Be the change you want to see in the world - Gandhiji
Association for India's Development (AID) is a worldwide volunteer-driven movement. AID started in University of Maryland at College Park in 1991 when some graduate students of Indian origin decided to make a difference to lives of unpriviliged sections of society in India. Since then, the movement has spread to more than 50 universities in the US and India. Over the past years AID has undertaken numerous projects across the length and breadth of the country.
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AID was founded in 1991 with the vision: Problems are interconnected, so must be the solution.
The problems of poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, disease, social inequalities, corruption and the dwindling of natural resources reinforce one another. One problem leads to the other and feeds on another. Therefore the solutions to these problems must be interconnected, just like the problems themselves. Thus solutions must involve initiatives in diverse areas like education, creation of livelihoods, health-care, demanding of accountability, environmental awareness, simple living, water-harvesting, alternate energy and conservation of forests.
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- 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.
Note: This is our worldwide mission. |
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The seeds of the Delhi chapter of AID were sown in 1999. However, the chapter started to evolve from a virtual group (on emails) to a real force of volunteers in January 2004. |
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