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AID Delhi Newsletter

April 2006

“Learning humility, purity and simple-living from those

who don't take too much from the earth...
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that sadden their lives...
Inspiring in each other trust, Confidence and support for
one another...”
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 Table of contents From the Editor’s Desk
Riputapan

From the Editor’s Desk This is the first AID Delhi newsletter in the
year 2006. There has been lots of action in
Articles the past few months in AID Delhi especially
Flyovers and Their Role in “One” World as we are venturing into newer projects and
initiatives.
Campaigns
Bhopal Padyatra While this editorial is being written, the
Blanket Distribution Drive Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists
and Bhopal marchers are desperately fighting
for justice - justice that has been denied for
Project Updates
the past 2 decades. We shall capture the
Parichay
march for justice by Bhopal Gas Tragedy
Nai Disha
victims in this newsletter. Updates on
Prayas Narmada will be covered in the next
newsletter.
Events
AID India Conference
Many of us might feel that 20 years are past,
Operations Review
what is the relevance attached to the struggle
Farewell to Anirban that NBA or Bhopal gas tragedy victims are
ensuing ? Also what are the synergies
Volunteer Opportunities between the two, why one struggle supports
the other's cause, and so on. There's lot to it
Publications Team but in a nutshell, all these people's
movements strive to achieve justice and they
Contact Information are united in their resolve irrespective of
external factors. And that's why it’s so
important to support them because if
government can turn a blind eye on lakhs of
people who are being adversely affected, it’s
the death of social j ustice and democracy.

I sincerely hope that we all will rise above our

parochial thinking and work towards building
a just society.

“An eye for an eye shall make the whole world blind”

