Stanford Organizations
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Project AIYME offers at-risk youth (focusing
specifically on 8th graders) a forum for open discussion, opportunities to
exhibit leadership skills, and workshops on relevant issues such as high
school, violence, family, and Asian-American identity. |
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South Asian Preventative Health Outreach Program
(Saphop) SAPHOP provides free blood pressure, glucose, and
cholesterol testing for the Bay Area South Asian community. |
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Stanford
Association for International Development (SAID) SAID aims to build a strong and well-connected
community of people dedicated to international service, and to inspire
innovative, conscientious, and practical approaches to the field of
development. The largest project is an annual conference, which takes place
in the winter and focuses on a major issue in international development. |
Co-Presidents: Jeff Love jeff.love@stanford.edu Jacob
Lemieux jlemieux@stanford.edu |
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Stanford Students for Relief (SSR) SSR is
Stanford's central organization for mobilization of funds for international
relief needs. |
Co-chairs: Srihari
Yamanoor yamanoor@stanford.edu Gabrial Brat gbrat@stanford.edu |
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Project DOSTI seeks to educate the Stanford
community about issues of South Asian culture and development, and to
facilitate student involvement in service, locally and in India. Project
DOSTI teaches a spring class and sends volunteers to India during the summer. |
Organizers: Ro-el Cordero
rcordero@stanford.edu |
Organizations in the Bay Area
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Association for India's Development (AID), SF-Bay
Area Chapter AID is a non-profit charitable, volunteer
organization that supports a wide variety of social and development projects
addressing problems such as literacy, healthcare, rural credit, vocational
training, and children's welfare. |
President: Sudarshan S. president@aidsfbay.org Postal Address: P.O.Box 4801, Mountain View, CA 94040-0801 |
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Asha for Education is a secular organization
dedicated to change in India by focusing on basic education in the belief
that education is a critical requisite for socio-economic change. |
Coordinator: Suraj Jacob suraj@stanford.edu Postal Address: PO Box 19449 |
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Formed to channel aid to the needy in India. |
Secretary: Vinod Patel nileshpandya@chararitablecf.com Postal Address: 6400 Barron Place, Gilroy, CA 95020 |
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CRY America is a non-profit organization that exists
for underprivileged children, especially Indian, providing them with hope and
a means to look forward to a brighter tomorrow. |
Volunteer Relations: Vijay Sharma thevijaysharma@yahoo.com |
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Non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to the
cause of spreading literacy in India. |
Postal Address: P.O. Box 361143 |
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Indo-American Community Service Center Provides need-based services to Indo-Americans
including educational and socialization programs, health care, and
counseling. |
Location: 3065 Democracy Way |
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Non-profit organization that provides free and
confidential help to South Asian women facing domestic violence, emotional
abuse or family conflict. |
Postal Address: 234 East Gish RoadSuite #200San Jose, CA 95112
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Organization providing help for abused South Asian
Women in the US. |
Postal Address: P.O. Box 14014 Berkeley, CA 94712 |
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Raises funds for helping the visually impaired in
India and neighboring countries. |
Postal Address: 3175 Arcola Ct |
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Focuses on promoting education and improving school
infrastructure in rural areas of Tamil Nadu. |
Postal Address: 2000 Walnut Ave, # I-202 |
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Implements vision screening and education programs
in North America and in developing countries. In North America, patients are
connected with free health coverage programs so that they can receive an eye
exam by a doctor. In Africa and Asia, Unite For Sight volunteers work with
partner eye clinics to implement screening and free surgery programs. |
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Non-profit
volunteer organization focused on child development initiatives in India. |
volunteer@vibha.org Postal address: 1030 E El Camino Real, #424 |
If you are interested in having your organization included in this listing, please contact Amna Aziz (asaziz87@stanford.edu) or Ankur Gupta (ankurg@stanford.edu).