Touching Lives, Making ChangeAmerican India Foundation • Annual Report 2006 - 2007

Above: Migrant women from fishing communities carry wood for fuel in Rajpara, but their children are continuing their education at site schools. Setu NGO partner, Gujarat.

Cover: Sanjay and Sangeeta (holding her cousin Chotu) at their aunt’s home in Koilandand village where they now live after both their HIV+ parents died. GDS, Uttar Pradesh. Back Cover: In Vadakattalai village, Kavita presents her land which has been reclaimed following the 2004 tsunami. SIFFS, Tamil Nadu.

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1- A woman earns a living by drying Siali leaves and making them into plates at Shrambukiya village. PRADAN, Orissa. 2- Service Corps Fellow, Cheryl Young discussing with staff ideas on how to encourage urban slum youth to participate in their training program. Saath, Gujarat. 3- Girls whose parents have migrated for work show they’re learning at a seasonal hostel in Dokra village. Vikalpa, Orissa.

table of contents

Mission and Vision 1

AIF Presence in India 2

From our Honorary Chair 3

From our Co-Chairs 4

From our Executive Team 6

Snapshot of our Work 10

Catalyzing Change 12

14 Highlights of our Work

22 Touching Lives, Making Change

36 Grants

46 Donor Outreach

50 Financials

54 AIF People

62 Donors

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missionThe American India Foundation (AIF) is dedicated to accelerating social and economic

change in India.

visionTo contribute to building an India where all people can gain access to education, health care, and livelihood opportunities and where all Indians can realize their full potential.

To build a trusted bridge between the dreams and aspirations of individuals who care about India and their realization.

To provide a secure channel for philanthropic funding in the United States and its effec-tive investment in the best Indian non-governmental organizations that have innovative and scalable projects.

To build a professional organization that is secular, transparent, credible and accountable for all its activities.

1- Kamani at six months is healthy partly because her mother Rangila Devi participates in community health programs including antenatal care in Machai village. MAMTA NGO partner, Bihar. 2- Koilpillai at his tea shop in Gandhinagar Varichekudy village which is financed by microcredit. DHAN, Tamil Nadu. 3- DE Coordinator trains teachers to use computers to develop their lesson plans. Akshay Pratishthan. New Delhi.

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AIF presence in India

CRDNoida, Uttar Pradesh & Guwahati, Assam

NidanPatna & Vaishali, Bihar

NDPFGurgaon, Haryana

SamyaDelhi

PrathamDelhi & Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

SaathAhmedabad, Banas Kantha, Bharuch, Kheda,

Mehsana, Patan, Rajkot & Vadodra, Gujarat

SetuThe Dangs, Jamnagar, Junaghar,

Kutch, Rajkot & Surat, Gujarat

CohesionKutch, Gujarat

UtthanBhavnagar, Gujarat

YMCKutch, Gujarat

VimochanaBelgaum, Karnataka

BSSBangalore, Karnataka

MAYABangalore, Karnataka

SEEDSPoonch, Kashmir

Bodh Jaipur, Rajasthan

Janarth

Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Beed, Kolhapur, Nashik, Pune, Sangli, Satara & Solapur, Maharashtra & Belgaum, Karnataka

SahayogLucknow, Uttar Pradesh

GDSBasti , Gorakpur, Maharajganj & Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

VikalpaBolangir, Orissa

LokadrustiNuapada, Orissa

DHANKaraikal, Tamil Nadu

People’s WatchMadurai, Tamil Nadu

MPWABIndore, Madhya Pradesh

SRIJANTonk, Rajasthan & Sagar, Madha Pradesh

DE - Orissa 160 Schools

PRADANPhulbani, Orissa

MamtaBarabanki & Siddhartnagar, Uttar Pradesh

MamtaMuzzaffarpur & Patna, Bihar

CAMHPune, Maharashtra

Grant PartnersService Corps PartnersDigital Equalizer Centers

KRDAKollam, Kerala

QSSSAllappuzha & Kollam, Kerala

Sahara AalahadPune, Maharashtra

SandhicraftMumbai, Maharashtra

KMVSKutch, Gujarat

YRG CARESNalgonda, Nellore & Medak, Andhra Pradesh

REALVillupuram, Tamil Nadu

TNWCTuticorin, Tamil Nadu

KODIKanyakumari, Tamil NaduSWAKanyakumari, Tamil Nadu

CAP FdnBokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Pakoor & Ranchi, Jharkhand

Reach IndiaKolkata, West Bengal

LepraHyderabad, Andhra PradeshUnitus-Ujjivan

Bangalore, Karnataka

PravahDelhi

DE - Punjab600 Schools

DE - Rajasthan207 Schools

DE - Gujarat16 Schools (16 Graduated)

DE - Maharashtra17 Schools (12 Graduated)

DE - Karnataka249 Schools (20 Graduated)

DE - Tamil Nadu7 Schools (7 Graduated)

DE - Andhra Pradesh100 Schools (26 Graduated)

DE - West Bengal25 Schools (5 Graduated)

DE - Delhi10 Schools (3 Graduated)

DE - Uttar Pradesh 13 Schools (5 Graduated)

DE - Uttaranchal2 Schools (2 Graduated)

Action IndiaDelhi

BreakthroughDelhi

Hope ProjectDelhi

Vigyan FdnDelhi

PIDTDelhi

Sahara HouseDelhi

Byrraju FdnHyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

SKSHyderabad, Andhra PradeshDWARAKA

Bangalore, Karnataka

SICHREMBangalore, Karnataka

SangamaBangalore, Karnataka

DE - Kerala10 Schools

RATNEI13 States Covering the North & North-East

AshokaAll Across India

NFIAll Across India

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Dear Friend:

Six years ago, we created the American India Foundation with the belief that the deep affinity

Americans have for India could be transformed into action through collective and strategic

philanthropy. I am so pleased that this vision has become a reality. Today, AIF is leveraging the

goodwill of Americans to effectively improve the lives of Indians in need.

We live in a world where we have an unprecedented opportunity to connect across borders to

make an impact in deeply meaningful ways. Geographic distance is no longer an obstacle to

volunteering skills, contributing financially, or advocating policies that ensure a fair chance for

the most marginalized citizens across the world.

The common values of caring, democracy, and service that the United States and India share

form the basis for AIF’s continued success. We know that the challenges faced by India are enor-

mous, but AIF’s track record over the past few years shows that positive change is possible.

With the partnerships created by AIF between private and corporate donors, the government,

and Indian civil society institutions, we can now envision an India where children of migrant

laborers will not drop out of school, where urban youth can realize the promise of economic

independence through vocational training, and where those living with HIV/AIDS receive care

and treatment.

Having seen the remarkable results of AIF’s work, I encourage you to recommit to building a

successful India where all citizens have access to a quality education, a secure livelihood, and

good health. You can make a difference in countless lives.

Sincerely,

William Jefferson Clinton

from our honorary chair

CRDNoida, Uttar Pradesh & Guwahati, Assam

NidanPatna & Vaishali, Bihar

NDPFGurgaon, Haryana

SamyaDelhi

PrathamDelhi & Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

SaathAhmedabad, Banas Kantha, Bharuch, Kheda,

Mehsana, Patan, Rajkot & Vadodra, Gujarat

SetuThe Dangs, Jamnagar, Junaghar,

Kutch, Rajkot & Surat, Gujarat

CohesionKutch, Gujarat

UtthanBhavnagar, Gujarat

YMCKutch, Gujarat

VimochanaBelgaum, Karnataka

BSSBangalore, Karnataka

MAYABangalore, Karnataka

SEEDSPoonch, Kashmir

Bodh Jaipur, Rajasthan

Janarth

Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Beed, Kolhapur, Nashik, Pune, Sangli, Satara & Solapur, Maharashtra & Belgaum, Karnataka

SahayogLucknow, Uttar Pradesh

GDSBasti , Gorakpur, Maharajganj & Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

VikalpaBolangir, Orissa

LokadrustiNuapada, Orissa

DHANKaraikal, Tamil Nadu

People’s WatchMadurai, Tamil Nadu

MPWABIndore, Madhya Pradesh

SRIJANTonk, Rajasthan & Sagar, Madha Pradesh

DE - Orissa 160 Schools

PRADANPhulbani, Orissa

MamtaBarabanki & Siddhartnagar, Uttar Pradesh

MamtaMuzzaffarpur & Patna, Bihar

CAMHPune, Maharashtra

Grant PartnersService Corps PartnersDigital Equalizer Centers

KRDAKollam, Kerala

QSSSAllappuzha & Kollam, Kerala

Sahara AalahadPune, Maharashtra

SandhicraftMumbai, Maharashtra

KMVSKutch, Gujarat

YRG CARESNalgonda, Nellore & Medak, Andhra Pradesh

REALVillupuram, Tamil Nadu

TNWCTuticorin, Tamil Nadu

KODIKanyakumari, Tamil NaduSWAKanyakumari, Tamil Nadu

CAP FdnBokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Pakoor & Ranchi, Jharkhand

Reach IndiaKolkata, West Bengal

LepraHyderabad, Andhra PradeshUnitus-Ujjivan

Bangalore, Karnataka

PravahDelhi

DE - Punjab600 Schools

DE - Rajasthan207 Schools

DE - Gujarat16 Schools (16 Graduated)

DE - Maharashtra17 Schools (12 Graduated)

DE - Karnataka249 Schools (20 Graduated)

DE - Tamil Nadu7 Schools (7 Graduated)

DE - Andhra Pradesh100 Schools (26 Graduated)

DE - West Bengal25 Schools (5 Graduated)

DE - Delhi10 Schools (3 Graduated)

DE - Uttar Pradesh 13 Schools (5 Graduated)

DE - Uttaranchal2 Schools (2 Graduated)

Action IndiaDelhi

BreakthroughDelhi

Hope ProjectDelhi

Vigyan FdnDelhi

PIDTDelhi

Sahara HouseDelhi

Byrraju FdnHyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

SKSHyderabad, Andhra PradeshDWARAKA

Bangalore, Karnataka

SICHREMBangalore, Karnataka

SangamaBangalore, Karnataka

DE - Kerala10 Schools

RATNEI13 States Covering the North & North-East

AshokaAll Across India

NFIAll Across India

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from our co-chairs

Dear Friend:

On behalf of the Board of Directors and Trustees of AIF, we are pleased to present the 2006-07

Annual Report.

AIF has come a long way in the past few years. By keeping our focus programmatically on

the three areas of education, livelihoods, and public health, we have been able to leverage your

support to touch lives and impact policy changes to create a lasting impact. Throughout this

report, you will see glimpses of the lives we have touched.

Looking forward, we intend to build upon two operational aspects of our work in India to sustain

our momentum.

1. We have become proficient in sourcing innovative NGOs that demonstrate best practices in

their work, and in scaling up these practices to achieve impact on a broad level. We have now

invested in nearly 90 Indian NGOs. In addition to providing financial resources, our experi-

enced professional staff work with NGO partners to develop their capacity to execute efficiently

and to expose them to innovative ideas.

Once NGOs have developed their models and demonstrated success, we then transfer these

models to other NGOs. We have transferred a highly successful vocational training program for

urban youth developed by Dr. Reddy’s Foundation in Andhra Pradesh to Gujarat and Jharkhand.

These programs will train over 50,000 unemployed youth for in-demand skills in their local job

markets. Similarly, AIF’s partner NGO, Center for Resource Development, launched a rickshaw

bank model in Assam through which cycle rickshaw drivers can own their vehicles. This model

is now being implemented by a group of NGOs in Uttar Pradesh. In all, over 3,900 rickshaw

drivers will now have an asset with which to enhance their livelihoods.

2. We are able to take these innovate models to scale because of our expertise in establishing

public-private partnerships in India. We believe that the most sustainable solutions are found

when the government, corporate, and non-profit sectors work together in partnership. There-

fore, whenever possible, we partner with the government and the corporate sector, so as to

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achieve shared responsibility and leveraged impact in the communities we serve. Today, we

have partnerships with a quarter of all state governments in India as well as with numerous US-

based corporations with operations in India. This scale is most evident in our Digital Equalizer

program, which has experienced a 10-fold growth over the last two years and have effectively

integrated technology in the classroom across 1400 underserved schools in India.

Our ability to make a difference in India is predicated upon the resources we are able to gener-

ate in the United States. Here too, we are happy to report that we have successfully pursued

the ideal of community philanthropy and created a platform for individuals, corporations, and

private foundations to join together in pursuit of a common goal. We are particularly proud of

the Leadership Councils and volunteers in our chapter cities who are providing the guidance and

energy to expand our donor base across the country. We welcome the eight new trustees who

have joined AIF in the past year, and extend a special thanks to those who have been instrumen-

tal in building our chapter presence.

While we have raised a lot of resources in the past six years, we know there is a lot more philan-

thropic interest in India waiting to come forward and we aim to continue providing a trustworthy

and efficient channel for all who contribute to the organization. We believe that if we maintain

our programmatic focus and operational discipline, we can continue on our path to becoming a

significant player in the development space in India.

We thank you for your support and look forward to continue working with each of you.

Rajat Gupta Victor Menezes

Senior Partner Worldwide Retired Senior Vice-Chairman

McKinsey & Co. Citigroup

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from our executive team

Dear Friend:

As India celebrates 60 years of independence, AIF finds itself at the crossroads of two Indias.

The first India is one of high economic growth, where the business links between America

and India are growing every day, along with tremendous wealth creation. The second India is

one where millions of people migrate in economic distress, millions of children still do not

get an elementary education, and poor health is a way of life for more millions. The second

India calls us to a duty of service and the first gives us the inspiration that things can change

for the better.

