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 Association for India’s Development
Delhi Chapter Newsletter
November2008
 
 Table of ContentsEditorial
Editorial 1Project Updates
 AID Aashayein
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  AID Gurgaon
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  AID Prayas
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 Parichay 
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 Khoj
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  Jamghat
5 Article: How to be an agent of Change 5 AID Treasury 6 AID India Annual Conference 7ROTI 2009 9Contact us 10
 Great to see you all back in another version of our AID Delhi’s monthly newsletter. I apologize for thedelay in the same. This is the last version of thiscalendar year and it has been an enchanting year for AID Delhi and its activities. We’ve spread our wingsacross lot of new horizons this year with the strength of our volunteers. We’ve also got a full timer with us now  who will even strengthen AID Delhi’s activities andmake its presence a valuable one. We’ve kick started afew new ventures and collaborations this year and hopeto carry it along finely in the coming years. I wouldsincerely thank every one of you who’ve offeredsupport to make us reach where we are now today.In my editorial I’d like to focus on meal a monthas I see the trend of meal a month getting a downfall inthe last couple of months. Now we all know that AIDDelhi does a lot of good work on the ground with thehelp of volunteers and run projects. We all question where does the support for running our projects comefrom?. We always raised our funds through our meal amonth from our volunteers and supporters. Now whatis meal a month? Simply defining it’s the money offeredto AID Delhi by a person whose one meal valuesequivalent to the amount which he / she gives. Now  why do we call it as meal a month and not a donation? As per me donation is something which is being madeto a charity where you give away some money to anyone which according to you might be for a good cause orfor a feel good factor and some where just to show taxexemption, but meal a month is something whichrelates to make a person feel / show value towards thecontribution as its not just the money donated but ameal of them. We all agree that we survive for our food andshelter which are the most prior things and a lot of other things follow and we value our food we eat and we respect the money spent on our food.
 
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It might sound a bit sentimental but the fact isthat when one pledges an amount which he / shemight spend for a meal of theirs they feel moreaffiliated towards the cause. The value of food / mealis not the same for all. It differs from person toperson by this way ensure that each one of us feel freeto contribute whatever they feel that they wouldspend. Most of us probably keep a fast once in a week or a month [the reasons being so many which I wouldnot discuss], but never thought that why don’t we skipone meal of ours and contribute that value of the mealto a cause. This seems to be very simple but when itcomes in the ground it is very effective. Lets not beashamed that I spend only Rs.20/- for a meal. ThatRs. 20/- adds a meal to your life but can add a lotmore to someone else who is getting benefitedthrough AID. We have more than 700 registered volunteers with us out of which less than 10 % volunteerscontribute meal a month with which we could do sucha tremendous work. Imagine if more volunteers startto contribute. “Small drops come together to makeflood”. Lets come together and make a huge“DIFFERENCE”. Happy New Year and Merry Chirtmas in Advance.Happy Reading!!!Selva Ganapathy R aid.selva@gmail.com +91-98913584574.
 
 Aman and Nikhil, two volunteers have taken up theresponsibility of creating a database of thecommunity by conducting a survey and arecurrently working on the same.
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 Aashayein decided to make some stuff this Diwaliand we with the help of some volunteers wemanaged to make three items, which were,bookmarks, bags and photo frames. These items were sold at ST Microelectronics on 20
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October with the help of Parichay.
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 A meeting with Sanjeev from AID was heldregarding space issue.
 
Events planned in next month
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 We are now planning to share the experience of making the products with all the volunteers and teach all thekids as well as volunteers how to make the stuff. Alsoprovide some women in the community with material tomake stuff which can later be marketed. A volunteer Shireen will be joining us from the end of October and hopefully by next month with the help of  Vijay Bhaiya from Parichay we will start working on aspecial kid from aashayein.
Project Location
: Timarpur ( 10minute walk fromDelhi University metro station )
 
Regular Classes:
 Weekends - Saturday : 4 pm - 6 pm
 
Sunday : 10:30am - 12:30 pm
 
Regular volunteers
: Kavita Aunty, Nitin, Neeru,Nikhil, Kriti, Sampurna, Aman, Arongdi, Tanya
New volunteers this month:
Rupin
 
Contact Information
: Neeru Malhotra - 9971661422
 
 
Project Updates: AID GurgaonProject Updates: AID Aasahyein
 Activity Updates:
 
1.
 
