Aid Delhi Newsletter September 2005

Association for India’s Development Delhi Chapter

AID Delhi Monthly, Sept 2005 Edition # 1

“Learning humility, purity and simple-living from those who don't take too much from the earth... Targeting the problems of hunger, disease and oppression that sadden their lives... Inspiring in each other trust, Confidence and support for one another...” Our Mission

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From the Editor’s Desk Riputapan

From the Editor’s Desk Activity Highlights Project Updates Parichay Faith Foundation AID Prayas, Noida AICB Prayas, Jahangirpuri Nayi Disha Cell Updates IT cell What’s Next Volunteer Requirements Donations / Funds Publications Team Contact Information

"We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves” - Swami Vivekanand

This edition marks a change in the frequency and pattern of AID Delhi newsletters. On the same lines as AID Worldwide, AID Delhi will have 2 newsletters from now on. One will be a monthly update on progress, like this edition. The second will be very general and consist of articles and other useful stuff. It will be released on a quarterly basis. As always, it’s good to see the progress being made as we move forward. The most significant happening this month was the formation of a formal Executive Committee with roles and responsibilities clearly ear marked. It will ensure better accountability and a structured, professional approach to our work. A new project has also been added to AID Delhi’s Kitty – AID Prayas at Noida. Even though AID Delhi chapter has gained good momentum but the challenge lies in sustaining it. The next few months will be utilised to consolidate our existing projects while always looking for new avenues to expand. This edition is dedicated to the victims of the recent earthquake which rattled Pakistan & parts of India. The death toll is still rising as I write this editorial. Let’s take some time out to pray for the souls who continue to suffer and do whatever we can to help the victims of this tragedy. Comments / suggestions / criticism are welcomed, as always.

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v Distribution of fruits among children (money donated by Meera Aunty)

Activity highlights

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Operations Review (OR) held on 4 Sept at AIIMS. Blood Donation camp also organized on the same day. This time the no. of volunteers attending the OR went up to 60.

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AID volunteers attend perform ance by Blind students during IIT-Delhi Festival Rendezvous, supporting the cause.

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Computer classes for IV & V classes begin at Nayi Disha.

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Parichay stall put up at IIT-Delhi during Rendezvous, though the sales were hit by rains.

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AID volunteers assist Himmat at their stall in IIT-Delhi.

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AID Delhi formalizes its organization structure by forming an executive committee.

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New features added to AID Delhi website. Search for “AID Delhi” on most of the popular search engines like Google, Yahoo & MSN shows delhi.ai dindia.org as the top result.

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AID -Delhi spreads its wings across NCR with a volunteer meeting in Gurgaon

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AID volunteers at Prayas Jahangirpuri start teaching III, !V & V Class students as well (besides the students of VI & VII).

Activities planned for this month :v A volunteer will be joining from 2nd October to start the literacy classes for the ladies. v Expansion of the masala unit. v Shooting for the documentary will start. Script being prepared by Anchal, Ritu(Kalindi college) v Subscribing 'Indradhanush'(Science magazine in Hindi for children) from the month of October as suggested by Mr. Somnath Mukherjee (AID -Houston) Volunteers :Selva, Somendra, Swina, Swati, Sarfaraz, Priya, Rohit, Puneeta, Vaibhav

Faith Foundation Project Updates

Coordinator : Gunjan Activities taken up in last month :v Non -Formal education classes for ragpicker children of Vasant Vihar area

Parichay Coordinator : Somendra

Volunteers :Gunjan, Bhuvan, Karrtika, Simran, Prabhjot

Activities taken up in last month :v Special classes for NF 3 children on Sundays (Somendra) v English classes for children on Tuesday( Swina) th v Stall at IIT Delhi Rendezvous on 25 Sept th v Meeting of Masala marketing team on 18 Sept. Selva co-ordinated the meeting,Anirban Gupta(Dhriiti) was also present. v Nutrition Program for the children at Parichay continues

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AID Prayas, Noida

v Computer classes for IV & V class students

Coordinator : Rahul

Activities planned for this month :v Lecture on celebrating a safe Diwali v Session on Hygiene

