By Arun Kumar
Washington, March 16 (IANS) A group of Indian American activists plan to bring together friends of India who wish to play an active role in improving conditions in India's villages at a conference in Chicago in May.
Sponsored by 'US-India Friendship' group, the May 3-4 India Rural Development Action Programme Conference aims to develop concrete action programmes for water development, healthcare, primary education and economic development of Indian villages.
It is a follow up to the December 2007 Rural India Learning Journey undertaken by 24 Indian Americans to rural areas in Tamil Nadu.
It gave the participants a first-hand look at how the villagers of India are faring compared to the rapid progress of the upper and middle-class in the cities, the sponsors said.
The experience, while certainly eye-opening, was perhaps unexpectedly a positive one, according to Ram Narayanan, coordinator of the sponsoring enterprise US-India Friendship.
"Some of India's dynamic social entrepreneurs, otherwise known as NGOs (non-government organisations), are already in action lending a helping hand to transform rural India," he said.
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