With your valuable support, AIF continued on a path of growth in 2006-07. Over the past year,

we made 27 new grants to partner NGOs. We initiated 781 new Digital Equalizer Centers and

sent 25 young professional Americans to NGOs throughout India. Through these grants and

programs, we touched the lives of around 300,000 adults and children who might otherwise

not have seen the inside of a school, received access to health services, or had the opportunities to

earn a secure livelihood. Having raised over $10 million this year, our cumulative funds raised

now exceed $43 million.

We would like to highlight some of AIF’s accomplishments in the past year.

1. Expansion of our work on educating children of distress seasonal migrant labor: AIF’s path-

breaking grants to educating these children has brought this issue onto the agenda of policy-

makers at the national and state levels. Through our 12 partner NGOs, we have helped educate

nearly 50,000 children since 2003-04. We are poised to have impact at a much greater scale

as government agencies acknowledge the problem and dedicate resources to educating many

more children. Smita, AIF’s Education Director, authored a book entitled, “Locked Homes,

Empty Schools,” that spotlighted this issue to media, government and civil society. Through

the course of the year, AIF and partner NGOs participated in high level policy discussions

to formulate solutions. Today, all of AIF’s NGO partners working on educating children of

migrant laborers are receiving government funds for their initiatives, and the state govern-

ments are taking an active interest in their results. Further, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the

central government program to universalize elementary education, has formally mandated

state education departments to address the education of children of migrant workers.

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2. Rapid growth of the Digital Equalizer program: Our Digital Equalizer program is well on its

way to meeting its ambitious goal of 10,000 schools by 2010. It has more than doubled in size

in the past year from 600 schools to over 1,400 schools. This expansion has been possible due

to the partnerships we have established with state governments in Andhra Pradesh, Kar-

nataka, Orissa, Punjab and Rajasthan. These governments are all contributing the capital

costs and the physical operating costs of the center, while AIF covers the cost of the trainers

and the curriculum. Additionally, through partnerships with projects like the Adobe Youth

Voices that teaches students to capture their stories through multimedia devices, the program

is offering a much richer educational experience to students.

3. Launch of public health grant making: We made the first grants in our public health portfolio

to six NGOs. AIF grants are making a web of inclusion to promote access to health services,

train health providers, and develop capacity at the community level for prevention, care and

support. Over the next three years, AIF-supported initiatives should reach around 1.5 million

people. With the initial support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, AIF has raised $2.2

million in new resources for public health grant making, including an extraordinary grant

from trustees Asha & Raj Rajaratnam, and a partnership with AIDS Project Los Angeles, and

the US India Business Council to benefit populations at risk of HIV. Moving forward, in

recognizing the centrality of women’s lives to society and family, we are committing to

expand our public health portfolio to address maternal and child health, reproductive health,

and cross-cutting occupational health issues.

4. Reorientation of livelihood grant making: As we deepened our livelihoods grant portfolio,

we found it necessary over the past year to reorient our focus towards selected sectors that of-

fer the greatest potential for catalyzing change. In light of India’s agrarian crisis and its largely

urban-centric growth, AIF is focused on improving the livelihood options and security of

people who are recent migrants or who may have to migrate from rural areas due to economic

distress. AIF is one of the few organizations that is focusing on urban livelihoods of these new

migrants, looking at collective and enterprise solutions at scale for these largely unorganized

groups.

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5. Broadening of AIF’s fundraising presence in the United States: We continue to expand our

national presence through our volunteer-led chapter model. Under the guidance of local

leadership councils, the chapters hosted the following successful fundraisers:

• AIF Southern California hosted its third annual gala in October 2006 and raised over

$700,000, a 50 percent increase over 2005

• AIF Chicago hosted its second gala in May 2007 and raised over $600,000, a 100

percent increase over 2006

• AIF Dallas hosted its first gala in May 2007 and raised over $400,000

In addition, we launched the AIF Midlands Chapter in Omaha, Nebraska. We are particu-

larly encouraged by the launch of Young Professionals groups in Los Angeles, New York and

Chicago, which are developing the next generation of philanthropists with an interest

in India.

Every year, AIF’s Directors and Trustees visit a few partner NGOs to experience first hand the

work that we do. On our visit in Ahmedabad to our partner NGO, Saath, we met Shabana Kazi,

who is the only woman working in a refrigerator repair shop. Having received her vocational

training from Saath, she is now able to earn enough to care for her two children and the

parents of her deceased husband. To us, Shabana is the embodiment of the change we desire

to see in India, as she transitions from a life of dependency into one of independence and

self-reliance.

Working at AIF, stories like these keep us focused on our mission. Six years into the life of

AIF, we are proud of our accomplishments and conscious of giant steps that we must still take

to meet the aspirations of people like Shabana. We thank you for your involvement in AIF and

hope we can continue to work together to bring change to the most marginalized in India.

Lata Krishnan Pradeep Kashyap Shankar Venkateswaran

President, AIF Executive Director, AIF Executive Director, AIF India

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Shabhana Kazi earns a living as the head of her household at a Godrej repair center, after basic training at Umeed. Saath, Gujarat.

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Shabhana Kazi earns a living as the head of her household at a Godrej repair center, after basic training at Umeed. Saath, Gujarat.

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Increasing access to quality elementary education for:

1. Children of distress seasonal migrants through: a. seasonal hostels for children to stay in their home areas to continue their education while parents migrate b. temporary schools at migration destinations c. bridge courses for migrant children to re-integrate into their home schools

2. Deprived urban children by: a. advocating for increased school facilities by the government b. improving quality of education to increase learning levels and reduce drop-out rates

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3operational strategy

Demonstrate innovative models that are scalable to a level where they show that they can positively affect a significant number of people.

Invest in high quality organizations that have a track record of success, develop their capacity to implement projects, and monitor their effective use of funds.

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snapshot of our work

Increasing livelihood security and options among marginalized workers in:

1. Urban areas by: a. creating collective enterprises among waste workers b. formalizing cycle-rickshaw drivers through collectivization and micro-credit to own their own cycle rickshaws c. training unemployed youth in vocational and life-skills according to market needs and providing placement support

2. Rural areas by: a. enhancing natural resources (such as water) and other livelihoods assets b. building self-owned enterprises for non- farm livelihoods such as dairy, poultry and value-added forest produce

Improving maternal and child health, with a focus on HIV/AIDS by:

1. Accelerating prevention education among vulnerable groups and health practitioners and mobilizing social opinion to combat stigma and discrimination

2. Expanding capacity and service delivery in underserved high prevalence areas by creat-ing access to government health programs

3. Accelerating programs for Prevention of Mother to Child transmission (PMTCT), as well as services for vulnerable children

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service corps disaster relief

Develop public-private funding partnerships that diversify resource base for organizations and ensures maximum leverage of AIF funds.1

234 Share best practices across geographies through resource

centers, grant partner meetings, and exposure visits.

digital equalizerAdvancing the use of technology to educate and empower under-served children by:

1 . Preparing students in grade 6-10 for the 21st century knowledge economy by improving: a. technology literacy b. communication and critical thinking skills c. academic achievement 2. Improving quality of teaching in under-served schools through teacher-centric approaches with: a. extensive technology training b. effective integration of technology in pedagogy

3. Impacting information technology in education policy through advocacy and close linkages with local state governments, policy mak-ers, educationists

Enhancing the capacity of Indian NGOs through placement of skilled and experienced volunteers.

1. Ten-month service placements with goals based on needs defined by NGOs

2. Structured training for Fellows

3. Majority of Fellows have graduate degrees or work experience

4. Alumni network to keep Fellows engaged with India

Special grants made following major national disasters.

1. Focus on long-term rehabilitation of communities

2. Grants made in the areas of education, livelihoods, and public health, especially where current grant partners work

3. Grants that fill gaps in services provided by the government and other international NGOs

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FUNDING LEVERAGEAIF maximizes the scale of its work by collaborating with other donors and

government programs to create larger funding partnerships.

SCALED-UP SOLUTIONSAIF grows successful models to reach a

scale where they demonstrate sustainable solutions that can be adopted by others to

reach large numbers of people.

ADVOCACYAIF engages the government and

influences state policy and practice to direct resources towards successful

models of change.

catalyzing changeBy using a strategic approach in its grantmaking and programs, AIF has built successful models to accelerate social and economic change. Sustained and nurtured by AIF’s public-private partnerships, these models have grown from small pilot investments to a scale where they demonstrate the potential for transformational change in society.

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MARKET-LED VOCATIONAL TRAINING

In 2004, AIF funded Dr. Reddy’s Foun-dation (DRF) to implement a market needs-based vocational training pro-gram for poor youth in small towns across Andhra Pradesh. Leveraging funding from the UK Department for International Development and the state government, DRF has trained 20,000 youth.

Saath, an Ahmedabad-based NGO, learned of this model through AIF and with its support piloted a project to train 670 youth. Seeing Saath’s success, the state government-run Gujarat Urban Development Mission (GUDM) decided to shift their large-scale livelihoods pro-gram to train 100,000 disadvantaged youth. GUDM co-invested with AIF in Saath on a 3:1 basis to cover 25,000 youth across 15 urban centers.

USAID and AIF are now co-funding the model to be implemented in the state of Jharkand by NGO partners NBJK and CAP Foundation to train 5,000 urban youth.

In total, for an investment of $700,000, AIF has leveraged programs worth around $2 million that will train and place around 50,000 unemployed ur-ban youth in jobs.

LEARNING AND MIGRATION PROGRAM

In 2003, AIF funded Janarth to edu-cate children of seasonal migrants in the sugarcane industry in Maharash-tra. With co-investments from the gov-ernment of Maharashtra and a private foundation, AIF built the capacity of Janarth from covering 800 students to 10,000 students now.

Building on the success of the Janarth model, AIF provided funds and tech-nical support to NGOs in other highmigration areas to implement similar programs, including the innovation of seasonal hostels.

At the same time, AIF and its grant partners have developed pioneer col-laborations with state and central gov-ernments. This has resulted in fund-ing partnerships, a mandate for states to address the education of children of migrant laborers and policy formula-tion specific to their needs.

Through these partnerships, AIF’s 12 grant partners have educated over 20,000 children and proven a scalable model that can meet the needs of the estimated 6 million children of mi-grant laborers who are out of school.

DIGITAL EQUALIZER

In the DE program’s start-up phase in 2001-02, AIF partnered with Schools Online and operated DE Centers in 49 schools.

By 2005, the program consolidated learnings from its first Centers and ex-panded to 150 schools, including pilot partnerships with three state govern-ments.

The growth of DE proliferated due to several large scale partnerships with state governments (AP: 100 schools, Punjab: 600 schools, Karnataka: 249 schools, Orissa: 160 schools, Rajast-han: 207 schools). In addition, several US-based companies such as Adobe, AMD, Applied Materials, Convergys, HSBC, Intel also invested in the DE program. These partnerships have led to an explosive 10-fold growth in two years, and DE Centers now operate in over 1,400 schools.

Due to DE’s scale and partnerships, AIF is able to deliver the same impact for 1/10th of the original cost. Plans are now in place for rapid expansion to 10,000 schools by 2010.

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In a tribal region of Orissa, a women’s co-operative runs a lucrative business making plates from Siali leaves. PRADAN, Orissa.

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Highlights of our work

AIF invests in some of the most effective ways to improve the ed-ucation, health, and livelihoods of marginalized people in India. The following highlights capture some of our larger accomplish-ments in the past year. These highlights reflect our strategic approach to philanthropy, and our goal to achieve measurable impact over time.

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highlights: education

1 - Migrants make ends meet by making bricks on the outskirts of Amaran village, but their children learn at site schools. Setu, Gujarat. 2- Jhangi village’s most marginalized migrate seasonally for salt work but now are able to leave their children behind to learn. Cohesion Foundation, Gujarat. 3- Migrating vast distances away from their villages, migrant families find ways to educate their children in Sakhar Shalas to end the cycle of poverty. Janarth, Maharashtra.

AIF continues its successful work on educating the children of distress seasonal migrant workers through its partnerships with 12

partners across Gujarat, Maharashtra and Orissa. These partnerships have directly ensured that over 20,000 children remained in

school through the 2006-07 school year. AIF has also played a critical role in raising government and public awareness of the issue.

At the central government level, AIF and its grant partners successfully worked with the Ministry of Human Resource Development

to mandate a programmatic focus on educating migrant children. The Ministry, which houses the education department, amended

the framework of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), its flagship program to achieve universal elementary education, to lay special

emphasis on covering the children of seasonal migrants. AIF has been involved in framing the guidelines for this initiative and

designing operational state manuals for its implementation. At the state level, all three states are working in coordination with AIF

partners to address this issue. Funds from SSA offices are flowing to support AIF-initiated programs and also towards larger state-

level initiatives for these children. The learnings of AIF’s work on seasonal migration were captured in a book, “Locked Homes,

Empty Schools,” authored by Smita, AIF’s Director of Education, with a foreword by Amartya Sen. This book, launched in Delhi

by Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chair of the Planning Commission, has been instrumental in spotlighting the issue among

government agencies and other policymakers.

AIF’s work on educating urban children continues to gain traction. AIF grant partner Bodh Shiksha Samiti’s Janbodh Karykaram, a

partnership with the Government of Rajasthan, is on pace to ensure that every child in Jaipur is in school and learning. SSA Rajast-

han has taken some key steps to provide more teachers and schools for children in slums, which will accrue long term benefits. The

strategy is to make this and other similar interventions as models that can be adapted across the country.

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highlights: livelihood

1- Aspiring Home Managers of Urmila get trained on modern appliances in Ahmedabad. Saath, Gujarat. 2- Geeta Devi processing milk collected from her women’s group for sale. SRIJAN, Rajasthan. 3- Anwar Ali, Anil Deka, Feroze Khan, and Binoy Sen show off passbooks which record payments for ownership. CRD, Assam.

