About AID

Thank you for your interest in AID.

What we do: 

We are a voluntary non-profit organisation started in 1991. Our focus since then has been in tackling the problems faced in rural India. We believe that problems such as illiteracy, unemployment, lack of health care, etc are all interconnected, and should be tackled in an interconnected manner. AID believes in an holistic approach and supports projects in literacy, rural development, women's empowerment, Health care, Vocational training, environment, etc..

We invite or obtain project proposals from India, review them in detail at our weekly meetings, communicate with them, very often visit the project site, check the credibility of the organisation and then provide them financial and non-monetary assistance.

Salient Features: 

1. All of AID's work in the U.S. is done by unpaid volunteers. All the donations are used in the most efficient manner towards AID's mission.

2. We monitor our projects regularly through volunteer visits to India and through AID volunteers in India. We also insist on regular feedback to ensure that we know of the progress of the project.

3. AID is developing a strong volunteer base in India. Two of our dedicated volunteers have returned to India to work fulltime for AID.

4. We have started implementing our long term plan of Seed Villages and Focus Villages to establish holistic development efforts in different centers in India.

How you can help: 

a) You can contribute your donations to AID; All donations are tax-exempt.

b) You can volunteer for AID by spreading the message about AID among your friends or locality: distributing AID newsletters locally, sending emails to friends, linking the AID website to popular websites, talking to people at gatherings, etc.

c) You can attend our meetings (held every saturday afternoon on campus), contribute your time, ideas and talent to acheive our goals. The time and venue is available at the bottom right hand corner of our home page.

I guess this has been a brief introduction to AID. Please visit the rest of our web page and feel free to get back to us if you have questions or want to know more about contributing to our efforts. Please also visit the main aid home page www.aidindia.org.

With regards,
AID-Austin