Aide à l'Enfance de l'Inde et du Népal (AEIN)

Aide à l'Enfance de l'Inde et du Népal (AEIN) is a non-profit association run by a small team of permanent staff and approximately 20 volunteers involved in several working groups (projects, awareness raising, communication / fundraising) or sitting on the Board of Directors. AEIN has been supporting development projects in India since 1967. In 1997, we extended our action to projects in Nepal. We are a recognized non-government organization operating under framework agreements with the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs, guaranteeing the co-financing of our development projects and of our awareness raising activities. Our goal is to empower the most vulnerable social groups in rural communities of India and Nepal so that they can assert their rights and become autonomous. All the initiatives supported by AEIN: - are developed and implemented on site by local organizations, with the participation of the beneficiaries every step of the way ; - are intended to help the most vulnerable members of society ; - benefit each targeted community as a whole ; - impact several aspects of people‘s lives, namely education and training, health, agriculture and ecology, and their rights. AEIN works very closely with its Indian and Nepalese partners to develop a detailed plan for every project we finance. In addition, AEIN collaborates with local facilitating agencies and development experts that recommend partners and monitor our projects, with the aim to achieve maximum impact. True solidarity between people cannot exist without the esteem of others and the willingness to learn from them. Through our activities in Luxembourg, we try to present the difference between our living conditions and the ones in India and in Nepal. Through concrete examples, we show the consequences of our way of living and of consuming on developing countries. Meanwhile, we look to convey a more balanced picture of Indian and Nepalese realities