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contribution from us has been very less [mostly negligible] to overcome
such problems.
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AID Delhi's Meal-a-month program
AID Bangalore's Meal a month.
| Updates! Sept 18, 2007. |
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Dear Friends, Recently many of you responded to items on AID-Awareness and AID website. Here is an update: 1. Kondh Schools: We are happy to inform you that the 10 schools have restarted. Since its appeal, AID received several donations to help the schools. Also thanks to the initiative of one of the readers of AID-Awareness, another organization took this up urgently and has renewed its commitment to continue the schools. Moreover the Rishi Valley schools have written saying they are interested in giving free training to Kondh teachers. We are grateful to everyone who responded. 2. Tragic deaths at IIT-Kanpur: We have received over 800 signatures, that includes 18 IIT faculty and nearly a 100 current IIT students, to our online letter to director of IIT-Kanpur. The letter has been sent to the director. It is good to see the support both from those in IIT as well as from the outside as the issue of treatment of labourers concerns all of us. Though we have not done an official press release, the issue has been covered by Times of India and Indian Express since it went online on the website. These are linked at www.aidindia.org We have also been informed that IIT director has ordered an official enquiry on the deaths and there is some movement on the issue of contract labourers. This is largely due to the work of Minimum Wage Monitoring Committee and others within the IIT- system who have been fighting for labour rights and solidarity via our letter has also helped. 3. Two more issues: Currently two more issues we are working on and need your urgent attention are the Candle-Light Vigil on Oct 2 to help bring attention to farmers suicide and agrarian crisis in India. The other is the Narmada issue where 25,000 families displaced by Sardar Sarovar dam are yet to be rehabilitated, while the state is interested in further raising the dam's height putting even moe families in danger of displacement without rehabilitation. Please sign the Narmada petition at and sign up for Candle light vigil or fast: Narmada issue: http://petitions.aidindia.org Farmers Suicides Candle Light Vigil: http://agri.aidindia.org/node 4. Seven Year Fast by Irom Sharmila: Another current campaign on AID-Awarness has been the 5-day solidarity fast to support the 7-year fast by Irom Sharmila to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that have led to large-scale violation of human rights in precious regions of Jammu and Kashmir and North East India. Her fast fast is Irom Sharmila's response to one among countless incidents of arbitrary killing by the Armed Forces in the north east when on 2nd November 2000, 10 innocent civilians were killed at Malom near Imphal, Manipur. AID-Maryland, Boston and Bloomington chapters have endorsed this solidarity action and we hope that more of us take interest in these regions which are integral parts of India and the world, yet neglected from our minds on the question of how ordinary people are coping there with all the special acts imposed by the government. The solidarity action is a reminder that it is with love we need to understand different regions of our country, not by waging a war on our own people. The details are at: http://www.ashaparivar.org The Manipur people's groups have excellent videos on mixing music and culture with the conditions that have led to the call to repeal the AFSPA: Music Video and Manipur Mayhem The issue of AFSPA is new to AID. We hope volunteers, readers and supporters can use this opportunity to become more aware by reading the material put out by AID, Asha Parivar and the groups in North East. We welcome your views on it. Thank you for your support and we hope you can also sign the Narmada petition and Farmers Suicide Candle Light Vigil. --Ravi Kuchimanchi Sept 18, 2007 |
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