by ashika | Mar 31, 2018 | Education, Event
On Sunday, March 25, 2018 friends and supporters of IDS gathered with IDS board members to hear about new projects over a buffet lunch at a local Indian restaurant. This was the second annual Donor Appreciation Lunch IDS has sponsored. As before, donors got a chance...
by ashika | Mar 17, 2018 | Education, Health Care
A few years ago, IDS funding helped establish the Ragpicker Primary Education and Health Program. Although IDS is not currently giving financial support to this project, the Indian Pollution Control Association (IPCA) has kindly sent us a report covering the last six...
by ashika | Mar 10, 2018 | Empowerment, Event
On March 8, 2018–International Women’s Day–175 women from Avani’s IDS-supported waste picker project participated in a huge rally in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Powerful politicians conducted the rally, and more than 7,000 women from Kolhapur...
by ashika | Feb 24, 2018 | Education, Event
You are cordially invited to join IDS for a free appreciation lunch at noon on March 25, 2018. —– Help us celebrate the successes of the past 44 years and look ahead to the new projects adopted in 2018. Place: Indian Harvest Restaurant 796 Royal St George...
by ashika | Feb 16, 2018 | Education
IDS recently received this photo and the story behind it from Anuradha Bhosale, director of Avani, an NGO in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, which works for child rights. IDS has supported Avani for many years. The woman at left (in the black sari) is a waste picker. She lost...