Articles
Flyovers and Their Role in
“One” World
Contributed By: Anuj Grover
"Flyovers are a sign of development."
People praise the flyovers countless number of
times. In fact, I have myself praised the flyovers in
the same vein umpteen number of times.
A recent comment, though very innocuous, has set
me thinking. It was in the context of a new flyover
planned in Delhi. "With this new flyover, traffic will
completely bypass the congested slum areas."
Very promising indeed! As this way we will surely
zoom past the dark under-belly of this huge city
without getting disturbed by slum children playing
on the streets or pedestrians making way to their
livelihood.
This is what almost all the flyovers do. They
bypass the underdeveloped parts of the city to
ease the life of those living in plush and better-off
areas, so that those with fast moving vehicles don't
get bothered by pedestrians and rickshaw-pullers.
The people in those fast moving vehicles,
therefore, ignore the presence of the people on
foot. They help the rich forget the poor. They
essentially divert the attention of the rich from the
poor to the rich and richer.
This is possibly where the insatiable desire to earn
more and become richer than the richest starts to
take birth. This is possibly where the government
officers and decision makers, who move in cars -
air-conditioned or otherwise, lose the sense of
reality. This is possibly where the decision to make
a new flyover is taken. This is possibly where
greed metamorphoses into need. This is possibly
where the "one" world gets divided.
Government of Delhi spends hundreds of crores of
rupees in building these flyovers. The need for
these flyovers arose because there was a need to
speed up the traffic. It was possibly the definition
of traffic that was wrong. Traffic is not just cars,
scooters, and SUVs. It also comprises of
pedestrians and rickshaw pullers and those who
need to travel by public transport to get to work.
The government should provide for speeding up
the second traffic. As a result, the first one will also
gain speed. The hundreds of crores of rupees that
the government spends on building flyovers should
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rather be spent on beefing up the public transport
system and providing facilities to the slums. This
will not only develop the city in a more holistic
fashion but it will also mitigate most of the traffic
problems.
Building more flyovers can only be compared to
loosening the belt to control obesity. Yes, when
your waistline increases, it is necessary to loosen
the belt, but it is not the solution. To lose weight,
you should control diet, eat healthy food, and do
physical exercise. Similarly, making more flyovers
in Delhi is not a solution to the problem of
congestion on the city roads. Number of vehicles
on the roads need to be controlled. Focus should
shift to policies that improve over-all health of the
city.
We must focus on reducing the number of
vehicles. Following are some examples of
transport-related measures, which are being
followed in different countries across the world and
can be leveraged for the Indian cities too :-
v Singapore has a policy according to which
cars are cheap; however, their registration
is costly. The annual auction of
registration plates in Singapore makes
private ownership of vehicles a not-so-
lucrative option. In addition, this practice
raises more money for the government.
v Vehicles with odd registra tion numbers
can be allowed on the roads on only three
days of the week and even registration
numbers on the other three.
v Car pools can be given special preference
and such cars can have separate fast
moving lanes.
v Public transport can be made so good
(and affordable) that it saves time to go by
public transport.
v Public transport can be made so
predictable that people plan their
schedules according to bus schedule.
v The pedestrian ways (footpaths) can be
systematically designed and that too on
priority. These ways should not only be
handicap friendly, but also well-lit to
ensure proper safety of pedestrians. If the
footpaths are given due weight in any road
widening/construction, pedestrian traffic is
automatically taken care of. What is
happening in Delhi is exactly the opposite-
footpaths are broken to widen the road.
 Correcting the focus
The money, raised from auctioning of
registration numbers and saved from building
flyovers mindlessly, should be spent in a
manner so that the underprivileged sections of
the society get due consideration. Stress must
be laid on their upliftment, as a result of which
they will be able to contribute more effectively
to nation's growth. The money should be
invested in many of the following things, which
will again help in improving the traffic speed :-
v Creating special lanes for bicycles and
rickshaws
v Providing better hygiene and sanitation
facilities in city slums
(So that people don't need to defecate on
footpaths - thereby making them available
for pedestrians)
v Designing disabled friendly and senior
citizen friendly pedestrian ways
v Building pedestrian over-bridges or
subways for crossing roads and providing
pedestrian signals at all road crossings
v Improving public transport (buses and
metro rail) so that people prefer to travel
by public transport.
v Operating public transport on a publicly
available schedule so that travel
uncertainty of public transport is reduced.
v Installing GPS in all public transport
vehicles to monitor and provide help in
case of problems .
v Cross-subsidizing public transport for low-
income groups and daily wagers by
providing better (and lesser congested)
services for those who can pay.
v Providing for dedicated car-pool lanes on
high-traffic routes to motivate people to
travel by car-pool. Buses and public
passenger carrying vehicles should also
be allowed to access these lanes.
A cultural shift in drivers is also needed.
Instead of "bigger vehicle has its way", the rule
should change to "pedestrian gets right to
