can you imaginethe desperation in the developing world? We are

committed to the rural poor and to you, our generousdonors, to be responsible stewards of your gifts.

PSDI BoarD of DIrectorS:

JoSePh Nettemeyer,

Chairman

rIch chrISteNSeN,Vice-Chairman

VIrgINIa KleIN,

Executive Director

carter emerSoN

mIchael gISSy

Br. StePheN gloDeK, Sm

gregory mccarthy

lINDSay thomPSoN

PatrIcIa WerhaNe

for more InformatIon:

Virginia Klein

Executive Director

PSDI

9005 Greenridge Drive

Saint Louis, MO 63117

PH: 314.993.5599

URL: www.psdintl.org

Email: v.klein@psdintl.org

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MPOWE

RMENT

November 2012

Empoweringthe rural poorto end theirown poverty.

P A R T N E R S I N

S U S TA I N A B L E

D E V E L O P M E N T

I N TERN ATI ON AL

PSDI is excited about our new challenges and isdetermined to get our PEP programs up and runningas soon as possible. We want you to eel a part o ournew projects and hope that you will write or call withquestions that you would like to have answered aboutPEP, our work, progress and anything else that will helpyou have a bigger picture o what we do and how weredoing. Learning about the Bangladeshi people, theirculture and amilies helps to understand that we are allone people sharing the same dreams and aspirations.

The young girl pictured is decorating her handsand eet with henna as she prepares or the estival oEid-ul-Azha, one o the most important Muslim religiouscelebrations o the year.

This day recalls the sacrice Allah asks o Ibrahim tosacrice his only son. Ibrahim prepares the sacrice butAllah sends an angel to stop him and instead he oersan animal. On this day, all who can aord to do so buy a

large animal and divide the meat three ways. One thirdthey keep or their amily, one third they give to poorrelatives and one third they give to other poor. It is a

great day when all, rich and poor, can have meat.

Please visit our newly designed and updated

website at www.psdintl.org.P A R T NE RS I NS U S TA I NAB LEDE VE LOPME NTINT E RNAT IONAL

New ChalleNges for a New year

Celebratingthefirstanniversaryof PeP (Poverty eradiCation Program), PsdisnePartnerPrograminrural bangladesh, onehundredsuPPortersandguestsgatheredinlouistolearnmoreaboutbangladesh, thenewPeP Programs, tasteauthentiC banglfoodanddrinkandenjoytheethniCmusiCanddanCingof bollywood shuffle. itwas

ningfilledwithgoodConversation , informationandgreatgenerosity.

Guests were able to see large posters o each o the programs that PSDI has implemin the past and hopes to reintroduce through PEP in the coming years. In addition toporting the critical emergency needs o this new population, PSDI has successully la

the Adopt A School program, a two-year commitment that ensures that a school o 3poor students successully completes the required preparation to qualiy or admittanthe governments school system in the third grade.

A pledge o 28 two-year Adopt A Schools made the evening exceptional and highlighted the importaeducating a new generation to the possibilities o the 21st century.

P A RT NE R S IN

S U S TA I N A B L EDE VE LOPME NTINT E RNAT IONAL

pepclbrats frannivrsary

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