NGO: AID Chennai
Location: Ramanwadi, Tamil Nadu
Chapter: Dallas 

The project will improve the quality of education provided by the middle schools in the region.

Arogya Iyakkam reported as one of the ten best programmes in the World.

AID’s Eureka Child project has taken off to a flying start! It is being implemented in more than 9000 schools across 10 districts in Tamil Nadu. The program reaches out to 1 million children and is working towards improving their reading, math and pre-primary skills at a rapid pace. The cost efficiency of $1 per child makes the scale possible.

NGO: Other Media, Tamil Nadu
Budget: Rs 216000 

Started in 1997, Other Media supports People's struggles at the grass-roots level on several issues including environmental justice.  CEM is an initiative conceived by Other Media in Dec 2003 and furthers the goal of Other Media in ensuring corporate accountability and justice in matters of environmental pollution and the resulting problems in health and creation of toxic waste.

The CEM project aims to bring together pollution affected communities to strongly voice their concerns and demands by providing them technical and legal resources and expertise.

 NGO: Muthamizh Education and Rural Development Society (MERDS)
Location : Dindigul, Tamilnadu
Chapters : Duke/RTP, NC
Budget: $3000 (1 yr)

MERDS is a registered, non-profit organization that is engaged in creating a positive impact through a collective movement of rural population. This project is aimed at spreading awareness about HIV-AIDS in villages through cultural performances. By using street theater, music and folk arts of native origin, this program tries to disseminate information about health issues in a way that can be understood by common laymen. In the process, it also tries to identify high risk individual through health surveys and tests them for HIV-AIDS subsequently.

Area of Focus: Education
Location: Tamilnadu
NGO: AID-Chennai
Chapter: Boston

AID Chennai has been involved in education initiatives for over 7years in Tamil Nadu (TN). The relief and rehabilitation efforts after the Tsunami by AID Chennai volunteers enabled them to gain prominence in many districts of TN. AID Chennai used this as a leverage to introduce many programs in the affected areas.

NGO: SEED
Chapter:San Diego
Area of Focus: Education
Location: Sriperumpudur, Tamilnadu
Budget : $2750

SEED was started in 1982 at Sriperumpudur with 27 children who were in need of education, shelter and protection. Today, SEED proudly provides shelter and comfort to up to 300 children. SEED runs primary school for boys and girls, high school for girls and boys, Industrial Training (Fitting, Welding, Automobile and Electrical Training) for boys and Tailoring Institute for girls. In addition to meeting their basic needs, SEED also helps provide medical care to children in need.