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'''Volunteers for Rural India''' ('''VRI''') is a small registered UK charity (charity no. 285872, formerly known as IVCS) <ref>[http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=285872&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Charity Commission entry for the registered charity VRI, formerly known as IVCS] Accessed 11 October 2017</ref> whose aim is to raise funds for rural development projects in [[India]], and previously to raise awareness of rural development in India by enabling people to experience [[grassroots]] development through direct involvement.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/nxg/volunteering-virtually/article4119190.ece "Volunteering virtually"] ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 2015-09-05.</ref><ref>[http://www.vri-online.org.uk VRI website] Accessed June 2010</ref> It is non-political and non-religious.<br />
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==History==<br />
VRI has been established for over 30 years. It was formed in May 1981 as IVCS (Indian Volunteers for Community Service) to encourage young people from the West to experience rural India. In 2015 it stopped running the volunteering scheme.<br />
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==Aims of charity==<br />
To raise funds to support small self-help projects in India, with the intention of contributing towards sustainable human development. In particular, VRI supports a rural development project in the village of Amarpurkashi in [[Uttar Pradesh]], northern India.<br />
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==Projects==<br />
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*VRI supported a local village to start its own secondary school. This venture was initiated by the villagers themselves, who were concerned that there was no local school for their children and it will continue to support this school until it is self-financing.<ref>[http://www.vri-online.org.uk/apk/jafar-pur-junior-high-school.php VRI website - article about jafar pur high school] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406211234/http://www.vri-online.org.uk/apk/jafar-pur-junior-high-school.php |date=2024-04-06 }} Accessed October 2017</ref><br />
*VRI runs eye camps for [[cataract]] care <ref>[http://www.vri-online.org.uk/apk/health-rural-india.php VRI website - article about health care fund] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406211234/http://www.vri-online.org.uk/apk/health-rural-india.php |date=2024-04-06 }} Accessed October 2017</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.vri-online.org.uk/index.php VRI website]<br />
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[[Category:Foreign charities operating in India]]<br />
[[Category:Rural development in India]]<br />
[[Category:Charities based in London]]<br />
[[Category:Organizations established in 1965]]<br />
[[Category:1981 establishments in the United Kingdom]]</div>Allenjacksparrow