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The '''American India Foundation''' (AIF, founded 2001) is a [[nonprofit]] |
The '''American India Foundation''' (AIF, founded 2001) is a [[nonprofit]] American organization that is devoted to accelerating social and economic change in [[India]]. The AIF has partnered with 227 of India's NGOs to build a trusted network for implementation, scale, and sustainability while raising over $125 million since its inception.<ref name="www.aif.org">http://www.aif.org</ref> It is one of the largest secular, non-partisan American organizations supporting development work in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/grantees/2381/|title=American India Foundation - MacArthur Foundation|website=macfound.org|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref> |
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AIF is committed to catalyzing social and economic change in [[India]], and building a lasting bridge between the [[United States]] and India through high-impact interventions in [[education]], [[livelihood]]s, [[public health]], and leadership development. Working closely with [[Local community|local communities]], AIF partners with [[Non-governmental organization|NGOs]] to develop and test innovative solutions and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact. |
AIF is committed to catalyzing social and economic change in [[India]], and building a lasting bridge between the [[United States]] and India through high-impact interventions in [[education]], [[livelihood]]s, [[public health]], and leadership development. Working closely with [[Local community|local communities]], AIF partners with [[Non-governmental organization|NGOs]] to develop and test innovative solutions and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact. |
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| Founded | 2001 |
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| Founder | President Bill Clinton, Lata Krishnan, Rajat Gupta, Victor Menezes[1] |
| Type | Charitable trust |
| Focus | Education, Livelihood, Public Health |
| Location | |
Area served | India United States |
Key people | Lata Krishnan (Co-Chair) Harit Talwar (Co-Chair) Nishant Pandey (CEO) Mathew Joseph (India Country Director) |
| Website | AIF.org |
The American India Foundation (AIF, founded 2001) is a nonprofit American organization that is devoted to accelerating social and economic change in India. The AIF has partnered with 227 of India's NGOs to build a trusted network for implementation, scale, and sustainability while raising over $125 million since its inception.[2] It is one of the largest secular, non-partisan American organizations supporting development work in India.[3]
AIF is committed to catalyzing social and economic change in India, and building a lasting bridge between the United States and India through high-impact interventions in education, livelihoods, public health, and leadership development. Working closely with local communities, AIF partners with NGOs to develop and test innovative solutions and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact.
It also runs the Service Corps Fellowship, renamed the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service to India on May 11, 2009, which sends skilled young Americans in an immersive volunteer service program training and placing young professionals to support development organizations across India for 10 months.[4] Through this program, Fellows and host organizations form dynamic cross-cultural partnerships to exchange knowledge and skills, build capacity, and foster learning to fulfill our joint commitment to improve the lives of India's most marginalized communities.
History
Founded in 2001 at the initiative of US President Bill Clinton following a suggestion from Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee by a group of Indian-Americans responding to the Gujarat earthquake,[5] AIF has impacted the lives of 5.6 million of India's poor by providing access to high-quality education, formal sector employment for urban youth and rickshaw drivers, and public health services to protect the health of mothers and their children, while building the next generation of global leaders through service.[6]
With offices in New York and California, twelve chapters across the U.S., and India operations headquartered in New Delhi, AIF is transforming lives across 24 states of India while addressing these issues on a regional, country, and international scale.[7]
Mission and values
The mission of AIF is to catalyze social and economic change in India. AIF is focused on improving lives of India's underprivileged, especially women and young, through:
- connecting American and Indian people, civil society and expertise;
- multi-pronged scale interventions in education, health and livelihood for an assault on poverty
- an apolitical and inclusive view of the Indian society
AIF's vision is to contribute to building an India where all people can gain access to affordable education, health care and livelihood opportunities, and where all Indians can realize their full potential. AIF engages, informs, and inspires those passionate about India by building a trusted bridge and secure channel for philanthropic funding from the United States and other regions across the world, as well as effective investment in the most innovative and scalable projects in India. AIF upholds the principles of secularism, transparency, and accountability in all of its activities.[8]
AIF's Emergency Response
In cases of major national disasters in India, AIF has been involved in relief and rehabilitation efforts. It has undertaken several campaigns for relief and rehabilitation:
- In 2001, after the Gujarat earthquake
- In 2004, after the tsunami
- In 2005, after the Kashmir earthquake
- In 2019, after the Pulwama attack[9]
- In 2020, during the Coronavirus disease 2019[10]
AIF takes a multi-phased approach to disaster relief: relief, reconstruction and rehabilitation. AIF's focus is the long-term rehabilitation of communities, and it dedicates most of its resources to this phase. In Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, AIF funded organizations in affected communities for up to three years following the earthquake so that NGO partners could identify long-term solutions to improve the lives of people affected by disaster.[11]
Programs
- Learning and Migration Program (LAMP) provides access to quality education opportunities to children in areas of seasonal migration, while also advocating to communities and governments the universal right to education.
- Digital Equalizer utilizes technology to bridge the educational and digital divide in India by transforming under-resourced schools into dynamic places to teach and learn through collaborative, project-based learning.
- Market Aligned Skills Training (MAST) provides underprivileged youth with skills training and access to formal employment opportunities.
- Ability Based Livelihoods Empowerment (ABLE) trains persons with disabilities and facilitates their entry into the job market through advocacy, promoting inclusive growth in India.
- Rickshaw Sangh enables rickshaw drivers to own their vehicles by accessing formal credit through collectives, creating a life-changing asset and formalizing the profession through access to key social benefits.
- William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India builds the next generation of service leadership committed to lasting change for underprivileged communities across India, while strengthening the civil sector landscape to be more efficient and effective.
- Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative (MANSI) utilizes a public-private partnership model to reduce maternal and child mortality by providing resources and support, thus empowering local communities to care for their mothers and children while improving the local health systems.
References
- ^ "Long Distance Philanthropy Brings Donors Closer to Home". Retrieved 2008-11-20.
- ^ http://www.aif.org
- ^ "American India Foundation - MacArthur Foundation". macfound.org. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India: Learning about Grassroots Development and Inclusive Leadership in India | ProFellow". 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Clinton Presidential Center "Council on Foreign Relations, 2002"". web.archive.org. 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION - GuideStar Profile". guidestar.org. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ Foundation, American India. "American India Foundation and WestBridge Capital Announce Four-year Partnership". prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Mission Vision and Values – AIF". Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ Rijiju, Kiren (2019-05-08). "India's Minister of State for Home Affairs". @kirenrijiju. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "American India Foundation Launches COVID-19 Response Effort – AIF". Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "AIF Emergency Response". Archived from the original on 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2008-11-20.