way".
There is lot to be done in this direction. Don’t
let flyovers fly-past the reality.
“An eye for an eye shall make the whole world blind”
What’s New
A new project initiated by Peeyush: Development
of a holistic education kit for children. More details
soon!
Campaigns
Bhopal Padyatra
Compiled By: Peeyush, Source: Nishant
What happened on the night of December 3rd
1984 was one of the most tragic incidents ever
happened in the history of mankind. Deadly gas
Methyl Isocynate leaked from the factories of
Union Carbide in Bhopal and killed more than
3500 people instantly. The disaster further claimed
thousands of lives leaving the families as innocent
victims at the hands of misfortune. Ironically, what
happened after the incident was even more tragic
and shocking. 21 years have passed and the
victims and the families of the Bhopal gas tragedy
are still struggling to get their due justice from the
Government of India. Even today they don’t have
availability of toxins-free clean groundwater to
drink and proper medical aid for their ailments.
Time has changed everything but the resolve of
the people of Bhopal to fight for complete justice.
This March for Justice just proves this resolve of
theirs and the strength of their determination with
which they are standing for their cause.
The march for justice, or padyatra was an 800km
march from Bhopal to New Delhi, undertook by 39
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affected Bhopalis. It started from Bhopal on 20
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February and concluded in New Delhi on 25 of
March. Fighting back their physical pain and
enduring the scorching heat of sun, these Bhopalis
passed through many cities enroute and reached
New Delhi just proving the strength of their sheer
determination and the perseverance for their
cause. Reaching Delhi they have met many
senior leaders to put their demands forward. The
demands include fair trial of Union Carbide and its
chief Warren Anderson and provision of medical
rehabilitation of affected people exposed to toxic
gases and contaminated ground water, among
others. AID provided a supporting hand for the
logistic arrangements and other activities.
To express solidari ty towards their cause many
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events were organized at Dilli Haat on 18 and
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19 March. The aim was to gather the public
support on the Bhopal issue and raise the profile
of the march in the consciousness of Delhi people.
The events mainly included the exhibition of
Raghu Rai’s photos on Bhopal, collection of
signatures on memorandum, screening of the
march clips and a candle vigil at night. The
response received from the public was
overwhelming. Over 2000 signatures were taken
and more than half a dozen pr int and TV
journalists came to cover the event, including the
ones from NDTV, Punjab Kesari and Sahara. In
the night “No more Bhopals” was scribed using
candles and people were asked to light a candle in
the memory of the victims. The entire area
became jam packed, as the candles gave a
melancholic touch to the proceedings.
On March 22 candle vigil was also done at India
Gate. On March 26 padyatris took out a rally on
the parliament street and went to dharna
(demonstration). Padyatris insist that they are tired
of repeating same demand for last 21 years and
this time they want something more than the mere
promises, the fulfilment of all their demands.
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Finally, on April 17 , Bhopalis won a small battle
when in a meeting with the Prime Minister, the PM
agreed to four of their six demands relating to
clean water, clean -up of toxic wastes, and the
setting up of a national commission for medical
and economic rehabilitation.
For latest on the action, visit the Bhopal blog
bhopal.aidindia.org/blog or the official Bhopal site
www.bhopal.net
Blanket Distribution Drive
Contributed By: Riputapan
AID Delhi organized a fundraising and blanket
distribution drive in January, 2006 in wake of the
death of homeless people on the streets of Delhi
due to severe cold. The drive was spearheaded by
Riputapan.
It was heartening to see a good response to the
fundraising call at such a short notice which
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enabled us to help those suffering due to severe
cold wave gripping Delhi.
Total collections were close to Rs.37000 with lots
of in-kind woolens donations.
The companies which participated in the drive:
v ST Microelectronics (Rs. 31000 and
woolens) – The collections were facilitated
by Arvinder, Archi, Ashish Korde, Ankita
Arora and Riputapan.
v IndusLogic (Woolens/Old blankets) –
Alpana took the lead role here.
v Atrenta (Rs.5640 and woolens/blankets) –
Shammi and Debomitro managed the
collections.
v HCL (woolens/blankets) – Mayank
pursued it with HCL employees.
Besides that, there were many individual in-kind
donations of woolens. Ankita Sharma, Uttara
Gupta, Toshita Kumar, Sriparna and Ritika served
as the nodal points for collection.
The funds were used to buy blankets for the
homeless who slept on the streets in biting Delhi
winter. Hats off to the volunteers who went for
distribution of the blankets during the night. They
include Arvinder, Anju Drolia alongwith her
husband, Gunjan and his mother, Prabhjot,
Sanjeev Batra and his wife, Ripudaman, Suman,
Ratan and Riputapan.
The volunteers went for distribution typically after
midnight to ensure that only the really needy
people benefit from this drive. Blankets were
distributed to those homeless people who were
asleep without any blanket/with just a thin
sheet/torn blanket. The in-kind donations were
sent to Goonj (another NGO we partnered
with during Tsunami) for effective distribution.
Areas that were covered during the distribution
include most parts of Delhi besides Ghaziabad
and Noida.
We are indebted to our donors and well-wishers
without whom we couldn't make this happen.
