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As you may already know, we''ve recently left the comforts of London, and in the interest of fairness and equality, we're taking our wisdom to the other side of the world!

We're volunteering in India on 2 important projects for the Asian Foundation for Philanthropy (AFP) to inspire social change:

  1. 1. From October 11th, we're going completely rural as we move to a remote village, Amarpurkashi, (Uttar Pradesh - the poorest state in India). Luckily for you, you won't hear from us for a while! We're helping the village fight a gangster-run paper factory which has ravaged their environment with intense air, land and soil pollution. We will be grateful for any support you could give in aid of our move because...
  2. 2. Currently we're in outer Bangalore working for Vidyanikethan, an NGO which runs a school for children saved from labour occupations. The school is in desparate need of sponsorship after recently losing their biggest donor.
    3. We really hope that you can help us support Vidyanikethan and their students but appreciate the difficulties in the current economic climate. 
     
    Through www.justgiving.com/slumdogwannabes all donations (incl. government gift aid) go directly to AFP and Vidyanikethan - so no chance of us sneaking some extra cash for the rest of our jollies!
    OR if you're interested in sponsoring a child's education for just 5000Rupees/year (approx. GBP65) then please message us for more information through Facebook, hineshmehta@gmail.com or srgandhi87@gmail.com.
     
    Any donation would be a massive help as a little can go a long way, but if that's not enough good karma, then we cordially invite you to visit us in Amarpurkashi from 11th October. It's only a flight to Delhi, a bus to the train station, a 5 hour train journey to a nearby town, and 1 hour by jeep to the village (the only car useable on the 'roads'). If you are planning on coming, please let us know - Samir is desparate for a KFC, his Leeds shirt back and Costco. Hinesh misses properly constructed roads and buildings.

    We've been impressed by the recent rapid development in India. However, we're volunteering because of the ever widening gap between the rich and the poor. The spread of wealth is dangerously uneven, to the extent that the number of million-/billionaires will continue to grow at the expense of the millions of Indians stuck in a cycle of poverty and deprivation. We want to highlight the social issues that India continues to face despite rapid economic growth, ensuring that no one is left behind.

    Please spare some time to find out more information about AFP, our involvement in education, and the work of Vidyanikethan:

    http://www.affp.org.uk
    http://www.affp.org.uk/where/karnatakakarnataka
    http://www.vidyanikethan.org/index.htmindex.htm

    For further or more detailed information about any of our projects, please contact us through Facebook, hineshmehta@gmail.com or srgandhi87@gmail.com     

    Thank you again for all your support and if we make it out alive we'll see you on the other side...
     
    Hinesh and Samir

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Asian Foundation for Philanthropy (AFP) facilitates a broad movement of engagement with development initiatives in India. Through three programmes of international volunteering, development awareness and donor programme it works at the grassroots level to ensure that the poorest people can improve their lives, livelihoods, and have a stronger voice in decisions that affect them.

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Good luck

Donation by Kundan Yadave on 13/05/10

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

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Donation by Raxit Vanmali on 04/01/10

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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Hi Hinesh, You are doing great job, hope to hear from you soon.

Donation by Varsha Kothari on 23/11/09

£25.00

+ £7.05 Gift Aid

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Hello Hinesh , Nice to hear you are doing great work in India . Best wishes from HITESH RAYANI and FAMILY

Donation by Hitesh Rayani on 19/10/09

£20.00

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due to the ongoing threats i have donated! i miss you boys so so much, well done on doing so well. xxxxxx

Donation by Nirmani Shah on 30/09/09

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Keep up the good work boys, here's a tenner for each of you...and now that I'm a rank tax payer, also £2.82 each in gift aid x

Donation by Astrid Brown on 30/09/09

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Good luck finding a wife

Donation by Mitesh Patel on 30/09/09

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Keep it up See you in Sydney.

Donation by Mukundrai Shah on 28/09/09

£25.00

+ £7.05 Gift Aid

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Hi Hinesh , We are very proud of what you are doing in India. Be safe , Healthy & in touch

Donation by Mum , Dad and Milan on 27/09/09

£30.00

+ £8.46 Gift Aid

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Good work guys, dont slack too much! will see you all in december :D

Donation by Elizabeth Bacon on 26/09/09

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$351.52
  • Offline donations$0.00
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$351.52
  • Gift Aid$90.52

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