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AID-AUSTIN 2002-03 Memories and Achievements
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Awareness Events
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Sangharsh (Struggle)
Visible Work, Invisible Women
An Exhibition of P. Sainaths Photographs April,
2003
Bhopal survivors visit and screening of Bhopal
Express. May 2003
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In Whose Name
Agua, Thanneer, Water A dance theatre by Aparna
Sindhoor
Gender Violence group discussion co-ordinated by
volunteers of Saheli
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Austin Natya Manch Productions
Dowry
CSH
Three highly acclaimed one-act plays were enacted
Narmada
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Chetna

• Monthly e-newsletter
• Themes
• Communalism, education, womens empowerment
• Readers Creativity
• India quiz

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Fundraisers

• Funds raised
• In 2001-02 20,330
• In 2002-03
• Target 35,000
• Actual 39,950

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Aavartan
Pundit Shiv Kumar Sharma and Ustaad Zakir Hussain
Concert
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Monsoon Mehfil
Funds raised were in support of Guriya Santhan
A unique medley of Hindustani music interspersed
with Kathak and Bharatnatyam
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Other Fundraisers

• One for India
• World beat party
• HEB gift cards
• Credit card donations
• Dinners

3,500 750 1600 5400 550
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Local Area Volunteering
AID volunteers at the Capital Area Food Bank

• Other Activites
• Vibha 5k walk/run
• Painting the clubhouse of the Boys and Girls Club
  of America

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Projects

• of projects funded
• In 2001-02 5
• In 2002-03
• Target 8
• Actual 8
• Under review 3

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Geographical Diversity
Baran
Guriya
Sarvodya Kendra
HBP Manpur Block
Lok Samiti
BTS
Caravan
HBP Vembakkottai block
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Projects Status

• Projects renewed
• Baikunthapur Tarun Sangh, WB
• Sarvodaya Kendra, Gujarat
• Hundred Block Plan
• Manpur, Bihar
• Vembakottai, TN
• New projects approved
• Caravan, Gujrat
• Baran, Rajasthan
• Lok Samiti, Gujrat
• Guriya, UP (conditionally)

• Projects under review
• Gana Chetna, Orissa
• Utthan, Gujarat
• Development Initiative, Orissa

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Hundred Block Plan Manpur
Nishant in meeting with the Bihar volunteers of
Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGVS) and the locals.
Manpur, Bihar
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Hundred Block Plan Vembakkottai
Kala jatha (street theatre) depicting that exams
are designed to test childrens ability to fit
and not learn
Village-level volunteer training at Block
training camp
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Hundred Block Plan

• Vembakkottai block, Tamilnadu
• Village health activists have been fully trained.
• First round weighing of children to track child
  malnutrition has been completed in all 30
  villages
• Data analysis by AID-Austin volunteers to
  identify critical villages
• Manpur block, Bihar
• Health program has started in 45/68 villages
• Data analysis and translation of training
  material into Hindi is ongoing.

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Baikunthapur Tarun Sangh
Clinic
Training
Health Survey
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Baikunthapur Tarun Sangh

• Functional clinic 7 days/week with 2 doctors
• Fully sustainable medicine bank is operational
• Family health card scheme implemented
• 6 village volunteers trained in preventive health

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Sarvodaya Kendra

• Embroidery training successfully completed in
  four villages (100 ladies)
• Kurtas from Savodaya very popular at AID events

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Volunteer Leisure Activities

• of volunteers
• In 2001-02 35
• In 2002-03
• Target 50
• Actual 60 (35 active)

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AID-Austin Outdoors
Cricket.
and picnic in Zilker park.
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2003 AID Conference

• Road trip to 2003 AID-Conference in Pittsburgh
• 17 vols, 2 minivans, 2 cars, 26 hours, 13
  restroom breaks

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Other Activities

• Ask a Best Buy representative to say "Best Buy is
  cool". You must capture the name Tag of the
  representative. Bonus 300 points if he says
  Circuit City is cool!

- 2003 AID-Austin Scavenger hunt task

• Big-Bend camping trip
• Dinners

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Sincere Thanks
Individuals
Businesses
Organizations

• Suman Barrett
• Amit Bhagwat
• Anton Roger Bulhof
• Rick Henderson
• Sameer Kotasthane
• Dee Lekha
• Amie Maciszewski
• Dr. Vijay Mahajan
• Kalvi Jayashree Mani
• Jason McKenzie
• Shila Mehta
• Anuradha Naimpally
• Robina Punawala
• Glenn Rexach
• Aparna Sindhoor

• Austin Strings
• Clay Pit
• Fiesta
• Khazana
• Minerva
• Mr. Natural
• Mango Tree
• Precision Camera
• Raagini School of Classical Music
• R.R Travel
• Satay Restaurant Group
• Sulekha
• Vulcan Video
• Wheatsville Coop

• Austin Kannada Sangha
• Bengali Association
• Barsana Dham
• Capital Area Food Bank
• KUT 90.5
• India Community Center
• Netip
• Saheli
• Sulekha
• Surabhi (KOOP 91.7)
• Texas Fair Trade Coalition
• UT Center for Asian Studies