AIF reorganized its interventions to focus on five sectors that employ some of the most marginalized communities. In urban India,

AIF is targeting rickshaw drivers, waste workers and unemployed youth living in slums. In rural India, the emphasis is on building

the livelihood assets of individuals eligible for work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, and on building non-

farm livelihoods enterprises. A vast majority of these workers are in the informal sector of the economy, where there is no income

or social security, and often must migrate in search of livelihoods. AIF seeks to formalize them, with more secure livelihoods and

alternatives to distress migration.

In providing vocational training to urban unemployed youth, AIF made its first grant in 2004 to the Dr Reddy’s Lab Foundation

in Andhra Pradesh. After identifying market needs for labor, 20,000 youth have been trained for vocations in 16 towns. AIF then

brought this model to Gujarat where its partner Saath, an Ahmedabad-based NGO, adapted the model to local conditions. This has

now become a Gujarat government program, as a part of which Saath will train 25,000 youth in eight cities across the state. This

model is also being implemented in Jharkand, where CAP Foundation in partnership with Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra, will train

5,000 youth. In all of these grants, the respective state governments have actively co-invested to take them to scale.

The other major success story has been in the creation of worker-owned collectives and enterprises within the informal sector. When

working individually, workers such as rickshaw drivers or waste workers are unable to build assets, negotiate with customers or

the authorities, and their livelihoods lack security. When they form collectives or enterprises, they are able to own assets and have

greater security of livelihood. Center for Rural Development, AIF’s partner NGO in Guwahati that works with rickshaw drivers, or-

ganized them into small groups through which 1,000 of them were able to receive loans to own their rickshaws. Uniforms, identity

cards, and better designed rickshaws have resulted in increased incomes as well as access to entitlements.

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highlights: public health

1- Nutritionist work with HIV+ patients on importance of balanced diet. YRG CARE, Andhra Pradesh. 2- HIV-AIDS awareness theatre group perform a street play at Neeva Horil village. Trans. I am the HIV/AIDS virus. GDS, Uttar Pradesh. 3- As the power failed in the Machai Public Health Center, a new life came into the world. MAMTA, Bihar.

In 2006, AIF prioritized combating HIV/AIDS in India and made its first focused grants in this area. Particular consideration was

given to working with women and youth as both groups are extremely vulnerable to AIDS. Grant partners range from those provid-

ing highly complex technical assistance to develop and deliver AIDS services, to those using local theater for prevention education

among vulnerable groups. The elements of the overall programmatic strategy are:

1. Accelerating education about HIV prevention among vulnerable populations and about counseling, treatment and patient care

to health practitioners, and mobilizing social opinion to combat stigma and discrimination

2. Expanding capacity and service delivery in underserved high prevalence areas by creating access to government health programs

3. Promoting programs for Prevention of Mother to Child transmission (PMTCT), as well as services for vulnerable children

AIF succeeded in involving a broad range of players in its overall efforts to combat AIDS in India. In collaboration with the Bill &

Melinda Gates Foundation, The Clinton Global Initiative, AIDS Project Los Angeles, the US India Business Council and other cor-

porate and individual donors, AIF mobilized resources and leadership for public health, raising a total of $2.2 million.

Moving forward, AIF will develop more robust grants to accelerate PMTCT programs and services for vulnerable children as well as

to develop a community clinics initiative in underserved communities. AIF has also begun preliminary work on developing a broad

program to promote and protect women’s health and address cross-sectoral occupational health issues.

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highlights: digital equalizer

1- Students work on an Adobe Youth Voices documentary project with support from the DE Center. Akshay Pratishthan. New Delhi. 2- DE in Alambika village encourages creative teaching using not only digital tools but also physical ones. Government Upper Primary School. Rajasthan. 3- Senior school students in Hyderabad North Lalaguda, in their computer lab. Railway Girls’ School, Andhra Pradesh.

In academic year 2007-08, DE will touch the lives of over 570,000 students and more than 17,000 teachers in over 1400 under-

served schools across 13 states in India. This 10-fold growth over the last two years has been largely possible through sustainable,

public-private partnerships involving state governments, multinational corporations, foundations, individuals, and other NGOs.

The governments of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa, Punjab and Rajasthan have invested substantially in the capital equipment

and infrastructure, enabling AIF to leverage its resources effectively across the program.

Through a three-year sustained engagement with every school, DE ensures that technology plays a central role in the transforma-

tion of students into critical thinkers. By strengthening the pedagogical aspects of the program through project-based, collaborative

learning, students are empowered to become active creators of content and not just passive recipients. The DE team continuously

evaluates opportunities for innovation such as explorations in alternative energy sources, cross-border collaborations, and youth-

created media. For example, through a partnership with the Adobe Youth Voices initiative, students are using cutting-edge digital

tools to produce rich multimedia content and Applied Materials Foundation has partnered with AIF to pilot solar technologies in

select DE schools in Bangalore.

96 schools have “graduated” from the DE program and have sustained independently beyond AIF’s engagement. Current expansion

plans will bring DE to 10,000 schools across the country, reaching approximately 2 million students every year.

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highlights: service corps

1- Pooja Gupta interviews NGOs elementary school graduates to evaluate success. Bodh, Rajasthan. 2- US Ambassador Mulford hosts 2006-07 Service Corps Fellows. Delhi. 3- Margarette Shegog evaluates youth programs in Fatehpur village through interviews. CINI, West Bengal.

The 2006-07 class of Service Corps Fellows consisted of 25 young Americans who served for 10 months with 20 Indian NGOs. The

trend toward sending highly qualified young American professionals to India continued, as 75 percent of Fellows had a graduate

degree and/or significant prior work experience. During their service, Fellows worked on capacity-building projects for their host

NGOs. Some examples of accomplishments by the Fellows include:

• Emily Carlson at Center for Equity Services/Samya in Delhi, raised funds, marketed, and assisted in the launch of the Aman

Biradri street youth shelters, an innovative partnership for the care of street children with the government of Delhi

• Kevin Cremin, at the Center for Advocacy in Mental Health in Pune, researched the provision of mental health services at

General Hospital Psychiatric Units in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Pune, and published a report on legal and

policy barriers to effective mental health care

• Husna Ali-Khan, at the Byrraju Foundation in Hyderabad, designed a spoken English curriculum that was implemented in over

30 rural schools across two districts

Service Corps alumni continue to make their mark in India as well. Jennifer Leonard (SC ‘05-‘06), a Wharton-trained MBA who

worked with SKS, a microfinance group in Hyderabad, joined the organization as its Chief Financial Officer following her year of

service. Jessica Mayberry (SC ‘02-’03) was awarded the prestigious Echoing Green Fellowship for founding Video Volunteers, an

Ahmedabad-based organization that trains disenfranchised communities to use video and television to tell their stories. Harpreet

Anand (SC ’04-’05) works with Constella Futures as the USAID/Health Policy Initiative Country Coordinator and is involved in

providing management and technical support to all HPI work in India focusing on HIV/AIDS and family planning.

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highlights: disaster relief

1- Bhuvneshwari with a donated calf. DHAN Foundation, Tamil Nadu. 2- Cement brick making group at Singarathoppu village. IWDI, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. 3- Jagdish Lal, reconstructing his house in an earthquake-resistant design. SEEDS, Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir.

While India was fortunate to not be struck with any major natural or man-made disasters in 2006-07, AIF continued its long-term

work with those affected by the tsunami of 2004 and the Kashmir earthquake of 2005 continued. Additionally, AIF supported local

flood relief efforts in Gujarat.

AIF’s ongoing tsunami grants provided livelihood and educational support to women and children in Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, and

Tuticorin. Since the non-fishing community received the least attention from the government and other donors, this was a focus of

AIF’s work following the tsunami. Grants were made in improving water management to increase agricultural productivity by reducing

salinity in the soil, and in the introduction of animal husbandry and dairy enterprises to diversify incomes outside of crop cultivation.

AIF also has a partnership with the United Nations Development Program to provide alternative livelihoods through skills training and

job placements, with over 3,000 young people expected to be employed in the coming year in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu and Kollam,

Kerala districts.

Other livelihood grants aimed to increase self-employment opportunities by providing credit for vending and salt production, and also

through training in areas such as boat and engine repair and production of sea shell ornaments. AIF also supported group enterprises

in brick making, fish net repair, and stitching.

In Kashmir, AIF has partnered with Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) that has introduced earth-

quake-resistant housing into the region and is building the capacity of local masons and communities to build homes that incorporate

these elements.

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Service Corps Fellow Emily Carlson teaching children at the Sarai Basti Hostel. Samya, New Delhi.

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Touching Lives,Making Change

At the heart of AIF’s work is a simple desire to transform lives positively. The following stories are of people whose lives AIF has touched.

Although the models may be complex, the results are straight-forward - a child receives an edu-cation, a widow can support her family, and a person living with HIV/AIDS can have access to treatment.

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inspiring a new generation

Walking around Gurdev Tegh Bahadur Nagar, a slum in Jaipur, one sees people engaged in a

variety of activities. Many of the women sew sequins and other ornaments on garments and

the men make wrought iron furniture. On the surface, it looks like any other slum in India,

where people living on the margins in urban areas eke out a living. Yet, one sees hope in the

story of Anil Kaur, a teacher in the Bodh community school.

Bodh Shiksha Samiti is an AIF-funded NGO that is taking an innovative approach to educat-

ing children up to 8th grade in the slum communities of Jaipur. Bodh schools focus on expe-

riential learning and thinking rather than rote memorization as is the norm in most Indian

schools. Teachers seek parental interaction and involve them in their children’s education.

Anil’s parents were uneducated. She became excited about learning when she went to the

Bodh school, where she studied up to 8th grade. She moved on from Bodh to other schools

to finish high school. After she graduated, she decided to return to teach in the Bodh school

where she studied.

As a teacher, Anil is more like an elder sibling to her students. After four hours of teaching,

she visits the homes of two children to engage their parents by discussing their children’s

progress and concerns. Working with her are “mother teachers” who are women chosen by the

community from the community to participate in the school’s activities.

Anil met her husband at the same school. He works in the wrought iron industry. Unlike other

workers who are illiterate, thanks to his 8th grade education, he does not get taken advantage

of by contractors and clients.

Anil and her husband have a four-year old son, Farvil, who goes to the Bodh school. He is one

of the projected 200,000 children Bodh aims to educate over the next 20 years in partnership

with the Rajasthan government. Like his parents, he too is getting a quality education, which

will lay the foundation for a better life for him.

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“There was no hope for families undergoing distress migration in the coastal areas of Gujarat, but now through AIF’s funding

there is hope for them for a better future.”- Ashok Srimali, Setu (AIF Education Grant Partner)

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together we can do it!

Meena Dhangar works as a sweeper in Patna. She is a business owner as well because she is a

member of Swachdhara (Clean Earth), a worker-owned enterprise organized by AIF’s partner

NGO, Nidan. With AIF’s support, Bihar-based Nidan initiated Swachdhara in an effort to cre-

ate secure livelihoods and a dignified work environment for thousands of waste workers and

sweepers in Patna city.

Meena, a mother of four, was widowed three years ago. Lacking employable skills, she turned

to cleaning houses as a means to make ends meet and support her children. Despite the long

hours she worked, she had no income security as her various employers could fire her at will.

There were also no benefits that came with the job.

She joined a self-help group run by Nidan in an effort to create some savings. Nidan trained

her in various aspects of sanitation work and certified her as a Safai Mitra (Friend of Hygiene).

Safai Mitras, once trained, become part of Swachdhara and are able to participate in all the

benefits that come with formal employment.

Swachdhara is a comprehensive waste management enterprise. The effort begins with Safai

Mitras working at the individual household level to collect and segregate waste. Organic waste

is used in a vermi-compost unit and waste paper is recycled in a paper-manufacturing unit,

both of which are self-sustaining enterprises through their revenues. Swachdhara has received

contracts from the Patna municipal government to manage waste in distinct parts of the city.

In addition to the livelihood security that comes from contracts and guaranteed minimum

wages, Safai Mitras also get to work with dignity. They have fixed working hours with sched-

uled breaks, get uniforms, and receive safety training equipment. All of these add up to a bet-

ter work environment and a more secure livelihood.

Meena, who never had the opportunity to go to school, now saves up to send her son to a pri-

vate school once he graduates from the government-run middle school. She has funded the

marriages of her three daughters. In fact, since one of her daughter’s marriages did not work

out, she is now saving for her second wedding.

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“Leveraging smaller grants into major participation by governments and other players is a brilliant idea

that AIF has done realy well. Together we can do something that no one individually can.”- Chandrika Tandon, AIF Trustee/Board Member and Chairperson, AIF Livelihoods Committee

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a future regained

When Arti Devi married Narayan at the age of 15, she had hopes for a good life, although she

knew it would not be easy. The young couple eked out a meager livelihood in their village in

Uttar Pradesh cultivating a small piece of land. As they started having children, the income

was not enough to fulfill the family’s needs.

Narayan migrated to Mumbai in search of work, found a job as a polisher, and was able to

send Rs. 1000 ($25) a month to Arti Devi, who remained in their village. He would return

home three to four times a year for short holidays. After 10 years, Narayan fell critically ill and

returned to his village. When his illness persisted for over six months, he was tested for HIV

and found he was infected. He began a treatment regimen, but in order to support his family

and to pay for his medicine, Narayan had to return to Mumbai to work. After another year, a

severely-ill Narayan returned to his village and soon passed away, leaving his family with no

assets. Soon after, their second son died of an unknown illness.

Due to the fact that Narayan died of AIDS, Arti Devi received no support from his extended

family. She became a daily wage laborer to provide for her family and joined a self-help group

(SHG) through AIF grant partner Grameen Development Service (GDS), to have some liveli-

hood security. GDS, whose core focus is on improving livelihoods, had noted a rising HIV

risk to its members, particularly those who migrate for work, and partnered with AIF to create

awareness of HIV-prevention methods and encourage HIV-testing among its members.