Project Updates
Parichay
Coordinator: Somendra
Activity highlights:-
v Parichay bought a new collection of books
from the aid provided by Mr. Swami.
v Parichay has benefited enormously from
the seven stalls held at different locations
at TCS.
v Students sponsored for formal education
program appeared for their first annual
exams. They are eagerly waiting for their
results to be out soon.
v Sponsorship amount received for many
children. Sponsors are very positive about
continuing and renewing their support.
Republic Day Celebrations:-
Republic Day was celebrated at Parichay on
Thursday, January 26 with great pomp and
pleasure . Flag was hoisted at 10:30 am. It was
followed by the National Anthem. The cultural
program started at 10:45 am and it lasted for
almost an hour.
Children participated in an English skit prepared
by Jessica. The kids performed very well and
looked all bright and cheerful. We were especially
amazed at Moni’s confidence. All the volunteers
had a wonderful time. This time community also
lent active participation to the event.
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The children played group games, recited poems,
and also performed a dance number. This was
followed by sweet distribution (Kheer and ladoo). It
was a great show to watch.
Vijay Bhaiya, Somen, Jessica, Swina, her friend
Luvleen, and Sambit attended the celebrations
with great enthusiasm. It was indeed a memorable
day at Parichay.
Nai Disha
Coordinator: Shammi
In Nai Disha the major activity undertook was
Computer classes for class IV and V. More
emphasis was given to class V students as they
need the basic computer knowledge to get
admission in another school after passing out from
Nai Disha (since Nai Disha is only till class V).
Theory classes, practicals and vivas were
conducted and few students performed very well.
The task currently being tak en up by AID Nai
Disha team is to work on the issue of sponsorship
of class V students for pursuing further education.
To ensure that money does not become a
constraint, efforts are being made to contact like -
minded people. Friends and well wishers from
IndusLogic, Adobe, AIIMS and other institutions
have come forward to provide the support.
Post exam, classes will commence again, being
held on saturdays and sundays. The syllabus will
be further refined according to what is being
taught in other schools a t the same level.
Prayas
Contributed By: Anand
There are still around 12 million children in the age
group of 6-14 who are out of school; i.e. only one
out of three children ends up completing 10 years
of education. One of the biggest disappointments
with India’s development has been the primary
education. Our effort at Prayas may be like a drop
in the ocean, but we should be happy – not
complacent - that we have made a beginning. For
our uninitiated friends, Prayas is a night school
primarily meant for children above 10 years of
age. These children have either never been to
school or are school-dropouts. This school is
presently being run four days in a week on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
between 9pm to 11pm, since August last year.
Primarily we are trying to teach Hindi
writing/reading, basic Mathematics, English and
general awareness.
For all those who are reading this article, it would
be difficult to imagine how much confidence
simple reading inculcates in a child who has not
been able to read before. Now he is able to write a
letter to his near and dear ones, identify the bus by
its route number and also doesn’t get cheated day
in and day out because of illiteracy.
There are around 25 children in class though this
number is variable. Out of this, 15 children are
regular in the class and have made reasonable
improvement. Prayas is still in evolving phase, but
now we are trying to consolidate the activities in
the class. As of now, we are conducting the class
within a small shed in the community with bare
minimum facilities. We are in the process of
finalising the syllabus and finding a better
classroom nearby. We have never been in a
comfortable situation vis-à -vis volunteers coming
to the class. Irregularity of volunteers leads to
children seeing a new face every week or
alternate week. Once this happens, all the
camaraderie a student shared with the teacher
gets lost. Although, we are trying to solve this
problem but it all depends on individual volunteers.
We are planning to conduct some classes on
health and hygiene issues and holistic classes in
coming months with the help of some of our
experienced volunteers in AID. We also have a
plan to arrange for a site-seeing tour to historical
places in Delhi. For success of Prayas at Noida,
we solicit support of all the volunteers and well
wishers of AID and all those who feel for the cause
of education.
Thanks are due to all volunteers associated with
preparation of the program, especially to Rahul,
Rajat, Ashish, Ajay and Pratyush. A special thanks
to Mufti Sahib - an influential member of
community – for arranging the logistics. And last
but not the least a big thanks to community
members for showing such a palpable
enthusiasm.
Events
AID India Conference
Compiled By: Puneeta
The annual AID-India conference was held at New
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Delhi from December 17-19 , 2005. This
conference was referred to as “One of the best
AID -India conferences” by various participants
from AID chapters. The conference was aimed to
discuss the vision for AID's activities and
streamline the coordination among the chapters of
AID spread across the world.
It was interesting to see a live example of unity in
diversity with people from different walks of life,
from different regions, with varied cultures and
languages sitting under one roof. The heart-
warming experiences shared by the keynote
speakers, the Jeevan Saathis, and other AID
volunteers have laid a strong foundation, which
will sustain a robust structure for India’s holistic
development.

