Every human being has a unique gift to contribute to our world and our future. For more than four decades, AED has devoted all the skills, talent and dedication at its disposal to that belief. AED works everywhere from remote villages to bustling capitals to address critical social problems and improve the lives of people all around the globe.

AED is driven by passion, guided by respect—and focused on results. Relying on disciplined research, time-tested techniques and innovative approaches, AED develops comprehensive programs that empower people to meet their own needs. These range from providing a quality education to all children to improving the health of mothers and infants to equipping governments with the resources needed for effective HIV prevention programs. AED’s measures success not merely by statistics, but by the result that really matters: Changed lives.