Through her SHG, Arti Devi viewed a street play on HIV/AIDS organized by GDS and was

convinced to take an HIV-test. Arti Devi tested positive. Although shaken, GDS staff provided

her regular counseling to prepare her to fight the disease. She also received a lot of support

from the members of her self-help group.

GDS referred Arti Devi to the Antiretroviral Treatment Center in Lucknow Medical College.

Fortunately, as her CD-4 count was under control, she did not need to take anti-retroviral

drugs, but she continues to receive counseling. Arti Devi also had the good news that her

children have tested negative. Her son Ramu, aged 16, has gone to work in Mumbai, but fully

aware of HIV and how to prevent getting infected.

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“Everyone has a right to live healthy and productive lives and realize their dreams. As successful members of the Diaspora,

we have the power to give hope and show that we care.”- Asha & Raj Rajaratnam, AIF Trustees

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digital dynamos

Jamia Middle School is located in a densely populated area south of Delhi on Jamia Millia Isla-

mia University’s Campus. This school caters to students from low and middle income families

in Urdu and English medium classes. Through DE, Jamia has enhanced the education it offers

students and is preparing them for the 21st century workforce.

Since the Digital Equalizer Center was launched in Jamia Middle School in 2005, it has intro-

duced technology in learning to over 800 students and 42 teachers. The core focus of the pro-

gram has been to train teachers and students to integrate technology into the curriculum. The

program has been so popular among students that nearly half of them sign up for additional

time in the lab after school hours and during vacation.

Many of the students have gone beyond the curriculum and expanded their horizons. Faiz and

Hiba were among 14 students at Jamia who participated in the Telling Stories-Brainstormer

Project, an AIF collaboration with San Francisco State University’s Institute for Next Genera-

tion Internet. Through this partnership, 7th and 8th grade students in Jamia were paired with

students from Havenscourt Middle School in Oakland, California. Using creative writing and

animation, these students worked across borders to create magical heroes who would solve

the world’s most pressing social evils. Neha and two of her classmates, Bhushra and Sualeha,

produced a research project on pollution and won 1st place from among 1,200 entries to DE’s

program-wide national contest in project-based learning.

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“Intel Corporation is committed to the development of 21st century skills in the world’s youth. The partnership

between the Intel Education Initiative and AIF’s DE program is a significant step towards this end.”

- Paul S. Otellini, President & CEO, Intel Corporation

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spirit of service

Yael Gottlieb first went to India on a Rotary scholarship when she was 18 years old. She lived

for a year with a family in Nagpur, attended classes at the local college and volunteered at a

Missionaries of Charity Orphanage. Through the year, she developed a deep passion for India.

While pursuing her undergraduate degree from New York University, she supplemented her

major in anthropology with a certificate in South Asian studies and returned to India for a

semester.

Yael was one of 25 Fellows selected to the 2006-07 Service Corps Fellowship from a pool of

over 200 applicants. Having gained rich fundraising experience through four years’ work at

Human Rights Watch’s world headquarters in New York City, she felt she was in a position to

contribute towards building the resources of an Indian NGO as a Service Corps Fellow.

She was placed with Action India, a Delhi-based NGO, where she focused on developing

the resources of the organization’s innovative Mahila Panchayat (women’s local governance

councils) program, among other initiatives. Mahila Panchayats meet weekly in selected neigh-

borhoods to deal with family disputes, and particularly instances of domestic violence. Since

1994, Action India’s network of nearly thirty Mahila Panchayats have resolved thousands of

cases and are well recognized for offering a fair and efficient form of grievance addressal.

Yael instituted a formal fundraising program for Action India and developed its first donor

cultivation and tracking system. She revamped the organization’s website and developed writ-

ten donor communication materials. Yael was also responsible for two major fundraising suc-

cesses. The first was a $100,000 grant from Oxfam India to develop Action India’s work with

poor Muslim women in rural Uttar Pradesh. The second was helping Action India win the

Ashoka Changemakers’ Collaborative Competition to End Domestic Violence, an extremely

competitive global prize that included a grant and garnered significant publicity.

Following her fellowship, Yael is continuing her work on human rights in South Asia through

Human Rights Watch. She is helping the organization plan the launch of an India-specific

initiative, and is developing resources to support this effort.

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“The American India Foundation is always among our top picks at the Forum. Its leadership, its

expanding donor base, and its grantees are all as inventive as they are committed.”

- Jane Wales, CEO, World Affairs Council & Global Philanthropy Forum

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a life rebuilt

Raman was a farmer in Akkurmukuttu village in coastal Tamil Nadu. The 2004 tsunami dev-

astated his life as water from the sea came into his land and made the soil too saline to culti-

vate. He became ill soon after the tsunami and discovered he needed a kidney transplant. Life

was on the edge for him.

One of Raman’s problems was that he did not know where he could access the rehabilitation

services that had flowed into the area following the tsunami. Raman began his quest for ser-

vices through the Village Information Center (VIC) that was established and run by the South

Indian Federation of Fisherman Societies (SIFFS), an AIF partner NGO.

Through a grant jointly funded by the NASSCOM Foundation and TiE, SIFFS created VICs

in 10 coastal villages that were affected by the tsunami. The VICs, which consist of computers

and internet access, serve a business and social function. They provide specialized up-to-date

content for the fishing community such as weather, market supply levels and prices. This

helps the fisher folk identify when to fish, how much to fish, and where to get the best prices

for their catch. The VICs also provide a one-stop information shop for residents who need to

get information about government and social services that are available to them.

At the VIC, Raman was able to get the information he needed about his kidney disease, and

gradually was able to secure a kidney transplant. He also was able to find out about a microen-

terprise fund and training, through which he secured a loan to run a small grocery store.

Today, Raman is healthy again and has replaced his previous income from farming with the

profits from his store.

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“AIF has achieved meaningful & sustainable impact throughoptimal leverage, significant partnerships and innovative

programs in the most marginalized communities of India.”- Ajay Shah, AIF Trustee

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grants

The listing below is of all grants that were made by AIF during 2006-07 or grants made in previous years that were still active. AIF’s website contains the most up-to-date listing of all grants and greater details on each.

EDUCATION

ACTIVE GRANTS

Learning And Migration Program (LAMP)AIF and our partners have launched a series of programs across four states to ensure quality elementary education of children of distress seasonal migrants. The main interventions are: sea-sonal hostels or residential care facilities located in villages from where families migrate and site schools located at migration work sites.

Cohesion Foundation Trust, Kutch, Gujarat, $116,979 (2007)For education of children of marine salt pan and charcoal work-ers, and sensitization of government school teachers to the edu-cation of children of migrants in the sending areas. In 2006-07, ran 32 seasonal hostels and 17 site schools.

Janarth, 9 districts of Maharashtra and Belgaum, Karnataka, $117,500 (2007)For children of sugarcane industry workers. In 2006-07, ran 15 seasonal hostels and 33 sakhar shalas (schools at worksites). Since 2003, Janarth has educated over 35,000 children through its sakhar shalas.

Lokadrusti, Nuapada, Orissa, $56,293 (2006, 2007)For children of brick kiln migrants, in partnership with two lo-cal NGOs. In 2006-07, ran 30 seasonal hostels.

Setu, Jamnagar, Dang, Junaghar, Narmada, Rajkot & Surat, Gujarat, $261,325 (2006, 2007)For children of migrant workers in salt pans, charcoal making areas, roof tile and brick kilns, sugar cane fields, and fisher-ies. In 2006-07, ran 40 seasonal hostels and 58 site schools, working in conjunction with two local NGOs. Also engaged Aga Khan Education Services to provide educational training, on site support and materials to all Gujarat LAMP Partners.

Vikalpa, Bolangir, Orissa, $210,936 (2006, 2007)For children of brick kiln migrants, in partnership with two local NGOs. In 2006-07, ran 52 seasonal hostels.

Yusuf Meherally Center, Kutch, Gujarat, $43,661 (2006)For children of migrant fishing communities and non-migrant minority communities In 2006-07, ran 11 seasonal hostels and 19 site schools.

Urban Deprived Children

Bodh Shiksha Samiti, $103,615 (2005)To educate 15,000 children in the slums of Jaipur. In serveral partnerships including the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Aga Khan Foundation, and the Government of Rajasthan.

Nidan, Patna, Bihar, $59,226 (2006)To provide quality elementary education for children of waste workers and sweepers and integrate them into the formal school system.

Pratham, Delhi & Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, $215,008 (2006)To increase elementary education in Delhi slums by implement-ing pre-school, reading and learning programs, classes, and li-braries. To build 110 community libraries, 120 pre-schools, 17 community learning centers and implement school-based inter-ventions in Allahabad. Since 2001, Pratham has reached over 68,000 children in partnership with AIF.

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“AIF’s success at making governments take notice of citizens that were hitherto invisible is commendable, and my office

takes pride in working with AIF as colleagues in our continual efforts to advocate for the migrant child.”

- Deborah Abello. Director, Migrant Education Program, Santa Clara County Office of Education

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Samya/Yusuf Meherally Center, Delhi, $86,346 (2006)To ensure mainstream and holistic education for vulnerable urban street children and adolescents, while providing secure shelter, adequate nutrition, physical and mental health, and rec-reation.

Vimochana Sangha, Belgaum, Karnataka, $104,801 (2006)To ensure elementary education of 480 children, especially girls, of the Devadasi and other marginalized communities.

COMPLETED GRANTS

Child in Need Institute (CINI) Asha, Kolkata & Siliguri, West Bengal, $47,500 (2004)Provided education to children of sex workers. In partnership with the Maharshtra Foundation.

Room to Read, Ajmer, Jaipur & Jodhpur, Rajasthan and Delhi, $200,000 (2003, 2004)Established 242 libraries for children in underserved communi-ties, including books in Hindi and English. In partnership with Room to Read USA.

Sanchetna Community Health and Research Center, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, $33,467, 2004Increased enrollment of children from marginalized communi-ties with a focus on promoting communal harmony.

Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Center (VASCSC), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, $39,656 (2003)Developed science and math kits to make learning more interac-tive and analytical.

Vikramshila, Bolangir & Nuapada, Orissa, $9,517 (2007)Provided training to 120 LAMP education coordinators and helped develop bridge courses for returning migrant children for LAMP partners in Orissa.

Donor Advised FundsAnudip Foundation for Social Welfare, $43, 972Association for Voluntary Action and Service, $10,000Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University, $3,000Niramaya Foundation, $100,000Nurul Hasan Education & Research Foundation, $50,000Pratham India, $300,000Pratibha Poshini, $2,000Rama Krishna Mission, $30,000TANA Foundation, $6,000Vidya - Integrated Development for Youth, $75,000

LIVELIHOOD

ACTIVE GRANTS

Urban Livelihoods

CAP Foundation, Jharkhand, $249,800 (2007)To provide vocational training for 5,000 disadvantaged youth in seven urban centers. In partnership with USAID.

Center for Rural Developemnt (CRD), Guwahati, Assam & Noida, UP $30,943 (2005)To enable 1500 cycle-rickshaw drivers to own their vehicles through micro-credit and facilitate institutional bank linkages for sustainability.

Madhya Pradesh Welfare Association for the Blind (MPWAB), Indore, Madhya Pradesh, $22,712 (2004, 2006)To upgrade physiotherapy equipment, enhance quality of educa-tion, and facilitite job placement with a focus to upgrade skills and improve livelihoods of blind people. In partnership with Ashraya Foundation.

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Movement for Alternatives and Youth Awareness (MAYA), Bangalore, Karnataka, $149,454 (2006)To create a Resource Center for establishing worker-owned col-lectives by gathering and disseminating best practices, support-ing NGOs, and creating advocacy agendas and coalitions.

Nidan, Patna, Bihar, $89,000 (2005)To collectivize and support waste collectors, called safai mitra, friends of cleanliness, bringing dignity and livelihoods security to 1,500 families.

Saath, Ahmedabad and 15 other districts, Gujarat, $407,225 (2007)To identify livelihood options and provide necessary vocational training for 25,000 vulnerable and poor youth. In partnership with the Government of Gujarat.

Rural Livelihoods

Bharatha Swamukti Samsthe (BSS), Bangalore, Kanataka, $100,000 (2005)To double self-help group membership to 24,000 women and develop organizational capacity for this growth, co-funded by Unitus.

Grameen Development Services (GDS), Gorakhpur & SantKabirnagar, Uttar Pradesh $100,868 (2005)To promote institutional finance of self-help groups (SHGs), support common facilities centers of SHG federations, and en-courage group enterprises, impacting 2,200 families.

Navjyoti Delhi Police Foundation (NDPF), Gurgaon, Haryana, $44,755 (2004)To empower women from minority groups such as Gurjar & Dalit through self-help groups, impacting 450 families.

Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Baliguda, Orissa, $214,762 (2007) To strengthen self-help groups and develop small businesses around forest products such as plates made of dried leaves, im-pacting 2,500 families.

Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action (SRIJAN), Tonk, Ra-jasthan & Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, $384,161 (2006)To enhance livelihoods through women’s dairy collectives, im-prove market linkages, and provide microfinance, impacting 2,700 families.

Utthan, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, $167,358 (2006)To establish a Resource Center to collect and share experiences of developing livelihoods in saline soil areas, building upon pre-vious grant for water management in six villages.

COMPLETED GRANTS

Activists for Social Alternatives (ASA), 6 Districts, Tamil Nadu, $230,000 (2006)Built capacity and gained the status of a non-banking finance company.

Association of People with Disabilities (APD), Bangalore, Karna-taka, $44,072 (2005)For vocational training and placement support to over 1900 peo-ple with disabilities. In partnership with the Wadhwani Foun-dation.

Blind People’s Association (BPA), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, $12,317 (2005)Provided physiotherapy equipment to support the training in-stitute for blind students. In partnership with the Wadhwani Foundation.

