1. Alison Saracena and her husband run one of the best projects in India: a computer school of disadvantaged young people. They teach so that those of a lower caste or class can take steps to bring themselves out of poverty by getting a good job.

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    Shadhika (www.shadhika.org) literally means "a woman with hope" in Bengali. The Foundation strives to live up to the name by helping needy women and children make their hopes for better lives a reality. Shadhika is a "zero overhead" foundation. Your entire contribution directly helps Indian women and children in need. No part of your donation is used for any Foundation expense. With Shadhika, you can be assured that 100% of your contribution goes

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  3. New Light 2007

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    New Light is a nonprofit in Kolkata, West Bengal, India that runs a night shelter and school for the children of sex workers in the red light district of Kalighat.

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    Paripurnata is a halyway home for women who are mentally challenged. In Indian society such women are routinely cast aside and end up on the street. Becoming either prostitutes or beggars, they invariably end up in jail. Paripurnata seeks to break this pattern by treating and then educating the women so that they can live an independent life.

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Closed Loop Films in India

Created by Alexia Prichard Plus

I went to Kolkata, West Bengal in January 2007 and January 2008. In the first trip I filmed 5 humanitarian aid projects funded by The Shadhika Foundation (shadhika.com), which focuses on the needs of women and children in the state of West Bengal. In 2008 I went back and filmed a full-length documentary on one of the projects I had seen in 2007. The videos in this channel are from the 2007 trip.

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    Check out the Discoveries...India channel. They have 3 very nice trailers for the one hour DVD's they apparently sell on their website bennett-watt.com. Nice looking stuff.

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