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Facilitation of National Rural Employment Guarentee Act (NREGA) in Orrisa/Srikakulam

Status: Funded in 2007

The National rural employment guarantee act promises a hundred days of employment to every rural family. Started by Hon’ble PM on 2nd Feb. 2006, the act is planned to be implemented in whole of India within 5 years. The act is currently being implemented in 200 districts of India.

AID Bloomington funded project will oversee implementation in Srikakulam by Raising Awareness, conducting audits, following up with job application forms. Help panchayats in grama sabha’s in planning projects, Ensure every job application gets the job within 15 days or unemployment compensation needs to be paid as per the act.

 

Kataila School, Ghazipur (Ark Foundation)kataila

Status: Funding Approved (2006- )

This project is for funding a primary school (Ark foundation) in kataila village, Uttar Pradesh. The school caters to 180 children. The budget approved by AID Bl. (Rs.1,79,000 for 1 year) includes one year’s funding for study material, Book bank, salary for teachers and infrastructure. Read More

Project Review Process

1. Identify the project to review
2. Preliminary fesibility study
3. Review of Project Proposal
4. Approval by AID
5. Sending funds
6. Site visits of the project

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Sustainable Agricultural Development (Chanard)chanard

Status: Under Review (2005)

The proposal was to impart organic farming training to farmers in 15 villages. The core aspect of this project was holding workshops that teach vermi-composting – using of fertilizers generated by worms feeding on organic waste – instead of chemical fertilizers. This project is currently Under review. Read More

Literacy and Numeracy Skills, Chennai (AID Chennai)

Status: Project Completed (2003-04)

slums

The quality of education in most Government schools in India is poor. This project, Eureka Science Network, aims provide additional educational and extracurricular activities after school hours. Besides schools, this project also targets some of the slums where the students come from to increase awareness among the parents on the need for education. Read More

  

Koraga Tribal Education & Development, Karnataka (Jana Shikshana Trust)

Status: Mock Review Completed (2002-03)

This was the first project that the AID project committee reviewed as part of a training process. It was a mock review of a project that had already been reviewed and approved by our buddy chapter at Cincinnati.