School seems a long way away

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School seems a long way away
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Catching insects for a living instead of the
school bus
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• A mere 63 of Indians are literate
• Only 43 of Indian Women have primary education

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• AID and Education

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The School Goes to the Children
-Mobile School Project, Pune
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We love to read stories too
-Srikakulam Library Project, AP
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The Railway platform is my school..
-Platform School Project, Orissa
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How many words can a floppy hold?
-Computer literacy with AID Jeevan Saathis
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Maybe not early, but earnestly to school
- Vocational training programs, Gujarat
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But What if I am Not Strong Enough to Go to
School?
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• Infant Mortality Rate in India 63 deaths / 1000
  births
• Compare that with 6 deaths /1000 births in USA

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• AID and Health Care

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Health Check-ups at Appalagraharam
-AID Internship Program
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Dispensing low cost medicines
-Village Outreach Clinic, Ganiyari, Chattisgarh
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Health care Research Center
Low cost centrifuge for testing Anemia
Research on Multi-drug Resistant TB
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A lifetime bending
All is not as well as can be
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To this day, many women in India face

• Dowry Deaths

• Sexual abuse

• Domestic Violence

• Social Inequalities

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• AID and Women

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Women - at the core of the village health
training sessions
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18 women saving Rs.10/week
- Village Micro credit programs
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Anti- Dowry Awareness Campaigns
-AID Women Group Initiative
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At the mercy of Mother Nature
Gujarat Earthquake
Orissa Cyclones
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During years of low rainfall, 130 million people
in over 70,000 villages are at risk
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Seasonal Floods Devastate Millions of Lives Each
Year
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13 more villages are submerged due to Dam
Displacement
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• AID and Disaster Relief

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Temporary shelter houses
-Earthquake Relief Projects, Kutch, Gujarat
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Mobile Health Camps
-Earthquake Relief Projects, Kutch, Gujarat
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Children of Bilgaon pitching in
-Microhydel Project, Maharashtra
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Dec. 3, 1984 the Night of Death
16,000 breathed their last
Union Carbide, Bhopal after the Gas Leak
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19 Years Later
For 120,000 people
The Darkness still remains
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• AID and Sangharsh

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Fight for justice
One day at a time
Satinath Sarangi, Rashida Bi, Champa Devi outside
DOW HQ
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One TRIUMPH at a time
After confrontation with DOW CEO Parker -- AID
Michigan
Returning toxic waste to DOW
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• AID
• and
• Technology for the Masses

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I am capable of generating power for my own needs!
-Pedal Power Project
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I can do it too!
-Pedal power generator project
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Organic farming
AID-GRASS Project, AP
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100 Blocks6000 villagesMillions of poorest
people directly impacted

• Programs in women's development,
  health, education, publication and income
  generation.

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AID and the people

• Relationship is one of partnership

• Listening to the people and what they
  want the solutions lie within them

• Developing sustainable and repeatable
• development models with local flavor

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The message from the grassroots
is one of Hope.
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Of courage
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Of Optimism
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Compassion whenever there is suffering
Conviction that the compassion is strong enough
to eliminate suffering
Courage to make this conviction a reality..
THIS is AID.