Amount Supported: $16000

Chapters: Austin, Houston, San Diego

Utthan envisions a society that imbibes and ensures the values of gender justice, equality, peace and happiness in practice. Utthan’s mission is to initiate gender sensitive processes of empowerment amongst the most vulnerable communities, through a process of building conscientiousness and organizing around their major issues.

chapter: Buffalo

Amount: Rs.201400

Agariyas are the traditional salt-making community in Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) who toil hard in extreme desert conditions for 10 months/year to make organic salt. Due to non-recognition by the government as traditional salt makers, provision of basic amenities like water, electricity, medicals services and sanitation is very poor. Lack of schools makes education a distant dream. This project spearheaded by Janpath supports three grassroot field level workers who work with the Agariya community to ensure they get necessary recognition and access to basic amenities.

The project does counting, training, mentoring and resettling (CTMR) of the Dispossessed Solicitors (beggars) in the city of Baroda.

In 2006, AIDc Dallas approved $2000. In 2007,  $1500 would sufficient. For 2008, AID Dallas will issue  the approximate budget of $2200 (Rs.85000).

Construction of toilets in households

NGO: Vishwagram
Area of Focus: Provide shelter, education, training and social values to homeless children.
Budget: $15,000
Chapter: Dallas

VISHVAGRAM is our endeavor to make our good community living more beautiful. With this commitment, we have been working in the  areas of KARUNA GRAM - Signifying COMPASSION, YUVA GRAM - Signifying YOUTH, SHANTI GRAM - Signifying PEACE, KITAB GRAM - Signifying BOOKS and JIVAN GRAM - Signifying LIVING.

NGO: Bombay Sarvodaya Friendship Center
Location: Satpura ranges of southern Gujarat
Chapters: Duke , Dallas , Clemson , Buffalo
Budget: $550 in 2004 |  $10,000 in 2006 | $4600 in 2007

700 farmers from 9 villages built  bunds to prevent soil and water erosion and saw a dramatic increase in soil productivity, harvesting 2 crops per year instead of 1 as they had previously.  As of 2008 more than 25 villages have participated.

NGO: Bombay Sarvodaya Friendship Center
Budget: $5000
Chapter: Dallas

Provide training for making parabolic solar cookers in Gujarat villages. AID supported training and material costs for the group to make 3 such reflectors which villagers would test, to see how well they worked and how well they could adapt local cooking patterns to the solar way of cooking.

The mission of Resource Center for Training and Development (RCTD) is to promote and strengthen the organizations of the marginalized communities for their socio – economic empowerment.