2. School seems a long way away…

3. Catching insects for a living instead of the school bus

4. A mere 63% of Indians are literate Only 43% of Indian Women have primary education

5. AID and Education

6. The School Goes to the Children -Mobile School Project, Pune

7. “We love to read stories too” - Srikakulam Library Project, AP

8. The Railway platform is my school.. -Platform School Project, Orissa

9. “How many words can a floppy hold?” -Computer literacy with AID Jeevan Saathis

10. “Maybe not early, but earnestly to school” - Vocational training programs, Gujarat

11. But What if I am Not Strong Enough to Go to School?

12. Infant Mortality Rate in India: 63 deaths / 1000 births – Compare that with 6 deaths /1000 births in USA

13. AID and Health Care

14. Health Check-ups at Appalagraharam -AID Internship Program

15. Dispensing low cost medicines -Village Outreach Clinic, Ganiyari, Chattisgarh

16. Low cost centrifuge for testing Anemia Health care Research Center Research on Multi-drug Resistant TB

17. A lifetime bending All is not as well as can be …

18. To this day, many women in India face: Dowry Deaths Sexual abuse Social Inequalities Domestic Violence

19. AID and Women

20. Women - at the core of the village health training sessions

21. 18 women saving Rs.10/week: - Village Micro credit programs

22. Anti- Dowry Awareness Campaigns -AID Women Group Initiative

23. At the mercy of “Mother” Nature Gujarat Earthquake Orissa Cyclones

24. During years of low rainfall, ~130 million people in over 70,000 villages are at risk

25. Seasonal Floods Devastate Millions of Lives Each Year

26. 13 more villages are submerged due to Dam Displacement

27. AID and Disaster Relief

28. Temporary shelter houses -Earthquake Relief Projects, Kutch, Gujarat

29. Mobile Health Camps -Earthquake Relief Projects, Kutch, Gujarat

30. Children of Bilgaon pitching in -Microhydel Project, Maharashtra

31. Dec. 3, 1984 – the Night of Death… Union Carbide, Bhopal after the Gas Leak 16,000 breathed their last

32. 19 Years Later For 120,000 people The Darkness still remains

33. AID and “Sangharsh”

34. Fight for justice: Satinath Sarangi, Rashida Bi, Champa Devi outside DOW HQ One day at a time …

35. One TRIUMPH at a time … After confrontation with DOW CEO Parker -- AID Michigan Returning toxic waste to DOW

36. AID and “Technology for the Masses”

37. I am capable of generating power for my own needs! -Pedal Power Project

38. I can do it too! -Pedal power generator project

39. Organic farming AID-GRASS Project, AP

40. Programs in women's development, health, education, publication and income generation. 100 Blocks=6000 villages=Millions of poorest people directly impacted

41. Relationship is one of partnership AID and the people … Listening to the people and what they want – the solutions lie within them Developing sustainable and repeatable development models with local flavor

42. The message from the grassroots is one of Hope….

43. Of courage …

44. Of Optimism …

45. Compassion whenever there is suffering… Conviction that the compassion is strong enough to eliminate suffering… Courage to make this conviction a reality.. THIS is AID….