Republic Day celebrations at Prayas:-

On 26th Jan., 2006, the local community

members, children and AID volunteers celebrated
the Republic Day at Prayas with great enthusiasm.
The celebrations began with flag hoisting and
singing of the National Anthem. After that students
presented the cultural program, which included
patriotic songs and a skit. Whole program was
prepared in a span of three to four days with the
help of Prayas volunteers. Students came up with
the skit on their own. The message of the skit was
that the education of girls is as important as that of
boys in current social set up when women are as
good as men in every walk of life. Indeed a good
message for a Republic Day! Sweets were During a keynote address at the AID conference ,
distributed to students and community members. Medha Patkar insisted that the government should
Apart from some last minute hitches, everything proactively solve problems, which arise due to
went well and we all came back happily with a inequity and imbalance between demand and
satisfaction of celebrating the Republic day along supply of natural resources in both urban and rural
with the children and community members. areas. She also peeled away some common

“An eye for an eye shall make the whole world blind”
misconceptions regarding the benefits offered by
interlinking of rivers.
Medhaji also released the book "245 Villages: A
Narmada Tutorial". Authored by Ravi
Kuchimanchi, Aravinda Pillalamarri, and
Kirankumar Vissa, the book provides insights into
the Narmada Valley struggle and features
eyewitness reports on the issue.
The conference covered:
v Chapter Updates
Respective representatives to the
conference shared chapter updates for
Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, Mumbai,
Bangalore, Orissa, Delhi, and Boston. The
objective was to share the happenings
and how the different chapters are
coordinating the activities.
v Corporate Social Responsibility
As corporates can play an important role
in shouldering the social responsibility, the
concept of corporate social responsibility
is fast gaining grounds. AID aims to
influence the behavior of multinationals
towards CSR.
The aim of CSR is to involve the corporate
sector in local projects on environmental
and social issues. Here, AID wishes to act
as a dynamic, interactive, and a reliable
bridge between the corporates (including
the employees) and the ongoing local
socially conscious projects.
v Fund Raising
In this session, Ankit talked about the
current state of fund-raising office, the
various issues associated with handling of
funds in AID -India and the prospective
ways to improve upon them. He
emphasized that utility of promoting meal-
a-month and CSR as instruments to
strengthen the fund-raising at AID-India.
v Issues in Education
Chandra discussed the issues in primary
education. The interventions required by
the Chennai chapter were outlined to
improve access to and the quality of the
education. Barriers to primary education
were discussed at length, and the need for
such measures like evaluating the status
of learning, strategic reforms in teachin g,
and other such ideas surfaced as natural
measures.
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Ravishankar presented an analysis report
identifying the trends and measures to
revamp the secondary education.
v Right to Information
This session was chaired by Arvind
Kejrival, whose name has become
synonymous with RTI. He is associated
with Parivartan, a people’s movement
working to ensure reinforcement of
democratic values.
v Sustainable and Affordable Rural
Technology
The highlight of the session was a
discussion on various factors that
characterize the rural scene. Some factors
like sustainability of the advancements,
compatibility of the age-old methods, the
need for the involvement of community,
availability of material, financial
sustainability were discussed as the key
parameters. Setting up of a rural
technology focus group was proposed.
v Talk on Bhopal Gas Tragedy
This talk was delivered by Suroopa of ‘We
for Bhopal’ - a group of activists working
on the issue of Bhopal Gas tragedy. The
actions which the group takes are mostly
event based, like talks on the issue,
documentary screenings, photo
exhibitions etc. The group has shot a
small documentary and has also written
an intriguing book on Bhopal victims.
v Treasury
This session discussed various formal
procedures related to handling finances
and treasury at an individual chapter level
as well as AID -India level.
Some other important issues were
discussed at length. These include health,
education, disaster management, vision
for holistic development of the affected
areas and so on.
Operations Review
Compiled By: Riputapan
The AID Delhi quarterly Operations Review was
held on 12th March, 2006. It started with a blood
donation camp where seven volunteers donated
blood.
The formal OR proceedings began with Nai Disha
updates from Shammi. Af ter a brief introduction
about Nai Disha, he discussed the
present challenges and future vision for Nai Disha.
