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Indians for Collective Action (ICA)
[ http://www.icaonline.org ]
ICA is a San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit group, working on behalf of India 's poor. Our vision is a secure life for every Indian, in a sustainable environment and a just society. Our mission is to enable the poor to seek and gain access to healthcare, education, local natural resources, and sustainable, community-based income earning opportunities. Our method is to provide seed funding, ongoing financial resources, and moral and technical support to innovative, community-based development initiatives. Hence our motto: Development through innovation.
Since our inception in 1968, ICA has supported development projects in 16 states. We work in partnership with dedicated social workers and organizations in India and in the US. It is ICA's practice only to work with those NGOs whose guiding principles are secular, non-partisan and democratic.
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Bija Vidyapeeth
[ http://www.navdanya.org/bija/ ]
In a world dominated by greed and competition, speed and restlessness, pollution and ecological destruction, war and violence, Bija Vidyapeeth offers a unique opportunity to explore and practice the art and science of sustainability through interactions with the foremost intellectuals and sustainable communities of our times.
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Environmental Sanitation Institute (ESI)
[ http://www.esi.org.in/ ]
In a country where over 77% of rural families in India do not have access to toilets (Census 2001), the Environmental Sanitation Institute (ESI) works as a training facility for environmental and sanitation awareness. It guides rural areas in the best methods to maintain sanitary conditions while also focusing on drainage facilities that cater to the cultures of the various communities. ESI inspired the idea of Manav Sadhna and continues to influence its operations.
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Indicorps
[ http://www.indicorps.org ]
“Indicorps is a non-partisan, non-religious, non-profit organization that encourages Indians around the world to actively participate in the progress of the country that defines their identity. Indicorps' development-oriented programs are designed to build principled leadership, empower visionaries, inspire collective action, and unite India towards a common vision while creating opportunities for Indians and the Indian diaspora to serve India by applying their skills, time, and resources towards grassroots projects and sustainable strategies for change.” (from Indicorps website)
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Jamghat
[ http://jamghat.blogspot.com ]
Jamghat invites individuals on organized night walks that explore the life of street children around the Old Delhi area. The aim of the evening walk project is to generate awareness about street children living in Delhi and to help them in living a life of their choice in a healthy way. Jamghat’s main objective is to understand the difficulty and pleasure of being a street child in Delhi.
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Jatan Trust
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Jatan has been a pioneering organization for the organic farming movement in Gujarat since 1985. Based in Baroda, Jatan promotes organic farming practices and develops practical ways of marketing local organic food. At the local level, Jatan brings together farmers, consumers, government agencies, and universities through the organization of conferences, educational workshops, and food festivals. Jatan also releases a quarterly magazine on organic farming, named "Graam Jatan", which was the first periodical on organic farming printed in the Gujarati language.
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Lok Samiti – Mehdiganj
[ http://www.ashanet.org/austin/mehdiganj and http://www.indiaresource.org ]
Lok Samiti is a people’s movement inspired by Jayaprakash Narayan that has loosely connected branches all over India. In the village of Medhiganj, Lok Samiti was started by local youth who wanted to work with local children and help them with their education. When the Coca-Cola factory opened near them in 1999 and the community felt that the company conducted unjust practices, Lok Samiti took upon the issue. Today, although their work and members are local, they are also part of a larger social transformation process.
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Manav Sadhna
[ http://www.manavsadhna.org ]
Manav Sadhna, as an NGO based at the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, is comprised of a young group of dedicated individuals working for the upliftment of poor and needy children. Inspired by Gandhian philosophy, Manav Sadhna works in the areas of education, nutrition, alternatives to child labor and medical aid to women and children living in the slums. However, through all of those lives that it touches, Manav Sadhna has managed to begin a movement to adapt Gandhian ideals to the current and complex issues facing not only India, but the world. Manav Sadhna wishes to plant the seeds of hope and inspiration among all people, especially those children who have been neglected by society.
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Manzil
[ http://www.manzil.in ]
Manzil is an informal school for children of domestic servants, drivers, peons, gardeners and others. The students and teachers are underprivileged children, mentally challenged children and students or dropouts from government schools in the locality. Volunteers are required to teach English to the children and take up other initiatives, which they feel will help in enhancing the personality and confidence of the children.
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SIDH
[ http://www.sidhsri.com ]
The Society for Integrated Development of Himalayas (SIDH) is committed to providing meaningful, relevant, and holistic education to local children and youth. SIDH’s primary mission is to use education as a tool for social change and to encourage a more meaningful exploration and dialogue, not only in the social and political spheres but also within individual mindsets. Currently SIDH operates 11 schools from the pre-primary level through high school and serves nearly 500 children in 40 villages of the Aglar Valley in Jaunpur. SIDH has expanded to include youth courses, teacher training, educational research, advocacy, and publication units, thus reaching out to all those concerned with quality in education.
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SWECHHA - We for Change
[ http://www.swfc.org.in and http://www.weforyamuna.8m.com/walk.html ]
SWECHHA - We for Change is a movement - a consensus among people about the nature of society, its problems and possible ways to work towards a positive change. “We for Yamuna”, as a project under SWECHHA, is a non-funded youth campaign that works towards creating a cleaner, greener and better society in regards to the Yamuna River pollution problem. “We For Yamuna” focuses on the dying river, which was, and ironically still is, the lifeline of Delhi and its adjoining areas. The group has been using Yamuna River walks, photo exhibitions, workshops, wall magazines and shramdaans, among others, to generate awareness among the people about the widespread pollution emanating from industrial waste, the callousness of the populace and mobilize public opinion in order to bring about positive changes in society.
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