Activities taken up in last month :v Stabilising the school strength v Continuing the current syllabus Activities planned for this month :v Teaching Hindi basics v Developing good hand-writing v One class per week for general knowledge & Maths Volunteers :Rajat Maheshwari, Mayank Patra, Rahul Rekhawar

Volunteers :Anand, Shammi, Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat, Peeyush, Monica Sharma, Monica Gupta, Aditya

Cell Updates Agrawal,

Sambit

IT Cell AICB

Coordinator : Manish

Coordinator : Divya

Activities planned for this month :-

Activities taken up in last month :v New features added to AID Delhi’s website. These features include login facility, weblinks, RSS, Blogs, reviving Eshop & revamping the whole website v AID Delhi website now lists as the topmost link in popular search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN etc.

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Activities planned for this month :v Meal-a-month pledge form

Activities taken up in last month :v Regular Visits to the Blind School v Reading out to students v Recording study material

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Volunteer coordination for AICB Promoting Cards and door mats made by AICB Students Massive Volunteer hunt from North-West Delhi

Volunteers :Namita, Sushma, Shilpa, Ankita, Divya , Kavita

Prayas, Jahangirpuri

Volunteers :Manish, Krishna, Aneesha

Anirban,

Prasoon,

Yogesh,

What’s Next

Coordinator : Mayank Jain Activities taken up in last month :v Classes for students of VI & VII v Started teaching students of junio r classes as well (III, IV, V) Volunteers :Jatin, Mayank Jain, Shuchi, Priya , Uma

Nayi Disha Coordinator : Mayank Agarwal Activities taken up in last month :v Maths/English/Hindi classes for class IV and V v Holistic Education for class III

Massive “Say NO to crackers” campaign is targeted this month. For this, we have created three posters to spread awareness about the ill effects of Diwali crackers. If you think pollution is a big problem for us, we would like you to do these :v To take prin touts (or xerox) of these posters and post them at • Offices/Compa nies • Schools/Colleges • Apartments or Residential areas v Talk to your organisation (College, School, Company or Apartment) and make sure they post it at all places. v Take a pledge for yourself by visiting our site http://delhi.aidindia.org

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Spread this word by forwarding the posters to your friends, colleagues Ask your family members/friends to keep the posters in their organisations. Spread the message by word of mouth

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AICB (Rohini) : Volunteers required for dubbing, audio recording & proof reading. For recording, volunteers can even work from home. Volunteers required for fund-raising activities Parichay (East Delhi) : Volunteers required to conduct English classes thrice a week & to conduct literacy program for ladies Prayas (Jahangirpuri) : Volunteers required for teaching during weekdays. Media Relations : 2-3 volunteers needed preferably from Mass Communication background

If you wish to volunteer for any of the above activities, please write to [email protected]

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To donate for Earthquake relief, you can write a cheque to AID-India & contact Anuj at 098 182-48459

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Funds required for renting the room (Rs. 500 p.m.) • Funds required for purchase of books, charts etc. v Faith Foundation • Funds required for dental treatment of children To donate funds for above purposes, you can write to us at [email protected] You can also help raise funds for AID Delhi by :v Buying or facilitating the sales of AID Delhi T-shirts. v Pledging to donate a fixed amount every month to our meal-a-month program (www.oneforindia.org)

Publications Team Content Generation, Editing, Designing : Riputapan

Contact Information Postal Address : AID Delhi , B-121, MIG Flats , Phase-IV, Ashok Vihar , Delhi - 110 052 E-mail : [email protected] Website : delhi.aidindia.org Phone : 9818248459 (Anuj) Group Mail id : [email protected] [email protected]

And crawling on the planet's face Some insects called the human race Lost in time Lost in space And meaning

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Parichay : • Funds to buy a computer monitor & UPS • Additional Room required on rent (Rs. 700 p.m.) • Other monthly expenditures AID Prayas (Noida) :

Don’t be lost anymore Find your true calling By Volunteering with AID http://delhi.aidindia.org

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