In the month of October the regular weekendclasses of Aashayein took place.2.
 
 Apart from academics children were told about theharmful effects of bursting crackers on Diwali andhow it can be very hazardous.
 
3.
 
 Two volunteers Prachi and Ragini who had joinedus from the Play for Peace organization and were toconduct a teo month program with the kids had toleave due to some prior commitments, but will joinlater when they an devote their time fully.
ctivity UpdatesNutrition program
  As part of regularizing the Nutrition program on a daily basis, AID Gurgaon volunteers took the following steps:
 
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1.
 
Purchased utensils and gas achieveindependence in terms of infrastructure2.
 
Started handing over the responsibilities likeprocuring the milk, heating the milk anddistribution the milk to senior students; thishelped the process become self sufficient3.
 
Has got a proposal from RBS to sponsor theprogram for 2 months after they have had alook at the program on a weekday 
Regular student Education Program (RSEP) program
 1.
 
 Winter uniforms procured for students admittedby AID- Gurgaon in a private school.
Events planned in next month:
Regular Nutrition Program and admitting a few morechildren to mainstream education with the help of Pallavanjali School
Project Location:
Sector 31, Gurgaon
 Timings:
Regular school sessions: Monday toFriday  Volunteer visits to Basti : Saturday andSunday 15.00 hours onwards
Regular volunteers:
Puneet, Anshul, Shankar, DilipPuneet Sharmap.sharma83@gmail.com+91- 9811621209 On academic front, classes are running smoothly,leaving aside minor hiccups. Classes of 12 children – potential children likely to be admitted with school (NaiDisha) in Class II & above in next academic session – are being conducted 5 days a week, Mon-Wed-Fri(2030-2230 Hrs) Sat-Sun (1600-1800 Hrs). Apart fromthese, classes for 12-15 children in junior class (less than8 yrs of age) are being conducted on Tue-Thurs-Sat(1800-2000) Hrs. Some of these children will also betried for admission in schools starting next academicsession.On volunteer's enthusiasm side, we are notfaring very well. Probably the slump in enthusiasm islinked to global economy, but with better propensity toresurrect. So no major issues are seen as on now. New  volunteer are always welcome but volunteers withradical ideas glued with practicality are preferred!!On fund raising front, we are doing just fine andmore or less self sufficient, thanks to some majordonations by our esteemed patrons. Names arenot being disclosed here keeping non-disclosure clause(spirit of unbiased approach, equal stake &responsibility) in mind. That's all for the month!! Anand K Gupta+91-9868885823gupta.anandk@gmail.com
Eureka Class
 The Eureka class at present contains 12 children out of  which 11 are regular. The class was held after onemonth hence we had to start the class from the scratchas children might have lost touch. I accompanied by 4other volunteers together started the class. They used tocome on the respective days on which they wereavailable. As we started to teach every kid the basic varnmala and eventually got to know that Jainab Ruby and Dolly were through with it. Hence we separatedthem from the lot. While rest of the children continuedto learn the letters in Hindi.Tarun brought a colourfulchart which contained the Varnmala through which wetaught. He also brought some small charts which wehad put in the class only so that children can see thatregularly and learn while seeing. Jainab, Ruby and Dolly 
 
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Project Updates: AID Prayas
 Activity Updates
In this month, we rented a place with muchbigger space as compared to existing setup inside thecommunity, located around 300 meters fromcommunity gate in Sector 16 itself. This place is leasedfor Prayaas, starting Nov 15, 2008 for 11 months. Weare in the process of changing the look & feel of theroom and creating a semblance of school. A volunteerassociated with Literacy India is helping us in thisexercise. We are also in process of hiring a full timeteacher, just to do away with any kind of irregularity inteaching process and hope to zero in next two weeks.
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