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AFP aligns its work to the Millennium Development Goals, which include Education.

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Gyaan Yatra

Gyaan Yatra (which means knowledge journey in Sanskrit) is a 3 year UKAID funded project that aims to support individuals, known as Development Ambassadors, to become leaders in awareness raising of development issues with communities across the UK.

Through its new site, Gyaan Yatra is also a forum where people can discuss, debate and learn about the root causes of poverty. We use the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a framework to discuss issues ranging from education and child mortality to aid and trade. All the issues are looked at in a global context but with a particular focus on India.

Naitika

Where do you buy your clothes from?
Do you know what goes into making the clothes you wear and what happens to your clothes once you stop wearing them?

Naitika (which translate to ‘ethical’ in Hindi) is a 3 year UKAID funded project that expands our Jagruti programme.

Sudarshan

Sudarshan means ‘leading by example’. We engage with small to medium sized Asian owned businesses across the UK that are working with India. We encourage them to see the positive impact they can have on local communities in their vicinities in India. We aim to make them ‘lead by example’ and let them think beyond monetary profits, considering the social profits as well.
The important point is that it does not take a lot for a business to be responsible, and the benefits to the business last a long time.

Leicester to Bhuj- Hope after the 2001 Earthquake
Integrated Education: The way forward for India's disabled children
Our focus areas

India has steadily been establishing itself as a world economic power, with a national average growth rate in the past decade of 9% (WDI, 2007). However, despite this strong economic growth, India’s needs are far surpassing what she can provide. As the population increases, more than a third of India’s population of 1.1 billion live below the poverty line, comprising a massive one third of the world’s poor.

AFP aims to reduce India’s poverty by contributing to the economic and social development of the country. We do this by engaging the Asian population that lives outside of India i.e.