AID Delhi

1. Water Cell: The Water Cell is a focus group formed by volunteers at AID-Delhi, with the aim of generating awareness among people on all water related issues ranging from 'Water Pollution' to 'Rain Water Harvesting' to 'Water Conservation'. This local cell works in collaboration with AID-wide water cell. We intend to undertake a detailed study on the way we utilize our water resources and answer the following questions:  
1. Do we know how we get access to all the water we use?
2. Are our water sources replenishable? And can they sustain the ever increasing demand?
3. What do we know about conservation of water? How effectively can we implement conservation?
2. We believe that answers to these questions should help us understand our water resources and we would be in a better position to take action towards solving some of the water related problems. In the interim, we envisage to develop and implement technical improvements in different water-use industries like - textiles, bottling plants, paper etc. - such that they not only use water more efficiently, but also do not cause pollution of surrounding water resources. Any AID volunteer can be a part of water cell. To be a part of water cell at AID Delhi, please join watercell@yahoogroups.com. To be a part of AID-wide water cell, please join aid-water@yahoogroups.com
3. AID Delhi will be having an Operations Review and Blood Donation Camp on Sunday, September 4, 2005. The camp will take place at 10 am at the following venue: LT-1, AIIMS, N. Delhi. For more information on this event and others, please visit http://delhi.aidindia.org/.
   

-- Contributed by Vivek

AID Milwaukee

1. Raised $2500 at a cricket tournament including the food sale
2. Tabled at the annual Anand Mela at the Wisconsin Hindu temple. It was an excellent awareness generation event that was attended by approximately 3000 people. Several calendars were given away.
3. The Minneapolis and Milwaukee Chapters went on a camping retreat to Perrot State Park in Wisconsin on August 13-14. Ten volunteers from both the chapters participated in the retreat.
4. AID- Milwaukee will organize its annual Walk and Run for 2005 on October 1  followed by Gandhi Jayanti celebrations including a picnic, games and food. Two hundred people are expected to participate.
   

-- Contributed by Sushma Iyer