How can you help AID Ann Arbor and India.

1. India’s
Development
Ann Arbor, MI

2. www.aidindia.org
info@aidindia.org
1-888-Talk-2-AID
Courage… Commitment…
Change…

3. What is AID?
A volunteer movement committed to promoting sustainable,
equitable and just development. In solidarity with non-violent
people's struggles, AID supports grassroots organizations in India
and initiates efforts in various interconnected spheres such as
education, livelihoods, natural resources, health, women's
empowerment and social justice.
Founded: 1991
Incorporated: 2003
Chapters in the US: 36
Number of Volunteers: ~1000
AID-India Chapters: 6
Projects Supported so far: 365
Ongoing Projects: ~100
Indian States with AID projects : 18
Projects Visited by AID volunteers: All
Donations to AID are tax-deductible in the USA where it is registered
as a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity with federal Tax-ID 04-3652609.

4. Past Ann Arbor Projects

5. Foundation of Development Research and Action (FODRA)
FODRA works with the families staying in slums and semi-urban low-income migrant
clusters of Delhi to undertake women centred self-sustaining integrated family development
actions for reducing of poverty and hunger, human development and better health hygiene
and sanitation.
http://www.fodra.org.in/
FODRA, Delhi

6. RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT
The goal of this project was to reverse the deleterious erosion process taking place in a
small fishing community in Andhra Pradesh. The first objective was to collect data regarding
the land use pattern along the coast, as well as the effect that industrialization is having on
the costal land and water bodies. The second objective was to intervene with public policy
workshops for local community members to advocate for regulations that would create
sustainable environmental and economic conditions for the impacted villages.
ERODING COSTAL
ECOSYSTEMS AND IMPACT on
FISHING Co, AP

7. RVC was set up in the year 1989 and moved to Akajan in Dhemaji district of
Assam in 1993.
This project was an effort to rehabilitate flood affected areas in the Dhemaji
district of Assam in 2004.
http://rvcassam.blogspot.com/
RURAL VOLUNTEER CENTER,
Assam

8. LITERACY AND EDUCATION, Varanasi, UP
NIRMAN is an NGO founded in 1990 which strives to impart education and skills to all
communities and believes in the arts as an excellent medium for learning and leading.
NIRMAN provides free books, and workshops of music, dance and theater to
underprivileged children from Betawar and promote reading/writing and the arts.
http://www.nirman.info/new/index.php
NIRMAN – CENTRE FOR POST
COLONIAL EDUCATION, UP
,

9. LIVELIHOOD GENERATION, PATHNAMTHITTA KERALA
Project initiatives in livelihood options and mobilization of tribal communities
Examples: procuring bamboo cutting licenses; chalking out possibilities for making
products for daily use like plates, cups, covers, etc; bulk collection and sale of agricultural
produce like Black Pepper produced by tribals ensuring fair prices and distribution of
essential commodities at fair prices
http://www.navachetana.in/
NAVACHETANA, Kerala

10. Pudiyador's vision is to empower underprivileged sections of Indian society,
primarily through an education program that fosters intellectual, social and
cultural development of the children.
http://www.pudiyador.org/
Pudiyador

11. Shobana dance concert
Ann Arbor Art Fair
Tsunami Relief vocal concert
AID ANN ARBOR
Fundraisers

12. Shobana Concert

13. Ann Arbor Art Fair

14. Local Activities
Direct Action Workshop

15. AID volunteers John Mathias
and Jeff Collins pose with Dr.
Vineeta Kumar an HIV/AIDS
activist who started the
organization Stop HIV/AIDS in
India Initiative (SHAII).
AID Ann Arbor
activism
AID participated in many
campus-wide campaigns,
including AIDS awareness
during World AIDS Week

16. Justice for Bhopal
On December 3rd, 1984, thousands of
people in Bhopal, India, were gassed to
death after a catastrophic chemical leak
at a Union Carbide pesticide plant. More
than 150,000 people were left severely
disabled, of whom 22,000 have since
died of their injuries, in a disaster now
widely acknowledged as the world’s
worst-ever industrial disaster.
AID Ann Arbor has raised
awareness of this issue on
campus by staging protests
and visiting the DOW board
members' houses in Midland,
Michigan.

17. Probably the longest-standing fight for
justice by survivors of an industrial disaster
waged against a transnational
corporation, the Bhopal struggle
epitomizes the worst abuses of
globalization and the challenges
involved in holding corporations
accountable. To find out more or to join
the campaign, please visit:
www.studentsforbhopal.org
Campaigning

18. How you can help
Volunteer! One of the easiest ways to help AID and its causes is to
volunteer your time and expertise. We need lots of help to run
fundraisers and raise awareness on issues.
Donate! All donations are tax-deductible and can be made out to AID
Ann Arbor. Your money will help support our projects in India. Donors
can elect to receive monthly or bi-annual updates from AID.
Join our facebook page!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/615147538540729/
Come to our meetings and
join our conference calls!
http://annarbor.aidindia.org/
is under construction

19. Chapter Coordinator: Naveen Naidu Narisetty; naveennn@umich.edu
Treasurer: Supreet Jeloka; sjeloka@umich.edu
Secretary: Priyanka; priyakul@umich.edu
Event coordinator: Anurag Panda <apanda@umich.edu>
Community Relations: Karthik Kandappan <kankarth@umich.edu>,
Poornashree Rajendra <ushapraj@umich.edu>, Rashmi Krishnan
<rashmikr@umich.edu>
Project coordinator:Archit <architr@umich.edu>
Creative team: Bikash Kanungo <bikash@umich.edu>, Vikas
<dhiman@umich.edu>, Benil <benil@umich.edu>
AID ANN ARBOR TEAM 2014

20.  Snehibhavan http://snehibhavan.org/
 Mukti (Sustainable Agriculture Movement)
http://www.muktiweb.org/projects/projectdetails.ph
p?pid=M000115
 Apna School http://apnaskool-
kanpur.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_1.html
Projects under consideration

21. Indian Student
Association’s Republic
Day function
DESH Annual Dance
Concert
Events 2014