I meant to do this on Monday but ever since I got back, I have been swamped with work. Finally forcing myself to put it down before its too late. This is especially for those of you around the bay area .. and for those of you away from it too.
India Literacy Project is a non-profit organization having an aim to make India 100% literate. Having recognized the problems associated with illiteracy, it now actively seeks to spread awareness, identify organizations in India working for the cause of literacy, and raise funds to support these organizations.
Visit the website. Initially I thought they are a bunch of over enthusiastic desi housewifes in the US .. who need something like this to mark them apart from the usual desi housewifes of the US and to make them feel that they are indeed doing something special. But no. I was grossly mistaken. And I apologize. These people are doing good stuff, and they are doing it because they want to do it. They have practical, well set out goals for ILP, USA and for ILP, India.
The website is pretty well maintained and reflects the transparency within the organization. They have a list of on-going literacy projects and a list of funds sent to Indian NGOs.
The ILP holds an annual 'Race for Literacy'. They have a 5K walk/run and a 10K run. The race is this weekend in the Bay Area (Mountain View, CA). So, if you are in the area and can run.. then go for it! Else .. visit the website, find out more about them. They have various ways in which we can help if we feel like it.
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Posted by: anya at April 28, 2005 10:18 AMThis is brilliant! I wish I was there to take part but anyhow, will definately help in my own small way. Thanks for sharing this info.
Posted by: sbk at April 30, 2005 10:13 PMthanks for this link... just saw their website... there seem to be lots of small organisations in the US doing their bit for literacy in India
Posted by: charu at May 4, 2005 10:49 PMMahajan,
There was mail in our ilp group mentioning ur blog and another blog that has written about ilp. I did not read that mail for long and when I read the mail, it was ur blog that they have referred to :-)
!! how did they get to know about it?
Posted by: anya at May 11, 2005 11:40 AMThank you for posting the blog. On behalf of ILP, I'm writing this comment. We appreciate any feedback and support for the cause that our volunteer team is diligently involved in.
We hope you enjoyed the race for literacy - a USATF certified track event. Hope to see you and many others next year. Meantime, please continue to follow our activities via our website. Our vision is for a productive and literate India - our mission 100% literacy in our life time!
Thanks
Padmini
National Convenor, India Literacy Project, USA
Hey Padmini:
I should be saying thanks to you and all members of ILP for keeping ILP active and doing a real good job! The Race for Literacy seems to be a regular event, and from what I hear, very well organised. I hope to be more directly involved with ILP in the near future.
- anya
Posted by: anya at May 13, 2005 11:45 AM