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Entrepreneurship Development and Rehabilitation Center for the Handicapped (EDARCH), Pune, Maharashtra, $12,178 (2005)Provided training in the manufacture of outsourced plastic com-ponents with ISO 9001 certification. In partnership with the Wadhwani Foundation

Freedom Foundation, Bangalore, Karnataka $19,200 (2004)Started a business unit for 10 HIV+ women which produces and supplies cleaning products and offers catering services, provid-ing needed livelihoods.

Mahila Shram Sewa Nyas (MSSN), Indore & Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh $55,917 (2005)Formed 37 self-help groups and provided skills enhancement for tailoring and incense rolling.

Movement for Alternative and Youth Awareness (MAYA), Bangalore, Karnataka, $52,239 (2005)Trained and integrated 44 people with disabilities into worker-owned collectives. In partnership with the Wadhwani Founda-tion.

Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, $138,958 (2004)Improved livelihoods through organizing 3250 women in self-help groups, training 2143 families in agricultural interventions, and engaging 529 women in tassar production and a poultry federation.

Samaja Parivartana Samudaya (SPS), Davanagere & Haveri, Karnataka, $56,626 (2002)Organized 3189 families in 26 villages into 218 self-help groups with bank linkages and livelihoods options, 22 village forest committees, 54 youth groups, and 6 non-timber forest produce collector groups.

Samerth Trust, Kutch, Gujarat, $143,600 (2003)Organized marginalized communities to improve their resource base through construction of water harvesting structures, con-solidating community structures following earthquake.

School for Potenial Advancement and Restoration of Confidence (SPARC), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, $17,214 (2005)Created job placement agency and assisted self-employment for low income people living with disabilities. In partnership with the Wadhwani Foundation.

Spastic Society of Karnataka (SSK), Bangalore, Karnataka, $11,734 (2005)Enrolled 54 students with disabilities in the Integrated Vocation-al School for job training and placement support. In partnership with the Wadhwani Foundation.

Udyama, Orissa, $100,173 (2005, 2006)Improved livelihoods in drought and migration prone areas by working with 250 self-help groups to implement watershed proj-ects and non-farm activities such as sari weaving.

Vikas Center for Development, Ahmedabad, Surat & Vadodra, Gujarat $78,000 (2004)Improved livelihoods of 1,130 families through introduction of fishing and grain banks. Freed 108 bonded labor, and reclaimed 133 acres for 44 families.

Donor Advised FundsAlice Project India, $1,000Dwaraka, $16,080Kala Raksha, $32,376MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, $12,500

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“What sets AIF apart from many other organizations is the high level of professionalism, organization and

intensity that is brought to every initiative.”- DP Ahuja, AIF Volunteer, Director, Workplace Giving

Kiran Vaghela, a vocational training program graduate now works at a photo studio, SAATH, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

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PUBLIC HEALTH

ACTIVE GRANTS

Grameen Development Services (GDS), Basti, Gorakpur, Maharajganj & Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, $30,000 (2006)To accelerate delivery of HIV/AIDS prevention education among vulnerable groups in 100 villages covering 12,000 families, in-cluding linkages to public health resources and a model for a community-led peer-based intervention.

MAMTA-Health Institute for Mother and Child, Patna & Muz-zafarpur, Bihar and Barabanki & Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh, $174,891 (2006)To integrate HIV/AIDS prevention programs such as parent to child transmission (PPTCT) and counseling services within existing government supported health service delivery systems with a goal to develop a scalable model for pre-natal and ante-natal care that safeguards maternal-child health and reduces in-cidence of pediatric HIV/AIDS infections.

Nidan, Patna & Vaishali, Bihar, $30,000 (2006)To accelerate delivery of HIV/AIDS prevention education among vulnerable groups in the informal sector including street ven-dors and garbage collectors, expecting to reach nearly 4,500 people.

Swasthya Evam Jan Kalyan Samiti of IHO, Regional AIDS Train-ing Network in Eastern India, 13 States in Eastern & Northeast-ern India, $100,000 (2007)To train state-level doctors and NGOs, district-level paramedics, and grassroots organizations to respond effectively to the HIV/AIDS epidemic with a target of reaching over 5,000 people.

Y R Gaitonde Center for AIDS Research and Education, Nalgonda, Nellore, & Medak, Andhra Pradesh, $199,870 (2007)To expand access to HIV treatment, care and support services, facilitate partnerships between community groups, educate pa-tients, and have capacity building for clinicians, nurses, counsel-ors and laboratory technicians.

COMPLETED GRANTS

HRIDAY-SHAN, Delhi & Agra, Uttar Pradesh, $170,000 (2006)To fund Global Youth Meeting to sensitize youth on health aware-ness and advocacy and to provide youth a platform to discuss/debate health policy issues, while also providing networking op-portunities to become social change agents and empowerment.

Donor Advisd FundsAbhaya, $5,000Dream and Beauty Charitable Trust, $1,700,000Mobile Creches, $123,140Naz Foundation India, $10,000

DISASTER RELIEF

ACTIVE GRANTS

Tsunami

Development of Humane Action Foundation (DHAN), Karaikal, Tamil Nadu, $65,550, (2005)To rebuild the livelihoods of 805 small farmers and landless laborers in 17 villages by reclaiming agricultural land and re-vival of livestock production; and to distribute coconut seedlings to 1000 families. In partnership with the Indo American Arts Council.

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Kerala Rural Development Agency (KRDA), Kollam, Kerala, $11,413 (2007)To provide vocational training to 80 youth and women. In part-nership with United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Kumari Organization for Development Initiatives (KODI), Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, $21,337 (2007)To provide vocational training to 130 people. In partnership with UNDP.

Quilon Social Service Society (QSSS), Kollam & Alappuzha, Kerala, $13,764 (2007)To provide vocational training to 122 tsunami-affected people. In partnership with UNDP.

Rural Education and Action for Liberation (REAL), Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, $134,400 (2007)To create and scale-up a collective dairy enterprise involving 1,000 landless and small farmers across 10 villages. In collabo-ration with PLAN International and Concern Worldwide.

Social Welfare Association (SWA), Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, $9,156 (2007)To pilot training of 20 youth and women in the Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) Program. In partnership with UNDP.

South Indian Federation of Fisherman Societies (SIFFS), Nagaputtinam, Tamil Nadu, $45,670 (2005)To develope e-content for fishing communities such as market conditions, international prices and trends, and weather alerts. Funded in partnership with TiE and NASSCOM Foundation.

Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective (TNWC), Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, $114,529 (2005)To organize 1,200 Dalit women and youth into self-help groups for training in alternative livelihoods and pre-school education support, in partnership with Indo-American Arts Council.

Village Educational Services Association (VESA), Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, $40,859 (2005)To support agricultural laborers affected by the salinazation of lands from the tsunami throug alternative livelihoods and pre-schools for children. In partnership with Steptoe & Johnson.

Kashmir Earthquake

Sustainable Environment & Ecological Development Society (SEEDS), Poonch, Kashmir, $100,000 (2005)To provide emergency shelters to earthquake affected families who lost their houses and facilitate construction of disaster-proof homes, with a focus on community participation, mason-to-mason learning, and awareness builiding activities.

COMPLETED GRANTS

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI), Kollam, Kerala & Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, $26,322 (2007)Assessed the skill levels of people living in tsunami-affected ar-eas where partners will work on alternative livelihoods training, with a special focus on the most vulnerable sections of the com-munity. In partnership with UNDP.

Integrated Women’s Development Insitute (IWDI), Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, $145,000, 2005To support 600 tsunami-affected women through self-help groups, alternative livelihoods training, and preschool services, in partnership with Share and Care Foundation.

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LabourNet, Nagapattinam, $1,591 (2005)Conducted a research study to explore livelihood options for lo-cal construction workers by developing a database profiling skills and knowledge levels and linking it with the work plans of the builders’ associations and NGOs. Co-funded by Action Aid Inter-national India and Aide-et-Action.

Praxis, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, $114,351 (2005)Conducted Participatory Social Mapping Processes in 28 villages to assess community resources and needs following the tsuna-mi.

Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS), Andaman and Nicobar Islands $22,155 (2005)Researched, designed, and constructed a prototype shelter that will be resilient to future natural disasters to be used as a re-source and demonstration center.

South Indian Federation of Fisherman Societies (SIFFS), Tamil Nadu, $94,474 (2005)Upgraded boat-production facility to meet the increased demand for boats following the tsunami. In partnership with TiE.

Nagapattinam Coordination & Resource Center (NCRC), Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, $120,815 (2006)Co-funded by SIFFS, established 13 Village Information Centers (VICs) along the coastline to facilitate the flow of information between communities, government agencies, and markets. In partnership with TiE and NASSCOM Foundation

Vikas Center for Development, Surat, Gujarat, $9,553, (2006)Provided immediate relief to 1,700 familes severely affected by floods in the form of food grains, clothing, and household items.

CROSS CUTTING

Ashoka, throughout India, $500,000 (2006)To support social entrepreneurship through sharing in the finan-cial and programmatic support of India-based Ashoka Fellows. Over five years, we have elected nearly 120 Ashoka-AIF Fellows.

National Foundation for India (NFI), throughout India, $10,000 (2006)To support two print journalists and one photojournalist for na-tional and local media coverage of distress seasonal migration as an integral part of NFI’s prestigious National Media Fellowship Program.

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“We greatly appreciate the fact that AIF came forward to stand by us for an initiative that does not show immediate benefits, that is not as visible as relief distribution, but one that goes

far into the future by creating invisible change agents.”- Anshu Sharma, SEEDS (AIF Disaster Relief Grant Partner)

Gajjan Singh, at his house that is being rebuilt as a model earthquake-resistant house. SEEDS, Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir.

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donor outreach

1- Dr. Suniti Solomon, Founder, YRG-Care, giving a talk in New York on combating HIV/AIDS 2- Asha and Raj Rajaratnam, AIF Trustees, being honored at “A Night For India” Benefit in January 2007, New York. 3- Honoree Martin Sullivan, Chairman of AIG, speaking at the New York Annual Spring Awards Gala, May 2007. (Photographers unknown)

A critical component of AIF’s work is to engage American philanthropists who are interested in India. AIF’s growing donor base reflects the resonance of its strategy and message with donors in the United States.

CHAPTERS: AIF’s nine chapters form the basis of our national presence as they create awareness and generate resources for the organization’s work. New York and the San Francisco Bay Area continue to lead the way for the chapter network. The 2006 Fall Gala in the Bay Area raised $1.75 million and the 2007 Spring Gala in New York raised over $3 million, both record-breaking fundrais-ers. In addition, AIF partnered with the Aids Project Los Angeles and the US India Business Council to raise $600,000 at an HIV/AIDS-focused fundraiser in New York

Around the country, the Southern California chapter continued to lead the way with revenues of $700,000 at their 2006 Gala, attended by 650 people. The$600, 000 raised by the Chicago chapter at its second 2007 gala doubled the revenue from the previ-ous year and engaged over 400 attendees. The AIF Dallas chapter raised $300,000 in net revenue from 220 attendees at their inaugural Gala that was underwritten by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. These chapters are being guided in their growth by Leadership Councils consisting of community leaders who are volunteering their time, networks and resources to establish a permanent presence for AIF in their cities. From these Leadership Councils, AIF added two trustees in Southern California and two in Chicago.

AIF welcomed the launch of the AIF Midlands chapter in Omaha, Nebraska in October 2006. AIF also saw the emergence of young professionals groups in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. These groups are building a culture of giving toward India among a new generation of philanthropists.

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1- Anandi Yuvaraj, prominent HIV/AIDS activits speaking to members of the Midlands Chapter. 2- Honorees Robert McCann and Gary Holdren at the AIF Chicago Gala. 3- Professor Amartya Sen, Harvard University and Ashok Alexander, Avahan Initiative, launching “Locked Homes, Empty Schools,” a book authored by Smita, AIF Education Director, Delhi. (Photographers unknown)

DONOR EDUCATION: AIF’s Summits in the Bay Area and New York enable our supporters to participate in substantive dialogues with leaders focused on India. In 2006, AIF hosted two summits in the Bay Area and one in New York along with numerous awareness-building events during the year. Through these initiatives, AIF supporters were exposed to diverse viewpoints including noted entertainers Shabana Azmi and Madhur Jaffrey; corporate leaders such as Anand Chandrashekhar, Senior Vice President of Intel and Jim Fruchterman, CEO of Benentech; policy leaders such as Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairperson of the Planning Commission of India and Congressman Jim McDermott, Co-Chair of the Congressional India and India-American Caucus; and AIF Partner NGO leaders such as Ved Arya of SRIJAN, Dr. Suniti Solomon of YRG CARE and Deep Joshi of PRADAN.

PARTNERSHIPS: AIF continues its dedication to collective philanthropy by building partnerships whenever possible to maximize the impact of donor resources. Many private family foundations have chosen to collaborate with AIF to further their impact in India. For instance, the Wadhwani Foundation has partnered with AIF to ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities within AIF’s three grantmaking areas. Similarly, AIF has partnered with the Asha and Raj Rajratnam Foundation on HIV/AIDS-focused grantmaking and the Desh and Jaishree Deshpande Foundation on initiatives within their geographical focus of northern Karnataka. AIF has also developed philanthropic partnerships with numerous corporations. Adobe, Intel, Applied Materials and AMD all made significant commitments to partner with AIF in the past year.

In addition, AIF has numerous funding partnerships with other grant making organizations to fund specific projects based on mu-tual interest. AIF takes the lead in negotiating the project agreement with the NGO in consultation with the funding partner. Funds from partners are then either channeled through AIF, which provides fiscal oversight, or independent of AIF, where the partner conducts its own fiscal monitoring.

