Azad India Foundation
Bihar is a land much in need of social welfare and Ngos in Bihar are lending a helping hand. One NGO in Bihar is Azad India Foundation. Having started with a focus on activities like nonformal education and vocational training centers for women, this NGO in Bihar has expanded its horizon to Literacy Programmes in Bihar, National Institute of Open Schooling, Women Empowerment Programmes in Bihar, Formation of Self-Help groups, Rural Employment programmes and Community welfare Measures. This is one Bihar NGo that believes in taking facilities of education and welfare measures to the interiors of rural Bihar.
Formally registered in 2001, this Ngo in Bihar began with a small group of committed people in 1998. This group of volunteers ranges from qualified doctors to educationists and philanthropists. Based in the Kishanganj district of Bihar, it has taken the literacy programme in Bihar into these remotest corners of this district.
In last seven years thier activities have broadened in the fields of female literacy, formal education for children, nonformal education, rural employment, income generating skills, SHG formation, community health and awareness programmes on various social issues. The activities reach out to poor and marginalized women, adolescents and disadvantaged and marginalized children from rural and urban areas of Kishanganj district. AIF's journey owes much to the unstinting support of a large number of friends, supporters and well-wishers.
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