New Schools for Rag Picker Children in National Capital Region
Last year, working with India Pollution Control Association (https://www.ipcaworld.co.in ) IDS opened two schools in the National Capital Region (NCR) for children of rag pickers. Based on the successful outcome of these pilot schools, IDS sought to launch opening...
Where Girls Are Not Wanted
With the help of financial support from IDS, Going to School moved its project Skills4Girls a step forward by teaching girls entrepreneurial skills to will help them become problem solvers of their generation. Eighth-grade girls attend school every Saturday to read...
Nutrition and Education Training in Mandla District
IDS visited five villages in the Mandla district and gave feedback on project expansion in specified areas. IDS funding helped support the Watershed Organization Trust (WOTR) as it continued its expansion of projects. The Nutrition and Education for Critical Age...
Hostel Orphanage Students Selected For National Green Core
IDS is currently running a hostel orphanage in Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh. The primary objective is to provide tribal children in rural hamlets access to high quality education (see https://idsusa.orgcurrent-projects/education/tribal-education/). Eighteen...
IDS Participates in WBEZ’s Global Activism Event
India Development Service has been invited to participate in WBEZ’s Global Activism Event series hosted by Jerome McDonnell and the Worldview team. Global Activism: India will take place on Friday, February 28 from 4:00–9:00 p.m. at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E....
Improvement in Child Education and Development in Remote Tribal Jhagadia Villages
Despite several years of school attendance, children from rural families in underdeveloped and economically weak areas of Jhagadia fall below academic and developmental standards. Although children attend government-run schools, they perform below standards in reading...
Curative and Preventive Programs for UP Villagers
Uttar Pradesh (UP) is a region in Northern India where illiteracy is high, disease rampant, and villages lack basic medical services. In the UP region, the most fundamental health care services, such as nutrition education and vaccinations, were not reaching citizens....
India Pollution Control Association and Going to School Fund Meet Up
IDS recently hosted a small field-based workshop for India Pollution Control Association (IPCA) and Going to School Fund (GSF), two NGOs that IDS supports. Each NGO brings different core capabilities to the table. For example, IPCA has relationships with rag...
A Few Words from Our President
As incoming president, I am honored to help guide this already great organization as it celebrates its 40th anniversary. Highlighted by an improved, interactive website and a scheme for assessing project outcomes in a more tangible way, 2013 was a very good year for...
IDS Conducts Ground Assessment After Cyclone Phailin
Approximately five kilometers inland from Gopalpur on the Odisha coastline lies a village where Cyclone Phailin, the second strongest cyclone in India’s history, made landfall. At the local level, government, media, NGOs, and community relief efforts were apparent and...