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Press Release 01/26/2005 The children of Mumbai’s slums have found some valuable friends this year, including undergraduate students, MBA students, Public Health professionals, student-doctors, and physicians. These friends come as volunteers through AVSAR, Alliance of Volunteers for Service, Action, and Reform, and have included inspirational people such as: - Anand Dholakia, an MBA student at - Suhas Radhakrishna, a medical student at - Sachdeep Rehsia, a medical student at - Soren Ulhre, a health care organization analyst from - Nadia Umar, a dentist from AVSAR volunteers donate their time and professional skills to provide healthcare services and health education to the most needy in the heart of During his year in Mumbai, Dr. Goyal helped the Niramaya Health Foundation, a local Mumbai Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), reform existing clinics and even create an innovative new “model” clinic which is slated to serve more than 2,000 child-laborers who live in Mumbai’s hidden sweatshops. These successes gave Dr. Goyal hope. Although he initially aimed to recruit just 1 Non-Resident Indian (NRI) student-doctor to volunteer with 1 partner NGO for just 1 month, during the month of February 2004 he recruited 6 US volunteers to work with 4 different NGOs throughout Mumbai’s slums. Now, the mission is to provide 500 months of free volunteer services on a yearly basis by the end of 2008. Having already provided over 30 months of free volunteer services by placing over 22 volunteers with more than 6 different grassroots NGOs, AVSAR is clearly on its way to meeting its goals. Students, professionals, and everyday people from around the world are interested in making a difference in AVSAR has worked closely with the leadership of other volunteer organizations, including Indicorps and the American India Foundation, and has welcomed 2 major founding partners: the Foundation for Global Understanding (FGU) and American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI). To learn more about how you can invest in the AVSAR effort, or to learn how you can volunteer in Web: www.AVSARIndia.org (formerly www.goyalmd.com) ![]() You may also access this article through our web-site http://www.lokvani.com/ |
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