The biggest challenge was that even though there
are sufficient number of volunteers, however,
sometimes a volunteer may be late for the class or
may not be able to come at all. The new volunteer
who goes in place of the absent volunteer may not
know what is being taught and hence is in a fix.
Another and a bigger challenge is to find sponsors
for children who have completed their studies at
Nai Disha so that they are able to continue their
studies. Somen pledged support in locating the
sponsors as he has already been championing it
at Parichay. Peeyush's holistic education classes
and the ongoing computer classes are a big hit
already at Nai Disha, so one can say that AID is
already making a difference.
After Nai Disha, Prayas updates were presented
by Ashish. The student base at Prayas has
stabilised now and there's a demand from
community to expand the school for children below
the age of 10 years and for special classes for
teenage girls. That in itself is an evident proof of
the really good work that is being done by Prayas
volunteers. The volunteer base is also reasonably
stable at Prayas though more volunteers are
certainly needed. The possibility of hiring Navlesh
(the most regular student- cum -volunteer from the
community) was also discussed and will be
explored further. Peeyush's holistic education kits
were reviewed by Prayas volunteers and together
they will work on releasing their own ki ts.
Parichay updates followed the Prayas updates
and were presented by Swati. As always, there
are a plethora of activities happening at Parichay.
Nutrition program is running successfully though
sustainability is still a concern. The masala-making
unit and the handicraft items sales are also in
good shape. However, there's a need to work on
how to sustain this success. Parichay has also
attracted lots of sponsors for the children. There's
a need for new volunteers at Parichay too.
Gurgaon updates and CSR-related progress in
Gurgaon were discussed by Deepak and Neha
respectively. Gurgaon has made a very good
progress in a very short while, thanks to the efforts
of Deepak Syal. There are close to 30 volunteers
and they have identified mobile creches as the first
project. The volunteers have already made a good
rapport with the children at mobile creches.
CSR will be actively pursued at Evalueserve and
subsequently at other companies. Neha will come
out with a document soon detailing the activities
that can be taken up as part of the CSR. The basic
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idea is the volunteers from within the company
driving the CSR policy.
The march of survivors of Bhopal Gas tragedy
from Bhopal to Delhi was discussed by Nishant.
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The marchers (about 70) will reach Delhi by 26
March and they will march from Nizamuddin to
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Jantar Mantar on 27 March. Nishant urged the
volunteers to join the march on 27th.
HELP (Health Education and Learning Project)
was discussed by Gunjan. Essentially, it involves
training the volunteers at project sites so that they
can make the community aware of the health and
hygeine. All the project volunteers will work in
coordination with Gunjan to evolve a strategy for
the same.
Meal-a-month updates were presented by Sambit.
Noida has been id entified as the first place to
actively pursue it because of maximum requests
from here. Sambit will soon come up with a meal-
a-month document which will set the stage for
meal-a-month initiatives at other places as well.
South Delhi volunteers have iden tifies two projects
which can be pursued – a teaching project near
Venkateswar College and other near Delhi Haat.
More updates will be available later.
Somendra presented the progress at the VIMs and
noted that there has been reasonably good
progress with the help of VIMs.
Publications updates were presented by
Riputapan. The good work done with the
conference newsletter by the publications team
was applauded. The need for the web team to
work in close coordination with publications team
was stressed. Also, regularisation of AID
Delhi newsletters was felt needed.
Anuj presented treasury updates. For the first time
in history of AID Delhi, the funds situation looked
considerably good, thanks to some of the
individual donations as well as meal-a-month
donations.
The last event for the day was presentation by
NCWR, an organzation working for rights of the
worker community.
The turnout at the OR was not good vis-a-vis the
number of volunteers we have with us. One major
reason could be that volunteers were on an
extended vacation due to Holi. But we are hopeful
that more and more volunteers shall join the OR
from next time onwards to learn in greater depth
about what is happening at AID Delhi and to
suggest some good inputs which will help shape
our future direction. v AICB (Rohini) needs volunteers for
teaching blind children or helping record
cassettes for such students.
Farewell to Anirban v Gurgaon volunteers can participate in
Contributed By: Riputapan
mobile crèches.

