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AID SD Patron Appreciation Lunch
Dr.Ravi Kuchimanchi Ravi founded AID in 1991 with the vision “Problems in India are interconnected, so must be the solution.” At this time he was a graduate student at the University of Maryland. AID has matured into a volunteer movement for sustainable, holistic development with 50 chapters in USA, Australia and India with over 1000 […]
Site-visit to LEISA Project, Karnataka
Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) Project is involved in the promotion of sustainable farming methods among farmers in Karnataka, using funds from the (NREGA) programme and other sources. TheThis project is currently conducted by the Green Foundation and AID Bengaluru. For more details about the project the AID India site. Dhanya Gopal, an AID […]
RUN FOR INDIA-5K AND HALF MARATHON
JOIN OUR TEAM TO RUN HALF MARATHON, TO RAISE AWARENESS, TO RAISE FUNDS, TO SUPPORT GRASSROOTS PROJECTS IN INDIA. WE ARE RUNNING 5K AND HALF MARATHON ON SUNDAY APRIL 27, 2014 AT THE LA JOLLA HALF MARATHON JOIN US FOR THE PRACTICE RUNS EVERY SATURDAY AT 7:30 AM| MIRAMAR LAKE Click here to sign up […]
Bollywood Bhangra Night- Take 2 on Nov 8, 2013
Join us on November 8, 2013 10pm onwards at Royal India, Downtown for the BIGGEST DESI PARTY in town Tickets available here. Click BIGGER, BETTER AND LOUDER THAN LAST YEAR. A night for the ages. Live it up, with DJ Sukh, in the heart of San Diego Downtown. Balle away to the early hours. NEW: […]
Jivani
A Struggle towards dignified Life…… When several textile mills were closed in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, around 1.82 lakh families became jobless. The JIVANI programme started when many such families, that had lost their livelihoods, approached organizations like Janpath for support for their home-based work. Considerable number of women from such families were forced to move into sex trade and clinical […]
Chiguru – JMS
Jagrutha Mahila Sanghatan (JMS) is a Dalit Women’s Collective of women agricultural labourers in about 30 villages in Raichur district which has organized itself for social, political and economic rights. Various alternative livelihood development programs have been started for the JMS women members, including neem fertilizer and biopesticide unit, herbal products unit etc. One of […]
Saathiship for Peter Bakos
Project: Saathiship for Peter Bakos Location: Tamil Nadu, Orissa Focus: Livelihoods, Handicrafts Saathi information: Peter has so far worked extensively in Orissa for the last 4 years training artisans in bamboo and other handicraft work. Prior to that, Peter was master trainer at Academy of Developmental Sciences (ADS) in Karjat Dt, Maharashtra Project Summary: The […]
Utthan
Objective: Utthan envisions a society that imbibes and ensures the values of gender justice, equality, peace and happiness in practice.Utthan’s mission is to initiate gender sensitive processes of empowerment amongst the most vulnerable communities, through a process of building conscientiousness and organizing around their major issues. Key Areas of Focus: Gender and empowerment – Intervensions: […]
Skit at AIGS, UCSD event
Volunteers from AID San Diego, along with other like-minded volunteers, conducted a short-skit at the welcome party of the Association of Indian Graduate Students (AIGS), UCSD, held at La Jolla Shores on Sept 28, 2013. The skit was aimed at sending a message that each one of us could contribute to those in need in […]
“Participatory Development at the Grassroots of India” – a talk by AID fellow, Mr Somnath Mukherji
Speaker Bio: Somnath has been an active volunteer with AID since 2002 being involved in several projects, campaigns and publication efforts. He has spent time with several projects across India and continues to do so every year. After Cyclone Aila in 2009, Somnath mobilized volunteers and partners on the ground to initiate the sustainable agriculture […]
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