How to Help?
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Become a Volunteer
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Help with a Project
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Help with a Fundraiser
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Other Ways
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Are you passionate about serving other? AID Houston currently has a strong set of core volunteers and welcomes people who can contribute their valuable time toward the progress of the group. As a core volunteer, you are expected to attend meetings and discuss issues/ideas with the group. If organizing events and managing them is your thing, you can join us as a support volunteer. In this position, you can assist with specific events or projects.
If you think you have an expertise that you think can be used to make positive contributions to our work, please email us. If you want to find out what you like, get in touch with us and we can work with you to find your niche.
Attend our Weekly Meetings
We welcome you to attend our regularly scheduled meeting or more commonly known as CSH. Contribute your time, ideas, talent and efforts to help further this cause.
Check the calendar below for our meeting schedule.
For more information about them, please contact: houston at aidindia.org
If you think you have an expertise that you think can be used to make positive contributions to our work, please email us. If you want to find out what you like, get in touch with us and we can work with you to find your niche.
Attend our Weekly Meetings
We welcome you to attend our regularly scheduled meeting or more commonly known as CSH. Contribute your time, ideas, talent and efforts to help further this cause.
Check the calendar below for our meeting schedule.
For more information about them, please contact: houston at aidindia.org
AID has a central database that contains projects submitted by NGOs thoroughout India. These projects are from different categories such as education, women empowerment, environment, etc. Implemetation of these projects span from few months to many years. Every year, volunteers from each chapter select the projects, go thorough a detailed review of the NGO and the project details followed by a voting.
AID Houston encourages and welcomes any volunteers to get involved in this process so a wide variety of projects can be supported. Click on the plus sign on the right to learn more:
AID Houston encourages and welcomes any volunteers to get involved in this process so a wide variety of projects can be supported. Click on the plus sign on the right to learn more:
Review a project
Each year, volunteers go through projects and short list the ones that they feel meets the criteria of Houston chapter and AID in general. A small presentation of the project is done and selected projects go through a thorough review. Questions raised about project details are sent to the respective NGO and clarified. Finally, volunteers who participate in this process vote to fund a project.
Our volunteers actively interact with the NGOs to gather information about the solicited projects. NGOs are evaluated based on their mission and vision, project planning and development skills, the quality of implemented projects and their credibility and commitment to communities they represent.
Individual Projects, on the other hand are evaluated based on the nature and scope of the proposed developmental activity, the need and its feasibility in the community.
Our volunteers actively interact with the NGOs to gather information about the solicited projects. NGOs are evaluated based on their mission and vision, project planning and development skills, the quality of implemented projects and their credibility and commitment to communities they represent.
Individual Projects, on the other hand are evaluated based on the nature and scope of the proposed developmental activity, the need and its feasibility in the community.
Proposals that are approved by a majority vote are assigned to a team lead by a Project Coordinator. It is the sole responsibility of the Project Coordinator and his team to ensure successful implementation of the project as well as rigorously evaluate and monitor the progress of the projects funded by AID.
Site visit
In order to evaluate the projects we support, periodically AID volunteers do site visits during their visit to India. This involves visiting the project sites, assess the progress of the projects and submit a site visit report when they are back in USA. It would help understand how a project is implemented, any problems, and any improvements needed. This is another way you can get involved by visiting an on-going AID Colorado project while you are in India.
As money does matter in any other organization, it is an essential factor in running a non-profit organization as well. It becomes more important with the organizations like AID, which reviews developmental projects for India and fund potential projects. The amount needed to support various developmental projects is really huge.
To collect money for charity is always a Herculean task. Active members of AID at Colorado chapter came with different innovative ideas to support our projects back in India. Believing in the concept that every effort counts, motivated AID volunteers are on their way. You are also welcome participate in fund raising activities and to share new ways to raise funds. |
Apply for Corporate Matching Grants: Several companies match donations by its employees to charitable organizations. You can find out if your company has such a program and register AID with them. AID is registered with the IRS as a 501(C)(3) tax-exempt organization and our federal Tax-ID number is 04-3652609. If you need more information to register AID with your company or after you finish registering, please let us know.
Grants from Linguistic and Cultural Associations: Several cultural and linguistic associations have made donations to AID. You can request your association to do the same - if necessary, the donation can also be directed to projects in a particular state or region. In addition, some cultural groups also donate part of their proceeds from programs and events that they organize.
Grants from companies: Your company may be making grants to projects or organizations. In some cases we might have to write proposals for particular project with the details of the budget to qualify for the grant. If you can investigate into this and get in touch with us , we can work with you on writing the proposal.
Grants from Linguistic and Cultural Associations: Several cultural and linguistic associations have made donations to AID. You can request your association to do the same - if necessary, the donation can also be directed to projects in a particular state or region. In addition, some cultural groups also donate part of their proceeds from programs and events that they organize.
Grants from companies: Your company may be making grants to projects or organizations. In some cases we might have to write proposals for particular project with the details of the budget to qualify for the grant. If you can investigate into this and get in touch with us , we can work with you on writing the proposal.