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donor outreach (continued)

Over the past years, several reputed organizations have channeled funds through AIF. These organizations include: India Literacy Project • Indo American Arts Council • Maharashtra Foundation • NASSCOM Foundation • Share and Care Foundation • Steptoe and Johnson Foundation • TiE.

Organizations that have co-funded grants with AIF but maintain independent fiscal monitoring include: Aga Khan Foundation • Banyan Tree Foundation • Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa, and Rajasthan • Paul Hamlyn Founda-tion • UK Department for International Development • United Nations Development Program • Unitus • US Agency for Interna-tional Development.

DONOR ADVISED FUNDS: AIF offers donors the opportunity to direct their funds to specific NGOs in India through donor ad-vised funds (DAFs). A DAF allows the donor or designee to recommend eligible charitable recipients for grants from the fund. NGOs receiving DAF grants through AIF must be registered, secular organizations that are eligible to receive foreign funds and operate broadly within AIF’s three pillars of work. AIF screens DAF-designated NGOs to verify their eligibility for grants and serves as the fiscal agent for transferring funds. Donors enjoy immediate tax benefits while they can take their time to do due diligence in dispersing funds. AIF has had 73 DAFs since 2003 and has made DAF grants of $5.7 million during that time.

1- Azim Premji, Chairman, WIPRO, receiving an award from Victor Menezes, AIF Co-Chair, at the Southern California Gala, October 2006. 2- Navneet Chugh and Kamran Elahian, AIF Trustees visiting AIF grant partner Utthan during the AIF Leadership Visit to India, January 2007. 3- Vinod Dham, AIF Board Member with Honoree Paul Otellini, CEO, Intel at the Bay Area Gala, September 2006. (Photographers unknown)

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“During the 2007 Leadership Visit to India, we were amazed to see AIF’s grant partners’ excitement and commitment to this work. This was a fantastic opportunity to see their

devotion to the cause, as well as the enthusiasm of the teachers, children and women who are truly empowered.”

- Nitin Doshi, AIF Trustee

Urmilla Devi at a meeting of a Self Help Group in Haribanspur village. GDS, Uttar Pradesh.

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Financially, Fiscal Year 2006-07 was the most successful year in AIF’s history. Annual con-tributions and revenue surpassed the $10 million mark for the first time and total overall support reached the $40 million mark during the year. We surpassed another non-profit “gold standard” this year by maintaining our low 7% administrative overhead.

We achieved something else we’ve never done before, but this one needs some explaining: we spent $140,000 more than we raised during the year. This year we filed 15 month financial reports as we changed our fiscal year-end from December 31 to March 31 to synchronize our financial year with our India office. While our revenue is cyclical, coming in spurts around our galas and at year-end, our spending is constant. In fact, the first three months of 2007 saw several large grant payments go out, as well as spending towards not our usual one, but three galas. This deficit spending was a one-time aberration and AIF will return to its standard healthy fund balance in the coming year.

Our events were extremely profitable this year raising nearly $5 million. AIF maintained an event expense ratio of 19% - well below the 50% national average. That means AIF spent 19 cents to raise every event dollar rather than the average 50 cents at most other organizations.

We added additional program and grant staff this year increasing our capacity to monitor and oversee our work. This is reflected in our increased program and grant spending from $5.5 million in 2006 to $8.3 million in FY06-07.

We are also pleased to report that we once again received an unqualified audit this year. Our audited financial statements are available by sending a request to our New York mailing ad-dress.

We are grateful for your continued trust in our work and look forward to working together in the coming years.

Daniel KillpackAssociate Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer

financials

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revenues

expenses

contributions

49%

3%investments

48%

special events

grants67%

11%fundraising

15%programs

7%general management

revenues

expenses

contributions

49%

3%investments

48%

special events

grants67%

11%fundraising

15%programs

7%general management

revenues

expenses

financial year 2007( January 1, 2006 - March 31, 2007)

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financial year 2007 balance sheet( January 1, 2006 - March 31, 2007)

$416,283$6,791,903$1,414,940

$78,772

$8,701,898

asse

ts

Cash & EquivalentsInvestmentsReceivables

Other Assets

TOTAL

$2,488,571$64,122

$2,552,693

liabi

litie

s Grants PayableOther Payables

TOTAL

$936,534$4,612,671

$600,000

$6,149,205net

ass

ets Unrestricted Net Assets

Temporarily Restricted Net AssetsPermanently Restricted Net Assets

TOTAL

$8,701,898Total Liabilities & Net Assets

$4,858,383 48%

$4,919,083 49%

$324,836 3%

($58,186) -1%

($14,470) 0%

$10,029,646

revenu

es

Grants & Contributions

Special Events(net)

Investment Income

Loss on Foreign Exchange

Other

TOTAL

$6,780,254 67%

$1,505,581 15%

$1,143,095 11%

$739,350 7%

$10,168,280

expen

ses

Grants

Programs

Fundraising

General Management

TOTAL

($138,634)Change in Net Assets

Financial Year 2001

Financial Year 2002

Financial Year 2003

Financial Year 2004

Financial Year 2005

Financial Year 2006-2007

INCOME

$6,566,682

$4,906,374

$3,397,630

$5,653,276

$7,913,760

$10,080,201

EXPENSES

$3,344,766

$4,857,434

$3,213,441

$4,999,704

$6,875,704

$10,168,280

* Please Note: Financial Year 2007 is 15-months

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$2,000,000

$4,000,000

$6,000,000

$8,000,000

$10,000,000

$12,000,000

income

expenses

2001 2006-072005200420032002

$416,283$6,791,903$1,414,940

$78,772

$8,701,898

asse

ts

Cash & EquivalentsInvestmentsReceivables

Other Assets

TOTAL

$2,488,571$64,122

$2,552,693

liabi

litie

s Grants PayableOther Payables

TOTAL

$936,534$4,612,671

$600,000

$6,149,205net

ass

ets Unrestricted Net Assets

Temporarily Restricted Net AssetsPermanently Restricted Net Assets

TOTAL

$8,701,898Total Liabilities & Net Assets

$4,858,383 48%

$4,919,083 49%

$324,836 3%

($58,186) -1%

($14,470) 0%

$10,029,646

revenu

es

Grants & Contributions

Special Events(net)

Investment Income

Loss on Foreign Exchange

Other

TOTAL

$6,780,254 67%

$1,505,581 15%

$1,143,095 11%

$739,350 7%

$10,168,280

expen

ses

Grants

Programs

Fundraising

General Management

TOTAL

($138,634)Change in Net Assets

Financial Year 2001

Financial Year 2002

Financial Year 2003

Financial Year 2004

Financial Year 2005

Financial Year 2006-2007

INCOME

$6,566,682

$4,906,374

$3,397,630

$5,653,276

$7,913,760

$10,080,201

EXPENSES

$3,344,766

$4,857,434

$3,213,441

$4,999,704

$6,875,704

$10,168,280

six-year revenue and expense

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AIF people

COUNCIL OF TRUSTEESHon. William J. Clinton (Honorary Chair), 42nd President of the United States of AmericaMr. Ravi Akhoury, Chairman and CEO, Mackay Shields, and Mrs. Ginny AkhouryApplied Materials, Inc.Mr. Sudesh Arora, President, Natel Engineering Co., Inc. and Mrs. Chitra AroraMrs. Rani Bahadur, Michigan Based Philanthropist, and Mr. B N BahadurMr. Vimal Bahuguna, President, Drona Group LLC, and Dr. Bulbul BahugunaMr. Raj Bhatia, Senior Vice President, Merrill Lynch Private Banking & Investment, and Dr. Seema BhatiaMr. Sant Chatwal, President, Hampshire Hotels & Resorts LLC, and Mrs. Daman ChatwalMr. Navneet S. Chugh, Attorney, C.P.A. The Chugh Firm, and Mrs. Ritu ChughCitigroupMr. Tushar Dave, Co-Founder and Managing Director, New Path Ventures, and Mrs. Reshma DaveMr. Vinod Dham, Co-Founder and Managing Director, New Path Ventures, and Mrs. Sadhana DhamDrs. Leena and Nitin Doshi, Doshi Family FoundationDr. Jasvir Gill, Co-Founder and CEO, Start-up Farms International, and Ms. Kaval KaurMr. Anil Godhwani, Founder, India Community Center, Silicon Valley, and Mrs. Jyoti GodhwaniMr. Vijay Goradia, Chairman & CEO, Vinmar International, and Mrs. Marie GoradiaDr. Naren Gupta, Vice-Chairman, Wind River Systems, and Mrs. Vinita GuptaMr. Rajat K. Gupta, Senior Partner Worldwide, McKinsey & Company, Inc., and Mrs. Anita GuptaMrs. Talat Hasan, President and CEO, Sensys Instruments, and Mr. Kamil HasanIntel CorporationMr. Vinod Khosla, Partner, Kleiner Parkins Caufield & Byers, and Mrs. Neeru KhoslaMr. Kumar Malavalli, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, InMage Systems, and Mrs. Vijaya MalavalliMr. Samuel Mathan, Chief Executive Officer, Matisse Networks, and Mrs. Shanti MathanMr. Victor J. Menezes, Retired Senior Vice Chairman, Citigroup, and Mrs. Tara MenezesMr. Anil Monga, CEO, Victory International, and Mrs. Rajni MongaMr. Diaz Nesamoney, President and Chief Executive Officer, Celequest, and Mrs. Usha NesamoneyMr. Bhikhubhai Patel, Chairman, Tarsadia Hotels, and Mrs. Pushpa PatelDr. Kiran Patel, Chairman, Visionary Medical Systems, and Dr. Pallavi PatelMr. Mukesh Patel, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, and Mrs. Harsha PatelMr. Vivek Paul, Partner, Texas Pacific Group, and Mrs. Nilita PaulMr. Raj Rajaratnam, Managing General Partner, The Galleon Group, and Mrs. Asha RajaratnamMr. Ravi Reddy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Think Capital LLC, and Mrs. Pratibha ReddyMr. Hector de J. Ruiz, Chairman & CEO, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Ms. Neerja Sethi, Co-Founder and Vice President, Syntel Inc. and Mr. Bharat DesaiMr. Ajay Shah, Founding Managing Director, Silver Lake Sumeru Fund, and Ms. Lata KrishnanMr. Sanjay Subhedar, General Partner, Storm Ventures, and Mrs. Suniti SubhedarMrs. Chandrika Tandon, Chairperson, Tandon Capital Associates, and Mr. Ranjan Tandon

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Dr. Rajendra Vattikuti, Founder & Chairman, Covansys, and Mrs. Padmaja VattikutiDr. Romesh Wadhwani, CEO & Managing Partner, Symphony Technology Group, and Mrs. Kathy WadhwaniMr. V. Prem Watsa, Chairman & CEO, Fairfax Financial Holdings, Limited and Mrs. Nalini WatsaAmbassador Frank Wisner, Vice-Chairman, External Affairs, American International Group, and Mrs. Christine Wisner

BOARD OF DIRECTORSMr. Victor Menezes, (Co-Chair) Retired Senior Vice Chairman, CitigroupMr. Rajat K. Gupta, (Co-Chair) Senior Partner Worldwide, McKinsey & Co.Mr. Navneet Chugh, Founder, The Chugh FirmMr. Tushar Dave, Co-Founder and Managing Director, New Path VenturesMr. Vinod Dham, Co-Founder and Managing Director, New Path VenturesMr. Peter Hero, Senior Advisor, Silicon Valley Community FoundationMr. Sridar Iyengar, Partner, Bessemer Venture PartnersMr. Pradeep Kashyap, Executive Director, AIFMs. Lata Krishnan, President, AIFMr. Ravi Reddy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Think Capital LLCMr. Geoffrey Stewart, Esq., Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & PogueMs. Chandrika Tandon, Chairperson, Tandon Capital Associates

US ADVISORY COUNCILDr. Amartya Sen, (Chair) Lamont University Professor, Harvard UniversityMs. Maya Ajmera, President, Global Fund for ChildrenMr. Harry Barnes, Ex-US Ambassador to IndiaMr. Anil Bhandari, Senior Vice President, Salomon Smith BarneyMr. Richard F. Celeste, Ex-US Ambassador to India; President, Colorado CollegeDr. Lincoln Chen, Director, Global Equity Initiative, Harvard UniversityMr. Kamran Elahian, Chairman and Co Founder, Global Catalyst PartnersDr. Shiban Ganju, Director, Moksha-Yug Aceess, BangaloreMs. Sushmita Ghosh, Chair, Changemakers, Former President, AshokaMr. Kailash Joshi, Past President, TiE Silicon ValleyMr. Ramesh Kapur, President, MED-TECHMr. Rahul Merchant, Chief Information Officer, Fannie MaeMs. Kavita Ramdas, President & CEO, Global Fund for WomenMr. Sudhakar Shenoy, Chairman & CEO, Information Management Consultants, Inc.Mr. Salil Shetty, Director, Millennium Development Goals, UNDPMr. Sreenath Sreenivasan, Dean of Students, Columbia University Journalism SchoolMr. Shashi Tharoor, Chairman, AFRAS Ventures

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AIF AMBASSADORSMr. Rahul Bose, ActorMr. Deepak Chopra, Founder, The Chopra Center for Well BeingMs. Madhur Jaffrey, Author and ActressMs. Mira Nair, Filmmaker, Mirabai FilmsMs. Gloria Steinem, Author and Activist

