by ashika | Mar 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Are you curious to know about IDS beneficiaries? Well on the 28th of March 2020, is an opportunity for you to learn not only about a specific project funded by IDS, but also hear from the beneficiary themself from the comfort of your home. An open and interactive...
by ashika | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Are you curious to know about IDS beneficiaries? Well on the 22nd of Feburary 2020, is an opportunity for you to learn not only about a specific project but the also hear from the beneficiary himself from the comfort of your home. An open and interactive dialogue to...
by ashika | Feb 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
For the first time IDS along with four other Chicago organizations is hosting and bringing to you two renowned vocal singers from different part of India for the “Spring Festival 2020 Concert” to celebrate two traditional music styles, Hindustani and Carnatic music on...
by ashika | Dec 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Khushboo and Rajni from Uttar Pradesh have come a long a way to address barriers to education and fighting against archaic social restrictions for girls through “I Am Girl Icon” project from Milaan that your donations have helped to fund: As 2019 comes to a close,...
by ashika | Nov 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Across the globe, while folks were celebrating 150th Birth Anniversary of “the Mahatma” during the month of October, IDS took a bold step to celebrate a silent revolutionary – none other than Gandhi’s wife, Kasturba, whose 150th Birth Anniversary also happens to...
by ashika | Nov 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
For the past 45+ years IDS has embraced Gandhi’s “Gram-Swaraj” and Self-Reliance movement. It was truly humbling and inspirational to see how not only India, but the world is welcoming this philosophy as part of sesquicentennial (150th) birth anniversary of Mahatma...
by ashika | Aug 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
About Nishi Chawla: Nishi Chawla is an academician and a writer. She has six collections of poetry, seven plays, one mime, and two novels, to her credit. Her poetry has been published in various American journals such as Humanitas, Cathexis...
by ashika | Jan 19, 2019 | Education, Empowerment
You may be familiar with Adarsh Mahila Griha Udyog (AMGU) because of the NGO’s anti-dowry project, which was supported by IDS for the past several years. In 2018, AMGU began a new project in Zero Budget Natural and Spiritual Farming. The project is located in...
by ashika | Dec 29, 2018 | Interview, News
Today, we’d like to present an interview with someone who works for Avani, one of the NGOs that has received IDS grants for several years. I had a chance to meet Scott Kafora (right) this past August when he was visiting the Chicago area. Scott has lived in Kolhapur,...
by ashika | Dec 14, 2018 | Empowerment, Income Generation
This inspiring story was distributed by IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) in October 2017 and published in various forms online. We wanted to publish excerpts from it here in the IDS blog because the two young women in this story grew up in an orphanage run by Borderless...
