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
 Table of contents From the Editor’s Desk

Riputapan
From the Editor’s Desk
This edition marks a change in the frequency
Activity Highlights and pattern of AID Delhi newsletters. On the
same lines as AID Worldwide, AID Delhi will
Project Updates have 2 newsletters from now on. One will be a
Parichay monthly update on progress, like this edition.
Faith Foundation
The second will be very general and consist of
AID Prayas, Noida
AICB articles and other useful stuff. It will be
Prayas, Jahangirpuri released on a quarterly basis.
Nayi Disha
As always, it’s good to see the progress being
Cell Updates made as we move forward. The most
IT cell significant happening this month was the
formation of a formal Executive Committee
What’s Next with roles and responsibilities clearly ear -
marked. It will ensure better accountability
Volunteer Requirements and a structured, professional approach to
our work. A new project has also been added
Donations / Funds
to AID Delhi’s Kitty – AID Prayas at Noida.
Publications Team
Even though AID Delhi chapter has gained
Contact Information 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

"We are responsible for what we are,
and whatever we wish ourselves to be,
we have the power to make ourselves”
- Swami Vivekanand
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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What you do may seem insignificant, but its important that you do it
 v Distribution of fruits among children
Activity highlights (money donated by Meera Aunty)

Activities planned for this month :-

th v A volunteer will be joining from 2nd
v Operations Review (OR) held on 4 Sept
at AIIMS. Blood Donation camp also October to start the literacy classes for the
ladies.
organized on the same day. This time the
v Expansion of the masala unit.
no. of volunteers attending the OR went
v Shooting for the documentary will start.
up to 60.
Script being prepared by Anchal,
v AID volunteers attend perform ance by Ritu(Kalindi college)
Blind students during IIT-Delhi Festival v Subscribing 'Indradhanush'(Science
Rendezvous, supporting the cause. magazine in Hindi for children) from the
month of October as suggested by Mr.
v Computer classes for IV & V classes begin
Somnath Mukherjee (AID -Houston)
at Nayi Disha.
v Parichay stall put up at IIT-Delhi during Volunteers :-
Rendezvous, though the sales were hit by Selva, Somendra, Swina, Swati, Sarfaraz, Priya,
rains. Rohit, Puneeta, Vaibhav
v AID volunteers assist Himmat at their stall
in IIT-Delhi.
v AID Delhi formalizes its organization
structure by forming an executive
committee.
v 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.
v AID -Delhi spreads its wings across NCR
with a volunteer meeting in Gurgaon
v AID volunteers at Prayas Jahangirpuri
start teaching III, !V & V Class students as
well (besides the students of VI & VII).
Faith Foundation
Coordinator : Gunjan
Project Updates
Activities taken up in last month :-
v Non -Formal education classes for rag-
picker children of Vasant Vihar area
Parichay Volunteers :-
Coordinator : Somendra 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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What you do may seem insignificant, but its important that you do it
 AID Prayas, Noida
Coordinator : Rahul
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 Agrawal, Sambit
Patra, Rahul Rekhawar
AICB
Coordinator : Divya
Activities taken up in last month :-
v Regular Visits to the Blind School
v Reading out to students
v Recording study material
Activities planned for this month :-
v Volunteer coordination for AICB
v Promoting Cards and door mats made by
AICB Students
v Massive Volunteer hunt from North-West
Delhi
Volunteers :-
Namita, Sushma, Shilpa, Ankita, Divya , Kavita
Prayas, Jahangirpuri
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
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v Computer classes for IV & V class
students
Activities planned for this month :-
v Lecture on celebrating a safe Diwali
v Session on Hygiene
Volunteers :-
Anand, Shammi, Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat,
Peeyush, Monica Sharma, Monica Gupta, Aditya
Cell Updates
IT Cell
Coordinator : Manish
Activities taken up in last month :-
v New features added to AID Delhi’s
website. These features include login
facility, weblinks, RSS, Blogs, reviving E-
shop & revamping the whole website
v AID Delhi website now lists as the topmost
link in popular search engines like Google,
Yahoo, MSN etc.
Activities planned for this month :-
v Meal-a-month pledge form
Volunteers :-
Manish, Krishna, Anirban, Prasoon, Yogesh,
Aneesha
What’s Next
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
 v Spread this word by forwarding the • Funds required for renting the
posters to your friends, colleagues room (Rs. 500 p.m.)
v Ask your family members/friends to keep • Funds required for purchase of
the posters in their organisations. books, charts etc.
v Spread the message by word of mouth v Faith Foundation
• Funds required for dental
treatment of children
Volunteer Requirements
To donate funds for above purposes, you can
write to us at aid.delhi@gmail.com

v AICB (Rohini) : Volunteers required for You can also help raise funds for AID Delhi by :-
dubbing, audio recording & proof reading. v Buying or facilitating the sales of AID Delhi
For recording, volunteers can even work T-shirts.
from home. v Pledging to donate a fixed amount every
v Volunteers required for fund-raising month to our meal-a-month program
activities (www.oneforindia.org)
v Parichay (East Delhi) : Volunteers
required to conduct English classes thrice
a week & to conduct literacy program for
ladies Publications Team
v Prayas (Jahangirpuri) : Volunteers
required for teaching during weekdays.
v Media Relations : 2-3 volunteers needed Content Generation, Editing, Designing : Riputapan
preferably from Mass Communication
background

If you wish to volunteer for any of the above Contact Information

activities, please write to aid.delhi@gmail.com

Postal Address : AID Delhi ,

B-121, MIG Flats ,
Donations / Funds
Phase-IV, Ashok Vihar ,
Delhi - 110 052
v To donate for Earthquake relief, you can E-mail : aid.delhi@gmail.com
write a cheque to AID-India & contact Anuj Website : delhi.aidindia.org
at 098 182-48459 Phone : 9818248459 (Anuj)
Group Mail id : aid_del@yahoogroups.com
aid_delcore@yahoogroups.com

And crawling on the planet's face

Some insects called the human race
Lost in time
Lost in space
And meaning

Don’t be lost anymore

v Parichay : Find your true calling
• Funds to buy a computer monitor By
& UPS Volunteering with AID
• Additional Room required on rent
(Rs. 700 p.m.)
• Other monthly expenditures http://delhi.aidindia.org
v AID Prayas (Noida) :

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What you do may seem insignificant, but its important that you do it