INDIA ADVISORY COUNCILMr. K.V. Kamath, (Co-Chair) Managing Director & CEO, ICICI Bank Limited, India’s largest private bankMr. Deepak Parekh, (Co-Chair) Chairman, HDFC Ltd., India’s largest housing finance companyDr. Isher Ahluwalia, Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic RelationsMr. Ashok Alexander, Director, Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationMr. Nishith Desai, Head, Nishith Desai Associates, an international legal & tax conseling law firmMs. Parmeshwar Godrej, leading Indian philanthropist focused on HIV/AIDS, women’s empowerment and children’s educationMr. Vijay Mahajan, Founder & Chairman, Basix, a leading Indian microfinance institutionDr. R. A. Mashelkar, National Chemical Laboratory, PuneMr. Sanjay Nayar, CEO, Citigroup IndiaMr. Ranjit Pandit, Chairman, McKinsey & Co. IndiaMs. Priya Paul, Chairperson, Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels, one of India’s premier hotel groupsMr. Saurabh Srivastava, Chair, NASSCOM Foundation; President, New Delhi Chapter and Trustee, Global Board TiEMr. O.P. Vaish, Founder,Vaish Associates Law Firm, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India & past trustee of the Rotary Foundation

LIVELIHOOD GRANTS RESOURCE GROUPMr. Ajit Kanitkar, Program Officer Economic Development, Ford Foundation (India)Mr. Pradeep Kashyap, Managing Director, MART, specializing in rural marketingDr. Renu Khosla, Director, Center for Urban & Regional Excellence (CURE India)Mr. Vijay Sardana, Independent Consultant with over 30 years experience in Natural Resource Management (NRM) in IndiaMr. Kishore Singh, Development Consultant with expertise in urban livelihoodsMs. Frances Sinha, Executive Director, EDA Rural System, a consulting firm with a focus on microfinanceMr. Ajay Tankha, Independent Consultant with 30 years experience in rural micro-financeMr. Matthew Titus, Executive Director, Sa-Dhan, an association of community development finance institutionsMr. Farhad Vania, Programme Officer, UK Department for International Development (New Delhi)

EDUCATION GRANTS RESOURCE GROUPDr. Poonam Batra, Professor, Central Institute of Education, University of DelhiMr. Sumit Bose, Principal Secretary, Finance, Government of Madhya Pradesh, and previously Joint Secretary, Department of Elementary Mr. Dayaram, Education Program Officer, Aga Khan Foundation, & former Chief Consultant, Alternate Schooling for Sarva Shiksha AbhiyanProf. Anita Dighe, Retired Director, Campus of Open Learning, University of Delhi, and UNESCO Consultant on the use of technology to promote learning

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Prof. R. Govinda, Head, School and the Non-Formal Education Unit, National University of Educational Planning (India)Ms. Shanti Jagannathan, Education Consultant to the European Commission and several rural and social development programs in India, Nepal and BhutanMr. Dhir Jhingran, Asia Pacific Director, Room to Read, and previously Director of Elementary Education, Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentMr. Ajay S. Mehta, Executive Director and CEO, National Foundation for India, and former Chief Executive, Seva Mandir in UdaipurMr. Ravi Srivastava, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Member, National Commission on Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector (NCEUS)Mr. Tom Thomas, Director, Praxis, an organization focused on participatory development

DIGITAL EQUALIZER COUNCIL (US)Mr. Kamran Elahian, Chairman and Co-Founder, Global Catalyst SystemsMs. Kaval Kaur, Co-Founder and CFO, Start-up Farms InternationalMs. Lata Krishnan, President, AIFMr. Kumar Malavalli, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, InMage Systems and AIF TrusteeMs. Anita Manwani, CEO, Callibrated Business SolutionsMr. Victor Menezes, Retired Senior Vice Chairman, Citigroup and Co-Chair, AIFMr. Vibhu Mittal, Senior Scientist, Google & School of Computer Science/Language Technologies Institute, CMUMs. Nilita Paul, AIF TrusteeMs. Mythili Sankaran, Regional Director, West Coast & Director, AIF Digital Equalizer ProgramMr. Sanjay Subhedar, General Partner, Storm Ventures and AIF Trustee

DIGITAL EQUALIZER RESOURCE GROUP (INDIA)Dr. Anupam Basu, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurMs. Annie Koshy, Principal, St. Mary’s SchoolMr. Subhash Khuntia, Joint Secretary Secondary Education, Ministry of Human Resources DevelopmentDr. Utpal Mallik, Head-Computer Science, National Council for Education Research & TrainingMs. Vimala Ramachandran, Education Consultant

SERVICE CORPS ADVISORY COUNCIL (US)Mr. Richard Celeste (Co-Chair), President of Colorado College, and former US Ambassador to India, Director of the US Peace Corps and Governor of OhioMr. Sridar Iyengar (Co-Chair), President, TiE Global Board of TrusteesMr. Abhay Bhushan, Technology EntrepreneurMs. Kathy Sreedhar, Director, Unitarian Universalist Holdeen India Program

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BOSTON LEADERSHIP COUNCILAmitabh and Reema ChandraAkshay and Shobhana DalalKrishna and Laurie PalepuRaj and Nalini SharmaVenkat and Pratima Srinivasan

CHICAGO LEADERSHIP COUNCILArjun and Anu AggarwalSanjiv and Sangeeta AnandVimal and Bulbul BahugunaRaj and Seema BhatiaMukesh and Nita GangwalShiban GanjuSukhjit and Biri GillSaurabh and Rajita NarainAshish and Ashley PrasadLew RosenbloomYashpal and Anita SinghHarit and Reena Talwar

DALLAS LEADERSHIP COUNCILGeorge and Fonsa BrodyHemang and Sejal DesaiVinay and Kanika JainSanjay and Shalini JoshiRaj and Hema KalyandurgNeeti KhaitanAdhavan and Chandra ManickamNilesh and Chetna NaikPaul and Geetha PandianAkram and Zeba Sayed

LOS ANGELES LEADERHIP COUNCILAshok and Chitra AmritrajSudesh and Chitra AroraSavitur and Deepa BadhwarSumita and Jagdeep BatraVinod and Sudha BhindiHamilton and Denise BrewartVikram and Upma BudhrajaNandini and Deepak Chopra

Navneet S. and Ritu ChughSimoina DarganSantanu and Kelly DasH.K. and Anjana DesaiKrish and Usha DharmaPravin and Pratima DoshiArun and Sudha GollapudiTania KapoorBhoopi and Pinky KohliSonny and Martha KothariSanjay and Harshada KucheriaAseem and Kim MitalPravin and Sudha ModyHemant and Lalita PanditBhupesh and Kumud ParikhB.U. and Pushpa PatelGanpat and Manju PatelShankar and Geeta RamK.S. and Ms. RadhakrishnanUka and Nalini Solanki

MIDLANDS (OMAHA) LEADERSHIP COUNCILHarish and Seema BhandulaMaria FernandezRakesh and Kirti GuptaAly Hasan and Samia AhsanTariq and Robin KhanVasant and Prafulla RavalMohan Mysore and Chandrika RizalSanjay and Vandana SinghArvind Thapar

CHAPTER COORDINATORSBoston: Anupam RastogiChicago: Anjali Gurnani, Rupal RavalDallas: Sejal Desai, Raj KalyandurgLos Angeles: Deepa Badhwar, Tania KapoorOmaha: Shruti Manjunath, Umang TalatiNew York: Rana Kashyap, Atish NigamSan Francisco Bay Area: Milan MantriSeattle: Navin Thukkaram, Usha RaoWashington, DC: Nina Patel

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STAFF & VOLUNTEERSLata Krishnan, President (California) Pradeep Kashyap, Executive Director (New York) Shankar Venkateswaran, Executive Director- India (India)

DP Ahuja, Director, Workplace Giving (New York)Nandini Ansari, Office Manager (New York)K. Bhuvaneshwari Bhagat, Program Manager, Public Health (New York)Manas Chakrabarti, Director, Digital Equalizer (India)Debarati Datta, Coordinator, Livelihoods Program (India)Mrinalika Dhapola, State Team Leader- Punjab, Digital Equalizer (India)Neale Gonsalves, Director, Development (California)Bhupendra Jadav, Staff Accountant (New York)Sital Jain, Manager, Non-Profit Partnerships (New York)Swarna Kapoor, Regional Coordinator- Andhra Pradesh, Digital Equalizer (India)Rakhee Kaushik, Development (New York)Daniel Killpack, Associate Executive Director & CFO (New York)Ajit Kothari, Corporate Relations Manager (New York)Jainendra Kumar, State Team Leader- Rajasthan, Digital Equalizer (India)Surjit Kumar, Office Assistant (India)Kamini Masih, Accounts Officer (India)Rochana Mitra, Senior Manager, HIV/AIDS Grants Program (India)Geetha Murali, Program Officer (California)Srinavasa Murali, ENCorps (New York)Chandan Nallal, Coordinator, MIS & Communication, Digital Equalizer (India)Rema Nanda, Director, Public Health- HIV/AIDS Program (India)Chand Nirankari, Graphic Designer (New York) Azad Oommen, Director, Chapter Development (California)Luz Pacheco, Program Assistant (California)Taruna Pal, Administrative Officer (India)P. Prabhakar, Coordinator, Education Program (India) Lalith Prasad, State Team Leader- Karnataka, Digital Equalizer (India)Venkatesh Raghavendra, Chief Philanthropy Officer (New York)Rajesh Rajoriya, Office Assistant (India)Hanumant Rawat, Director, Livelihoods Program (India)Jonathan Ripley, Manager, Service Corps (India)Smita, Director, Education Programs (India)Mythili Sankaran, Regional Director, West Coast and Director, Digital Equalizer (California)

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Subrat Sarkar, Regional Coordinator- Orissa, Digital Equalizer (India)Anjali Sharma, Director, Marketing (New York)Gurvinder Singh, Manager, Accounts & Administration (India)Rita Soni, Manager, Communications and Advocacy (India)J. Sundarakrishnan, National Head, Implementation, Digital Equalizer (India)

CONSULTANTS Meera Devi, Coordinator, Tsunami Program (India)

PRO BONO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES George Abraham, CEO, Score Foundation (India)Bal Das, General Counsel (New York)Sanjiv Desai, Partner, Transearch India (India)Gutenberg Communications (India)Dipankar Gupta, Professor, Center for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University (India)Anita Gupta, Public Relations Advisor (New York)Pradeep Gupta, Managing Director, CyberMedia (India)Anand S. Pathak, P & A Law Offices, Legal Advisor (India)Dhir Jhingran, Asia Pacific Director, Room to Read, and previously Director of Elementary Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)Amitabh Kundu, Professor, Center for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University (India)Rajesh Relan, Graphic Design (California)Amit Saluja, Hogan & Hartson, Legal Advisor (New York)Rajesh Swaminathan, Legal Advisor (New York)Geoffrey Stewart, Esq., Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue (New York)

INTERNSAnika Ayyar (California)

Swati Balakrishnan (California)

Nikhil Bhagat (California)

Loreley Bombis (California)

Fiammetta Bozzani (California)

Nirshila Chand (California)

Aditi Desai (New York)

Nikhil Gargeya (California)

Michael Gilbride (New York)

Rohini Gupta (New York)

Shannon Keiley (California)

Alberta Lagorio (California)

Pam Libed (California)

Radha Makker (California)

Manuela Mazzetti (California)

Arjun Mody (California)

Priyanka Mody (California)

Gauri Mohan (New York)

Shakthi Natraj (New York)

Gabriele Pizzuti (California)

Vijaya Prasad (California)

Dheeraj Ravi (New York)

Ann Rogan (California)

Ankura Singh (New York)

Ayesha Singh (California)

Simrat Singh (New York)

Divya Sinha (New York)

Kathryn Stewart (New York)

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donors

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE $100,000 and aboveAdvanced Micro Devices, IncApplied Materials FoundationArora, Sudesh & ChitraBill & Melinda Gates Foundation*Doshi, Nitin & Leena*Ford FoundationGoradia, Vijay & MarieICICI BankIntel CorporationJewish Community FederationKhosla, Vinod & Neeru* Menezes, Victor & Tara Monga, Anil & RajniPatel, BUPaul, Vivek & Nilita*Pratham USARajaratnam, Raj & AshaReddy, Ravi & PratibhaShah, Ajay & Krishnan, LataTandon, Ranjan & Chandrika*Dave, Tushar & Reshma Venkatachalam, Hasi & Manjeri* indicates multi-year pledges

BENEFACTOR $50,000 - 99,999Akhoury, Ravi & GinnyAmerican International GroupBasu, Dipak & Radha Chatwal, Sant & Daman Chugh, Navneet & Ritu CitigroupDalton, Mark Das, Bal & ValerieDas, Eshwarahalli & Kuntala Desai, Bharat & Sethi, NeerjaGlobal Asset Capital LLCGoldman Sachs & Co.Hasan, Kamil & Talat Huron Consulting

Kaye, Charles & Sheryl Malavalli, Kumar & Vijaya Nesamoney, Diaz & Usha New York Life Insurance CoPatel, Mukesh & Harsha Rockefeller FoundationSaxena, Parag & Usha Wadhwani, Romesh & Kathleen Warburg Pincus LLC

PATRON $25,000 - 49,999ABB Inc.Adobe Foundation FundAmeriCares FoundationAn anonymous donorBaxter International Inc.Bloomberg L.P.Boston Consulting GroupClarence and Anne Dillon Duwalke TrustComfort, William & Natalie Credit Suisse First BostonDeutsche BankDLZ CorporationEileen Fisher Companies IncForstmann Little & Co.Glades FoundationGupta, Rajat & Anita Gururaj & Jaishree Deshpande Family FoundationHamilton Brewart Insurance AgencyHSBC BankHSBC-North America, Community & Philanthropic ServicesIyengar, Sridar & Anita Jain, Ajit & Tinku Jain, Anshu JP Morgan Chase BankKamra, Deepak & Christina Khanna, AtulLehman Brothers Inc.

