We evaluate each proposal for funding not only as an opportunity to support a good effort but also as a way to learn how such an effort makes an impact. We also visit and follow through the project for several years. We then draw on these experiences and reapply them. Our goal is to involve more people in our efforts. AID is non-hierarchical in structure and inherently democratic, participatory and conducive to individual initiative.
AID is divided into chapters.
Each chapter is a local unit, which works fairly independently but is in regular contact with other chapters. Every chapter has weekly or biweekly meetings. Volunteers remain in contact around the world via e-mail. The construction of large dams on the River Narmada in central India and its impact on millions of people living in the river valley has become one of the most important social issues in contemporary India. Arivoli Literacy Movement in Tamil Nadu.