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IFA Projects: An Instrument for Change!
IFA is more than a simple conduit for funding projects in India. It has become an instrument for change by its members visiting the projects regularly, by meeting the various leaders and activists, by learning from them and by providing input from our side thereby influencing the process. Click here to read more...
Landmark Laws that Affect IFA Projects & Fellowships: Click Here for National Rural Employment Guarantee Act - 2005 (NREGA) & Right to Information (RTI).
ICAN - Indian Community Activists Network - was formed in 2007 with the goal of bringing together the many activists and groups that IFA has worked with over the years. The third ICAN meet took place at Sevagram on November 23-25, 2009. Click here for more....
Leaders' Corner - The groups in India that are at the forefront of positive social change are led by people of great vision, character and dedication. IFA is fortunate to have interacted with many of them and has been funding some of their projects. Click here for the leaders' message and thoughts on how IFA support has mattered to their work.
IFA Fellowships & Projects At a Glance - Click here to see a list of all current fellowships and projects and also those that have been completed.
Please scroll down for IFA fellowship and project details.
IFA Fellowships - are grants to committed young men and women who have some educational background and/or experience on issues of interest to IFA. These are given on the recommendation of respected and well known individuals. The grant is a one year commitment and covers reasonable living expenses including housing and work related travel. It may be renewed for another two 2 years if all specifice requirements are met. Click here to review current recipients of IFA Fellowships.
Communications & Creating Awareness
Farmers Suicides - The mounting numbers of farmer suicides in the
states of Andhra, Maharashtra, Kerala and some even in Punjab are
simply startling. IFA has supported a documentary film to investigate
the background of this tragedy as a prelude to a more proactive plan
to address this highly disturbing issue.
Innovations in Rural Healthcare
Arunachal - Karuna Trust - Providing better primary health care in
remote and less developed areas in Arunachal based on a unique
Government - Private Partnership.
The Health Awareness Center (THAC) - Improve nutrition and
health and also promote income generation in the rural poor.
Supporting Important “Movements”
Right to Information
Asha Ashram - Empowering villagers to fight against corruption in rural development programs.
National Campaign for People's Right to Information: Rajasthan) - Empowering rural poor to fight against corruption that is a major obstacle to improvement in their lives.
Other "Movements"
RIM (Rejuvenate India Movement) - Involved in rescue/relief operations in areas affected by the Tsunami disaster.
Foundation for Democratic Reform - Eliminating Government corruption, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
People’s Science Institute - Promotion of rural self governance: Dehradoon, Uttaranchal.
People’s Science Institute - Himalyan Jal Sanskriti -
Grassroots Democracy: Dehradoon, Uttaranchal.
Save the Rivers Campaign - A Matter of Water & Death: People's Science Institute: Dehradoon, Uttaranchal.
Sahjeevan: Another RIM Project - Watershed Development & Self Help Groups: Madhya Pradesh.
Entrepreneurship and Vocational Training
Aruna Asaf Ali Memorial Trust: Punjab - Vocational training for girls from families of limited means and from slum colonies.
Karra Society for Rural Action - Non-formal education & Rural micro-credit program, Ranchi, Jharkhand.
Vision of India - Vocational Skills, Abheypur, Haryana.
Society for Rural Improvement - Rural micro-credit program, Kollengode, Kerala.
Programs for “At Risk” Children
Child Labor Study Centers - Punjab Istri Sabha Relief Trust's Child Laborers Rehabilitation Effort, Amritsar & Mohali, Punjab.
Manavi - Non Formal Education and Basic Healthcare to Child Laborers Working in Brick Kilns in Fatuah, Bihar.
Samskar: Child at Risk - Rehabilitation of Joginis, criminals and their children.
Shivlal Shah Prathisthan - Serving destitute girls and women, Hiraj, Solapur, Maharashtra.
Swanirvar - Innovative Primary and Pre-Primary Education for Rural Children Being Introduced to Governement Schools. 24 North Parganas, West Bengal.
Empowerment of Marginalized Communities
FFDA - Protecting the rights of dalits, especially women and
Children by documenting abuses and filing cases in the local courts
and with the Indian Human Rights Commission.
Gujarat Loksamiti - Ensuring that rural landless farmers get the land
the Gujarat government has allocated for them and that the scheme
is successful.
SPS - Samaj Parivartan Samudaya - Helping rural poor to truly
benefit from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act by
teaching them to make better decisions, evaluate proposals and use
resources wisely.
Manushi - Establishing a model market for street vendors in
Delhi to legitimize entrepreneurship, encourage civic behavior and
curb abuse of authority.
Manav Lok - Short stay for destitue women & children & Income
generating skills & vocational training, Beed, Maharashtra.
Saath - Integrated Slum Development near Ahmedabad,
Gujarat.
Sahabhgi Vikash Abhiyan(SVA) - Local control of community resources: Grassroots democracy, Khariar, Orissa.
Gravis: Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti - Watershed Development, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
VGKK (Vivekananda Girijana Kalyan Kendra) - Promoting livelihood and bio-diversity in tribal communities. |