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Funding Policy |
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American Service to India (ASTI) is a unique aid organization in
that ALL of your donations will reach their designated recipients in India.
Since our entire staff is composed of non-paid volunteers, we have a minimum
of overhead expense. Our areas of focus include: |
Orphanages : |
We have found that the children in orphanages usually
have one thing in common; they are intelligent, hard working and serious
minded. Given help and the opportunity, many will excel in higher
education. Funded institutions include: Arunachalam Trust Tiruvanamilai,
Ramakrishna Mission Student's Homes in Belgharia, Rahara and Chenai,
and Deena Bandhu in Bangalore. |
Medical : |
ASTI's Mobile Medical Unit Program (MMUP) helps ensure
ongoing medical services in rural areas. ASTI has established MMUP's
throughout India including Silchar, Rahahanmundry, Trivandrapuram,
Puri, Nattarampalli, Karimganj, Porbander, Lucknow, Rajahamundry,
and Kankhal. |
Education : |
ASTI donors provide funds for all academic levels, concentrating
on four areas:
- Programs for tribal villagers
- Training in hygene and family planning in remote areas
- Vocation training for women in urban areas
- Scholarships for economically disadvantaged children
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| Rural Support : |
This includes a wide range of projects such as rebuilding
schools and providing deep wells for pure drinking water. Farmers
are taught improved agricultural techniques. Smokeless stoves and
low cost latrines provide a healthier life for the villagers. |
In education and medical aid the focus is in these areas: |
- Scholastic fundamentals and prep for advanced studies;
- Education on healthcare for villagers
- Vocational and skill training for men and women;
- Vocational and skill training for the mentally and physically
challenged.
- Thirty endowments provide nurses training for young women at
five teaching hospitals.
- Hospitals and Dispensaries in India and Bangladesh receive support
in cash and in kind.
- Shipments of hospital supplies and equipment help support three
hospitals. The equipment includes a medical lab, ultra sound,
x-ray and dialysis machine, some new and some used, but fully
operational.
- Mobile Medical Units at eight hospitals and/or dispensaries
are guaranteed continued maintenance and/or eventual replacement
when ASTI provided a permanent fund with the understanding that
the interest only be used for the above.
Our Model Projects, which have received international and national
awards, assist populations in creating sustainable economy in
villages and remote mountain areas.
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Two-thirds of ASTI's support comes from generous Indian
American benefactors in the US. The remaining one-third comes from
other Americans sympathetic to India's problems. |
To learn about other aid activities we are involved
with, such as disaster and other relief programs, please explore the
rest of our website. |
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