Over 100 volunteers attend 10th AID Conference
Buffalo hosted AID’s 10th annual conference over Memorial Day.

Chhattisgarh to Buffalo, Seeking Justice                                            
First there was applause and then there were tears; one was filled with hope on the one hand after witnessing extraordinary strength under extreme duress. At the same time, one could not help feeling sad and angry after listening to Dr. Ilina Sen

An AIDer’s First Conference
This was my first year attending the annual conference of the Association for India’s Development (AID). It is difficult to describe what a powerful experience it was. I learnt a lot more about AID activities, ways to get involved and AID’s relationship with its Saathis and Jeevansaathis.

AIDers discuss, then march on gender
Earlier this year, there was a spirited discussion on AID forums regarding women's dress code and its impact on their physical safety. To take the discussion to the next level, we decided to organize a session on gender issues at the conference.

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Editor: Srinadh Madhavapeddi
Volume 14, Issue 3

No Country for Good Men?
Dr. Binayak Sen is the first South Asian to receive the prestigious Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights, but has been imprisoned on false charges in Chattisgarh.

Enquiry into failing Anganwadi
While discussing nutrition with women in Tolapi, Andhra Pradesh, we talked about the importance of eating well during pregnancy and nursing. India’s Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) provides supplementary food-grains to pregnant women and new mothers to aid maternal nutrition.

Meet our Saathi: Prasanna Saligram
Prasanna Saligram, an engineer by training, joined AID Chennai as a volunteer in 1998, helped organize the first AID India conference in 1999, and has been involved with AID ever since. He also volunteers with the Hundred Block Plan (HBP) in Tamil Nadu.

Intern in Indian Villages
Roopal Patel recently completed 6 months in rural and tribal Indian villages. She visited villages, documented programs, summarized data, presented research, and shared in the festivities as well as struggles of the people in the Narmada Valley.

Your Voice Counts for Bhopal!
From pre-teen Yasmin to the wrinkled Madame Rose, survivors of the world’s worst industrial disaster are waiting patiently, but with the zeal only those who marched 500 miles from Bhopal to New Delhi could muster. Children want to be lawyers so that they can fight for what their government has wrongly denied them after twenty-three years of struggle.

Support Technology Alternatives!
AID develops solutions that create local livelihoods, using local materials.

Recently Approved Projects

April 2008 Dishaa printable pdf

Editors: Sunila Nair, Sree Ganesan
Volume 53, April-June 2008

The 2007 AID India Annual Conference

The tenth Annual Conference of the Association for India's Development (AID), was held at the AID Rural Technology Resource Center (ARTRC) in Paralekhemundi, Orissa from December 22nd to 24th, 2007.



Running for India … and Then Some!

13 AID San Diego volunteers who ran as part of the Run For India (RFI) campaign in the Carlsbad Marathon & Half with volunteers.

Tackling Malnutrition in Infants  through “Phulwaris”

Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS), addresses child malnutrition with the "Phulwari" program in Chhattisgarh.

AIDS Awareness Education through Cultural Performances in Villages

(MERDS), a Dindigul, TN based group uses street theater, music and folk art to disseminate information about health issues.

LEDs Light Up The Way in Rural Orissa

Student members of Engineers Without Borders and AID JITM (Jagannath Institute for Technology and Management) came up with an appropriate technology based on a project of low cost lighting for remote communities in India.

Recently Approved Projects

February 2008 printable pdf

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Editors: Mamta Chinnappa, Bindu Sundaresan
Volume 14, Issue 1