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AID-Gurgaon is an independent chapter of Association for India's Development (AID), a voluntary non-profit Non-governmental organization. It is operational in Gurgaon, a district in state of Haryana, adjacent to New Delhi, the capital of India. Most of the activities of the AID-Gurgaon Chapter is in the field of education, although it has a close association with AID Delhi which is a much bigger chapter in terms of volunteers and scope of projects.

History
The seeds of AID-Gurgaon were sown in early 2007. AID-Gurgaon started as a group of working professionals who came together to make a difference to the glaring rich-poor divide that engulfs this modern fast-developing city. Inspired by the model of Mobile Creches, which is an organization providing day-care centers for children of construction workers at construction sites across the National Capital Region of India(and few other cities), the volunteers started the first project of AID-Gurgaon on 26 January, 2007 and named it Unnati (meaning progress).

Ideology
AID-Gurgaon being a chapter of AID-India, follows the same ideology of Sangharsh, Seva and Nirman, meaning Struggle, Service and Development. Sangharsh is reflected in the efforts of the volunteers to run day to day activities of the organization. Service and Development are embodied in the educational projects and an awareness campaign being run by the organization.

Structure and Volunteers
AID-Gurgaon being a completely volunteer driven organization is not very rigid in its structure. However, there are a few important positions/groups that are important for its smooth running:

1. Chapter coordinator - Responsible for the overall administration and smooth running of all the projects, resolving any roadblocks and discrepancies at any stage of a project and assigning responsibilities for major tasks to the fellow volunteers.

2. Project coordinator - Individual projects are the responsibilities of atleast one person. However, due to fewer projects, there are often more than one Project coordinator for a project.

3. Website coordinator - Responsible for the maintenance and upto date information of all important events on AID-Gurgaon website.

4. Treasurer - Responsible for maintaining the constant flow of funds to and from AID-Gurgaon.

Projects
AID-Gurgaon has the following projects running actively:

1. Unnati - The first project of AID-Gurgaon, started in January 2007, it is a school being run at Jharsa Village of Gurgaon. The school targets children of construction laborers and rag-pickers and provides non-formal education to the students. The school is fully funded by AID-Gurgaon and runs six days a week with a regular experienced teacher.

2. Disha - Disha is a recently opened (January 2009) school, also located in Jharsa Village of Gurgaon. It is run on the similar lines of Unnati.

3. RSEP - Stands for Regular School Education Program. This program is intended to promote the students who have been regular to the non-formal education system provided by Unnati and Disha to regular private and semi-private schools.

4. Srijan - An awareness campaign with a goal to make Gurgaon a Beggar-free town.

For more information on the above projects, see the official AID-Gurgaon webiste

Activities and Events
Regular activities of AID-Gurgaon involve:

1. Regular school visit to Unnati and Disha by volunteers (frequency: every weekend)

2. Regular basti (slum) visit to meet the children and their parents in order to keep both of them motivated for their education.

3. Campaigning activities - online and door to door for Srijan project.

Some other important events include:

1. Republic Day and Unnati/Disha Birthday celebrations event

2. Independence Day event

Funding
Gurgaon being a hub of major IT and other multi-national companies, both volunteers and major part of funding of AID-Gurgaon comes from corporates. In terms of infrastructure and expertise, AID-Gurgaon also gets help from Literacy India, another NGO operating in Gurgaon. Additionally, AID-Gurgaon also gets part of its funding from Atlanta chapter of AID-USA.