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.