If you wish to volunteer for any of the above

Anirban served as the volunteer coordinator for
positions, please drop a mail to
AID Delhi for more than an year (first unofficially aid.delhi@gmail.com. Our volunteer coordinator
and then officially). A well -deserved farewell was
th Somendra will get in touch with you.
given to Anirban at Delhi Haat on 26 Feb.

Anirban has always been a "father figure" for AID

delhi volunteers - constantly guiding and helping
his fellows (pardon me Anirban for making u a Publications Team
father for u r still a young bachelor!). Many
volunteers trace their source of inspiration to
Anirban. I personally do not believe in idol- Editors : Puneeta, Peeyush and Riputapan
worship, but Anirban is one idol who can justify a Designer : Puneeta
temple in his name. Such is his aura and the ones Coordinator : Riputapan
who've been touched by it will concur.

The turnout for Anirban’s farewell was much

greater than the number of volunteers we've at our
CSH's! Slowly and steadily, he built a strong base Contact Information
of volunteers - strong not just in terms of numbers,
but strong because they are sensitized and
motivated. Add to it his Phd. achievements and
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you get a feel of an all-rounder.
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Phone: 9213797167
Down -to-earth, true gentleman, patient, dedicated,
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silently active, mentor – these are just some of the
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words that have been used in his praise. And he
deserves much more than that!

Life in future may not seem as smooth as it has

been when he's been around but the best part
about him has been the way he has made And crawling on the planet's face
everything and everyone independent. Entering Some insects called the human race
Faith Foundation and slowly moving out after
stabilizing it. Similarly, if Somen is the volunteer Lost in time
coordinator now, its no surprise as being with Lost in space
Anirban has been his 24x7 training for this And meaning
responsibility. So, the things are still as bright and
AID Delhi will surely shine on, for that's the way
Anirban has always envisioned it. We shall miss u
"dada". Don’t be lost anymore
Find your true calling
All the best to him for his future endeavours . By
Volunteering with AID

Volunteer Opportunities http://delhi.aidindia.org

v AID Prayas (Noida) needs volunteers for

teaching children of age group 10-22
(mostly) between 9-11pm on Tue, Wed,
Fri or Sat.

“An eye for an eye shall make the whole world blind”