AID London

08/19/2014

AID London's first cultural dance show! Thank you to everyone who came and made t a sucess

A big thank you to ManWithALens and Sukhbir Singh for these amazing photos. A lot of people worked really hard in making this even a success.

A very special thanks to Usha Raghavan Ji for a brilliant opening that left the audience awed and wanting more. Thank you to all the other performers, Richa Mohanty for the lovely and elegant orissi folk dance, Kalarang and Anushree Modak Lonkar for such organising such an energetic, full of life, couldn't take eyes off them Lavani dance, Ranjitha Chowalloor for beautiful Malayalm dance, Sakshi Aggarwal for being Madhuri Dish*t in Dola re Dola, Shah Anand who choreographed the bollywood medely as well as the gujrati folk dance, thank you to Ashwini Chavan, Jyoti Poojary, Vamsi Salla, for the endless hours of practice despite your busy schedules. A special thanks to Sakshi for performing on her birthday! Thank you to Kuntal Indulkar and her dance school for the second lovely bollywood medley of the evening. And a very big thank you to Arunima Kumar for the breathtaking finale of the Kuchipudi. The show was only possible because such a big diverse group of performers came together for a great cause

The one person who pieced it all together is Bineeta Mitra. Thank you so much Bineeta for being such a wonderful comparer and telling the story of AID and drishti so beautifully.

A very importat thank you - To the volunteers and the voice of AID on the day. Neha Garg, Vamsi Salla, Prem Kumar you guys did a fantastic job delivering the projects and touched the hearts of many.

Also thanks to other little helpers on the day without whome the event would not have been possible - Jasleen Narula Kohli despite buying a ticket you were running around making sure everything ran smoothly on the day, Kunal Gupta for doing so many in between things that were so essential. Raja Vasista and Cherry Babu for stepping in last minute to help out with the Gujrati folk dance. Also Prabhjot Kaur for helping back stage.

And last but certainly not the least, a very big thank you to all of you who came to watch because of who this event was a success. Shweta Kapoor Sharma, Vinay Gulati, Kavita Gulati, Mithna Premkumar, Roopa Lutzenberger, Aashi Soni , Lakshmi Kaul, Minnie Arora, Kajal Vipin, Gehan Heenkende, Agnieszka Juszczak, Martin Tran Varun Aggarwal and everyone else who was there.

It is an event everyone at AID will remember for a life time, and we hope to do many more like these in the future!

Thanks all,

Rashmeeta

05/19/2014

When two of the Aid volunteers went to visit the school in Kakinada. There is a district in Andhra Pradesh called Kakinada. Over there a lady runs a school for the underprivileged children. They have classes from 1 to 10 and she finds local sponsors for the children to support further education. These children are mainly kids of cycle rickshaw pullers, bai's who wash dishes in people's houses etc. The kids are so enthusiastic and eager to learn. Some are children from families where the mother is victim of domestic violence. Others are orphans. Despite their circumstances they are brimming with enthusiasm to learn. They don't want our pity but are grateful for an opportunity to be given a fair chance in life. One girl won a local quiz and was awarded a bicycle! They are all just amazing and work really hard. The lady who runs the schools pays the teachers well to ensure quality is not comprised. But she relies completely on donations from others for the full running of the school.

05/19/2014

We Raised over three thousand pounds for the two crucial grass root projects in India. Thanks to everyone who attended and made this a success

05/15/2014

Hello to all our lovely supporters! A date for your diary... Please mark July 25th and keep it free.. a fun plus informative event is coming your way.. more details to come soon

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RIP Nelson Mandela!

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11/26/2013

Saathi, haath badhana :)

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11/21/2013

RIP Hansaben! Hope you inspire generations to come!

With a heavy heart we are sharing the news that Hansabehn Mazgaonkar passed away today.