 AAM Foundation (AAMF) was established in June 1999 to
provide underprivileged children with adequate nutrition, medication and
education—giving them the chance to learn, grow and live with health,
dignity and opportunity.
Note: All donations made in the United States are tax-exempt
under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Service.
All donations made in the India are tax-exempt under Section 80G (5)
(VI) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 as per the order no. DIT (E)/
2002-2003/A-1276/134 dated April 9, 2003 of Director of Income Tax
(Exemption), Mayur Bhawan, New Delhi.
Additionally, through financial assistance and education programs, AAMF
supports and instructs destitute mothers in the areas of health,
nutrition, literacy and family planning—providing them with self-reliance,
initiative and the ability to better care for their
children.
Because the educational system in India is unable to school a vast
number of impoverished children, AAMF assists in educating some of
them. After a period of informal schooling through the
organization’s educational centers, children are transitioned into
government-run schools and are subsequently tutored and coached by AAMF
volunteers on an ongoing basis.
With this in mind, AAMF has constructed and currently runs twenty
educational centers in slum-like areas of New Delhi, India—where families
that are most in need of assistance live. AAMF believes that in
order to provide educational facilities and services to underprivileged
families, they must be built and run right where these people
live.
AAMF started its first center in the indigent region of Neb Sarai in
New Delhi, which consists primarily of migrants from rural areas of
neighboring provinces. Amenities such as potable water, sanitation,
sewage disposal systems, electricity and paved roads are not readily
available in most of this region, and there are no hospitals or basic
medical facilities within three miles of the area.
FACILITIES
AAMF has a main office and staff located in New Delhi.
This office provides the following:
- Training of school teachers
- Recruitment of volunteers
- Legal and accounting functions
- Administrative functions
AAMF is continuously setting up new non-formal education
centers. Each center has :
- 1 - 2 teachers
- 1 - 2 fieldworker/support staff
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