Mathan, Samuel & Shanti McKinsey & CompanyMerck & Co.Motwani, Rajeev & Jadeja, Asha Mullick, Swadesh NYSE GroupOracle CorporationPallotta, James & Kimberly Pepsico, Inc.QLogic CorporationRaghavan, Harish & Ramaa Raj, Deepak & Neera Rosenbach, Susan Rothschild, Evelyn de SanDisk CorporationSchick, Thomas Stebbins, Nancy A. Wallace Alexander Gerbode FoundationZakaria, Arshad

VISIONARY $10,000 - 24,999Ahuja, Anilesh & Tania Altria Group Inc.American Federation of Muslims of Indian OriginAnonymous DonorsBahuguna, Vimal & Bulbul Bhatia, Raj & Seema Broadstreet LLCChambers, Raymond & Patty Chatterjee, Purnendu Chellam, Kris & Evelyne Combined Federal CampaignComerica BankComo FoundationConvergys CorporationCravath, Swaine & Moore LLPCummins, David Davis Polk WardwellDeloitte Services LP

January 01, 2006 to March 31, 2007

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Discover Financial Services, LLCDraper, William & Phyllis Ganju, Shiban General Atlantic Service Corp.Gill, Jasbir & Sukhjit Global Payments Inc.Godhwani, Anil & Jyoti Godhwani, Gautam Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLPHeadstrong Services, LLCHellerEhrman LLPHendrix, Harville & Hunt, HelenInfosys Technologies LimitedIntel CapitalJohn & Editha Kapoor Charitable FoundationJohnson Family FoundationKanbay Inc.Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.Kumar, Arun & Poornima Kvalheim, Grant & Wendy Lewis S. RosenbloomMahadeva, Kumar McGraw-Hill CompaniesMehta, Bobby & Swati Menezes, Ivan & Shibani Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.Mhatre, Nagesh & Lee Michael E. Marks Family FoundationMontgomery & Co. LLCMorgan Stanley & CoMotorola, Inc.New Path Ventures ManagementNorthern Trust Corporation Opera SolutionsPark Hill GroupPCS FoundationPetersen, Donald K. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPPrudential Financial

Rai, Hardeep & NonaRichardson & Patel, LLPSatyam Computer Services Ltd.Sen, Prabit & Rajashree Sidhu, Sanjiv Silicon Valley Community FoundationSimons, James & Marilyn Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPSMART Modular TechnologiesSubhedar, Sanjay & SunitiSymantec CorporationTata America International Corp.Telchordia TechnologiesThe Coca-Cola CompanyUnited WayVornado Realty LPWachovia FoundationWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzWilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

CATALYST $5,000 - 9,999AIDS Project Los AngelesArvin Taneja MD IncAT&T, Inc.Bastian Family TrustBeyond Borders FoundationBhandula, Harish Bhindi K. InternationalBist, Vijay & AnitaBoeing CompanyCalifornia State University Long Beach FoundationCare Health Inc.Chandrashekhar, V. Chopra, Deepak & Rita Cisco Systems, Inc.Commaroto, Michael Danziger, David M. Dargan, Simoina Davidson, Jim & Julia

Deb, Dipanjan & Shashikala Desai, Sejal & Hemang Diamond Cluster International Inc.Dow Jones & Co., Inc.Dua, Ash Electric Power Group LLCE-Z Data INcFisher Scientific International Inc.Gardner Carton & Douglas LLPGBS Linens Inc.Gupta, Ashwini & Anita Habib American Bank Haldirams Pvt. Ltd.Halevy, Alon Highglow USA CorporationIBM CorporationIndia Literacy ProjectJenner & Block LLPJohn Deere & Co.Jones Day FoundationKailath, Thomas Kalyandurg, Rajesh & Hema Kashyap, Pradeep & Reena Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLPMalek, Ken & Dixie Masucci, Nichols J. Max India LimitedMayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLPMicrosoft CorporationMishal, Devadatt Nagpal, Ajay & Debbie-Mitchell Narayan, Subramaniam & Radha Nuveen InvestmentsPande, Vinay & Shonu Pandian, Paul & Geetha Pandit, Lalita Perry, Glenn Prabhu, Krish Prasad, Ashish & Ashley Puri, Anupam & Rajika

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Randolph FoundationRelsys International, Inc.Roux, David & Barbara Schering-Plough CorporationShah, Reema Share and Care Foundation for IndiaSinha, Jayant Sinha, Prabhakant & Anita Skoll FoundationSmith BarneyStewart, Geoffrey S. Tarrant Partners LPThakkar, Desh Thukkaram, Pandurangan TiE Inc.Tilak, Ravi & Vandana US Trust Company of New YorkVanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramVattikuti, Rajendra Vinya Capital LPVNA Home Health SystemsWarrior, Mohandas & Padmasree Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati FoundationWipro TechnologiesWorld of GoodZeitlin, Jide J.

CHAMPION $1,000 - 4,999Abbasi, Tahir A. ABN Amro Bank NVAhluwalia, PS & Sawhney, Inderpreet Ahuja, Deepak Alice M. & Thomas J. Tisch FoundationAmerican Dawn Inc.Amin, Ketan Anand, Sanjiv & Sangeeta Ananthakrishnan, Dheera Anthem Realty & MortgageApple Care Medical Management, Inc.

Armana IncAshraya CorporationAtkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & RomoBakshi, Naren & Kusum Bammi, ManuBank of the WestBarbieri, Joseph Batkin, Alan R. Batra, Pradeep Becton Dickinson and CompanyBedegi, Peter & Mary Jane Bellezza, Donald A. Beraznik, Stanley F. Berrington, Howard & Cheryl Bhagat, Arjun & Anita Bhandari, Gaurav Bhargava, Rakesh Bhatia, Arun & Asmita Bhatia, M & N Bhatia, Sabeer Bhattacharya, Raj Bist, Anurag & Sood, Megha Broeksmit Family FoundationCadence Design Systems, Inc.Chandra, Amitabh & Reema Chandwani, Nanik & Pushpa Chandwani, Sona Chopra, Ajay & Banerjee, Shyamoli CISCO Systems FoundationCooley Godward Kronish LLPDalal, Akshay & Shobhana Danapani, Vijay & Kamini Daya-Gopal Amrit TrustDayal, Madhukar & Saira Delong, Thomas Desihub Inc.Devitre, Dinyar & Aashish Doshi, Narin & P. Doshi, Tushar Dow Chemical Company Foundation

Dyne Techservices, Inc.Egon Zehnder International Inc.Erraballi, Sunil Fernandez, Thomas E. Franklin, Blake T. Freiberg, Brenda Frontier Pharmacy & Nutrition Inc.FX SolutionsGabriel Venture PartnersGaitonde, Sunil & Sujata Gala, Rajul & D Gandhi & Kang, LLPGETIT, Inc.Gollapudi, Sudha & Arun Golob Family FundGoogle Inc.Greenberg TraurigGrover, Vishal & Monaz Guevara, Andrew Guinet, Patrick & Trish Gupta, Naren & Vinita Gupta, Vinod Guruaan LA II LPHartmarx Corp.Hassan, Fred & Noreen Helios Consulting Group Inc.Highet, Ian Hilco Trading Co., Inc.Horowitz, Richard Host, Michele HRH Construction Inc.Ignify Inc.Insilica, Inc.Jain, Sital & Suman Jeyaganesh, Prashant J. Johnson, James M. Johri, Rajive & Indrani Jones, Day, Reavis & PogueKamdar, Mira Kapoor, Tania

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Kashyap, Satish & Punam Kashyap, Sudha Katz, Jeffrey Kenneth Cole Productions LPKhanna, Siddhartha & Susan Khosla, Victor & Gail Klein Donahoe Family FundKohli, Ujjal & Sarita Kontogouris-Djokic FoundationKothari, Ajit & Ila Kothari, Sonny & Martha Kothari, Tushar & Sangeeta Kripalani, Kishore Krishnamurthy, Vasu & Mary Krishnan, Rajagopal Kusum Family FoundationLangensand, Leif & Sands, Carol Lervold, Joe & Jill Lone Pine Foundation, Inc.Luther, Sherri Mahadeva, Wijeyaraj Mahal, Anmol & Surjit Mahal, Baldev & Jaswinder Maharashtra FoundationMahendroo, Vikesh & Kiran Mamey, Nelson ManGroup USAMattu, Ravi & Manuja Medos Custom Tailors Inc.Mehra, Ajit & Sunita Mehta, Amit & Ruchi Mehta, Manu & Anuradha Mehta, Ravindra & Manisha Mehta, Sunil & Ameeta Menon, Gopal & Manjula Mercado GlobalMerchant, Sheri Merchant, Shilpa Minaya Corp.Mitra, Samir & Sundari

Mittal, Aseem & Kim Mittal, Vibhu Mobile Magic of California, LLCModi, Nikhil & Rahat Mody, Ajay & Suhani Mohanty, Manisa Mora, Eric Mumford AyliffeMurthy, Manohar & Lata Murthy, Vishnubhakt Naik, Amol Nandapurkar, Satish & Marina Nandwani, Suresh K. Narain, Dhruv & Subbarao, Sandhya Narain, Saurabh & Rajita Nathoo, Raffiq Needham & Co.Ness Technologies Inc.Netwin Solutions, Inc.Network of Indian ProfessionalsNexus Health Capital LLCO’Melveny & Myers LLPOncology Therapeutics NetworkPabrai, Mohnish Pandharpande, Sharmila Panu, Krish & Nina Parekh, Bhupesh & Kumud Parikh, Sudhir & Sudha Patel, Bharat & Ninna Patel, CKN & Shela Patel, Magan & Marilyn Patel, Raju & Lisa Patel, Ramesh K. Patel, Rashmi Patel, Sanjay & Minal Penguin Group (USA) Inc.Pfizer CorporationPitroda, Salil S. Popat, Narendra & Jyoti Popat, Vijay

Prabhu, Aneesh Prabhu, Vasant & Sumati Prasad, Narayan & Poonam Premier Commercial BankPrimary and Multi-Specialty ClinicsProactivenet IncR&N Subway Inc.Raj, Zain Raje, Anagha & Prasad Ramamoorti, Sridhar & Binu Ramamurthy, Githesh & Jamuna Rao, Usha Renfield-Miller FoundationRingold, Gordon & Tanya Robert & Stacey Gendelman FundRobin, Kenneth Rose International, Inc.Rubin, Donald & Shelley Ryland, Kyle T. Sahota, H. Sait, Mohammad & Shehnaz Samme, Syed Sammi, Paramjeet Sandhu, Rajpal & Mary HenrySankar, Sriram & Ratnam, Uma Sathaye, Shirish & Archana Sawlani, Narain & Sarla Sen, Dinendra & DevalinaShah, Divyesh & Priti Sharma, Deven & Anjali Shenoy, Sudhakar & Bina SICON LLCSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPSingh, Ajay & Nidhi Singh, Kuldip & Jasvinder Singh, Prithipal Singh, Rajesh & Roberta Singh, Rajvir Sobti, Arun & Pamela Sood Enterprises

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State Bank of IndiaSuri, Rajesh & Kavita Swaroop, Rajesh Tagore, Sundaram Tapales, Athena & Devulapally, Giridhar Tapestry Asset Management LLCTaylor, Barry & Elizabeth The Draper FoundationThe Foothill Group, Inc.Thomas, Tony Thompson, Craig Transnational Technologies, Inc.Trinus CorporationTyagi, Sandeep & Anupma UBS WarburgUKA Solanki FoundationUmin, Steve M. USC Head & Neck Group, IncVanderveer, Richard Virk, Kavi Vohra, Sudesh & Mala Weiner, Walter & Nina Wyeth PharmaceuticalsYeldandi, Vijay & Anjana

INNOVATOR $500 - 999Ackrell Capital, LLCAEG Partners, LLCAgarwal, Rekha & Rajendra Ahmed, Iftikar Balakrishnan, Usha Bhalla, Sarbpaul & Paramjit Bhandarkar, Gopal & Pratibha Bheddah, Peter & Dorothy CanKids India FundCatenacci, Gerald & Janet Cherubal, Sasikumar Corradini, Drew Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Services, Inc.Desai, Samir

Donors Forum of ChicagoFares, David Feinberg, Joseph Global ImpactGoel, Saleena Goodstein Management Inc.Govindan, Paul & Soundaram Hasan, Anvar Hota, Sivas Inamdar, Raj Jayan, Dhru JP Morgan Chase FoundationKashyap, Rana Kaur, Balween & Harveer Keiley, Shannon Khalil, Samira M. Kothari, Ketan & Sheila Kothari, Manish & Saura, Carmen Laghate, Prasanna Lal, Rajiv & Suruchi Lawrence, Howard & Judith Lewis, Ila Luikart, James & Amira Mahtani, Ramona Menon, Arvind & Lakshmi Metropolitan Museum of ArtMore, Anand Nanda, Shaunali Narayanan, Ramya & Nandu Narayandas, Narakesari & Sunitha Nathani, Mahesh Pai, Dhananjay Patel, HK & KH Patel, Homi & Anne Pujara, Neel Rajsingh, Peter V. Ray, Korok Rutan & Tucker, LLPSambhi Family TrustSen, Rashmi

Setty, Sumana Shah, Mansoor & Fiza Shah, Seema & Harshal Sheikh, Haneef & Smitha Silvestri, Joseph M. Singal, Manisha Singh, Parminder & Kaur, InderSlusarz, Martin Sohal, Ranbir South Bay PharmacySulekha.comTadanki, Venkat Talreja, Manjula Troncale, Michael W. Vashisht, Bhavana Virani, Azad A. Waters, Katherine K. Wildwood Capital LLC

AIF thanks the following donors for their gifts made in kind:Bhargava, Vinay & Anjali KatariaBillimoria WinesCaviar AffairNorcalPremier Medical CorporationRaj TentsRangan, KasturiVaradarajan, RajaramWestin Hotels

AIF also thanks all of our donors who have contrib-uted amounts up to $500. Their contributions are appreciated greatly. A lack of space prevents us from acknowledging their gifts individually.

AIF apologizes sincerely for any inadvertent omis-sions or errors in this listing of donors.

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