India

India has the second largest population in the world with 1.1 billion people. One third of them – 394 million people - live below the poverty line on less than 50p a day. Less than two-thirds of them can read or write. 75% of the population live in rural areas that lack proper medical care access to water and education. Education is a huge problem for the rural communities who remain largely illiterate.

Human Appeal International in India

Human Appeal International have several programmes in India and a good track record working in the country. We played a key role in helping survivors of the earthquake that struck Gujarat state in 2001: providing them with emergency relief running trauma clinics building houses for the survivors and providing small micro credit grants for people to kick start their businesses. We also built a 20 000-litre water storage tanker for the whole population of Kavi village.

Human Appeal International are now focusing on the sponsorship of orphans refurbishing several schools and working on water and sanitation projects. As always we continue with our seasonal programmes: Qurbani and Ramadan distribution.