It took a while to find a proper driver, but finally ‘our baby’ went on its way to its final destination: Puducherry, where she’ll be transporting handicapped, elderly and children for the fare of 1 Rs and others for a common fare. In this manner, ‘AMAIDI’ works at its ‘local…

Thank you Martin, Kim, Marije, Roshnie and Rodee. Thanks to your financial contribution AMAIDI could order a new cycle-rickshaw, meant to start a service to transport old people and children on the way to their destination, from the beach village down the road to Puducherry (and back) for a low, nominal fee. The rickshaw…

Supported by a Dutch government sponsored program, called ‘Xplore!’, the Dutch organization JoHo organizes the Wereldhulpweken (‘world helping weeks’). During the summer vacation period, Dutch young idealists can thus apply to work for a few weeks in India in grassroots development organizations. This will be a yearly recurrent event. A…