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UnCaste India Projects


The following is a summary of the projects that Longitude is currently working with ARV to support. You can read more by clicking on the highlighted links in each section.


Kotha Santram and Indirinagar


Longitude’s first project with ARV in India, building in KI is nearing completion. However, there is still much to do:


  1. ✴ 5 more families still need our support to complete building work after the government decided not to release funds.

  2. ✴ We continue to support ARV’s Children’s Feeding Centre (CFC), which provides children with an egg and milk everyday, giving them the vital calories they need to grow up healthily.

  3. ✴ We also support the ARV KI Care fund, which covers basic medical costs for villagers. Without it, villagers have little choice of treatment, or risk huge debts.

  4. ✴ Working with ARV, we hope to sponsor a teacher for the next 3 years so that the children of KI have more opportunities in life.

  5. ✴ ARV also continues to work closely with the villagers to develop a plan for livelihood development.


CLICK HERE to learn more about KI as well as ways you can offer your support.

 

Gummallapadu


Work in GP is currently focused on house building. Thanks to previous donors and volunteers 25 houses are already completed. However, there is still much to do:


  1. ✴ 50 houses have roofs but still need to be plastered and have shutters fitted.

  2. ✴ 6 houses have completed walls, but need walls, plaster and shutters, and

  3. ✴ 3 houses are still at the foundation level.


Thanks to our shared success in KI, ARV was able to obtain a government land grant for all of these homes, as well as a Habitat For Humanity loan for each family. This leaves Longitude’s financial commitment at US $375 per house.


CLICK HERE to learn more about GP as well as ways you can offer your support.

 

Future Plans


Our previous successes in KI and GP have enabled ARV to lobby the Indian government for funds. With a successful strategy and increasing government support, ARV now has the opportunity to expand its programs to 22 more villages. This means that ARV will be able to empower 5,500 Dalit villagers. In order to expand this transformative program that feeds children, builds houses and educates India’s lowest caste about their rights, we need your support. 


Together we can UnCaste India and give everyone the opportunity to live a life filled with hope and possibility!

AP Flood Relief In the fall of 2009, Andhra Pradesh was hit by devastating floods, which left thousands of people without homes, belongings or the means to feed themselves or their families. The Association of Relief Volunteers (ARV) has been working to aide as many people as possible with their limited resources. They have been able to help distribute rice, plates and cups to over 500 families that have lost everything. Even with this ongoing effort, however, there are still many people without the basic means to survive. CLICK HERE to learn more about this campaign as well as ways you can support it. AP_Flood_Relief.htmlAP_Flood_Relief.htmlAP_Flood_Relief.htmlshapeimage_1_link_0

From Thatch Hut to a Strong Structure.  Witness the Home-Building Process.

 
Learn more about the Winter Volunteer Trip to India by reading their Blogs!  The Winter 2009-2010 Work Camp took place between December 25th and January 2nd. Working together with villagers and local masons, the volunteer group helped to complete many homes for Dalit families and widows in Gummallapadu Village. http://blog.golongitude.org/http://blog.golongitude.org/JET_Winter_2009.htmlJET_Winter_2009.htmlJET_Winter_2009.htmlJET_Winter_2009.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3

Chevuru


Longitude and ARV are about to begin work in Chevuru, their third village in Andhra Pradesh


Fifty-one families in Chevuru were able to begin building permanent houses under a state government scheme that provides housing grants to people living below the poverty line. However, these grants are not enough to cover the remaining costs of the houses. These families have requested Longitude and ARV’s financial assistance to complete their homes, which have been sitting unfinished since last year. In order to put a roof on every home, we must raise US $1500 per house.


CLICK HERE to learn more about Chevuru and ways you can offer your support.

 

May 2010 India Expedition

(April 28 - May 6)


Group Leaders: Anna Radke   & Megan Pankratz


If you are interested in joining this group please email, Emma Parfey at: volunteer@golongitude.org for      more information.

 

March 2010 India Expedition

(March 21 - 26)


Group Leader:

Vishal Jani


If you are interested in joining this group please email, Emma Parfey at: volunteer@golongitude.org for more information.

 
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Volunteer Opportunities in 2010

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Uncaste India Education Initiative At present, the majority of Dalit children living in Andhra Pradesh receive only the poorest of education. Few Dalit children ever make it past primary education, hugely limiting their future prospects. Inspired by A Child’s Chance, Longitude has decided to work with ARV to set up a teaching program in KI, the site of our first work together in India. The 80 plus children living in KI currently study in a school which is not much more than a shell, with a teacher who is only able to visit a few hours a week. By raising US $3,600, ARV will be able to employ a teacher in KI for the next three years. The hope is that this will not only feed the minds of the young in KI, but increase the self-worth and future prospects of the village as a whole. CLICK HERE to learn more about this campaign as well as ways you can support it. ARV_KI_housing.htmlUncaste_India_Education.htmlUncaste_India_Education.htmlUncaste_India_Education.htmlshapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1