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In 2009, the World Bank moved India from “poor country” status to “lower middle income” status. This may seem promising — it is an indication that the Indian economy is growing and that the welfare of its citizens is improving — but there is also a downside. There will be less foreign development money available for various charitable projects intended to help poor citizens. It’s incredibly important to maintain the good work that’s already being done to help India’s most needy residents, and that’s where Humana People to People India comes in. This organization has been successful in developing projects to improve education, healthcare, and other critical needs. As the name indicates, one of Humana People to People’s greatest strengths is the people who make up the organization. The group is organized as a collective made up of various Project Leaders. This is an ideal method of organizing, and has led Humana People to People to be a successful development organization for fourteen years. Each Project leader has freedom to choose and expand their project, but the collective support of the larger organization mean that all projects have access to each other’s resources, leadership, and shared experiences. The Project Leaders have truly made fighting for dignity and justice their life’s work. Humana People to People works on helping, empowering, and fighting for the poor, and concentrates its efforts in a variety of different areas. The organization’s main projects are focused around issues of education and healthcare. The organization provides preparatory education to working children from urban slums in an effort to eventually enroll them in formal schools. They also train teachers to work in these Academies for Working Children. Finally, they provide leadership and management training to young people from impoverished communities through their Training Centers for Global Development. These trainees often end up leading Humana People to People projects. Humana People to People India’s healthcare programs are just as varied. The organization trains health care workers to handle issues of maternal and child health, including prenatal and postnatal care, family planning services, and pediatric care. The Planet Aid organization also works with the National Rural Health Mission to ensure that rural areas have access to the public healthcare system. In Panipat, Haryana, Humana runs a primary care clinic out of a project office, allowing more than 90 patients a week to receive treatment. In addition, the organization maintains Health Check-Up camps, in which doctors and nurses come to underserved areas to perform check-ups and discuss nutrition, general health, and eye and dental issues. These aren’t the only issues around which Humana People to People organizes, of course. There are as many projects as there are Project Leaders. Other projects focus on the natural environment: problems such as environmental degradation, agricultural issues, and issues of clean water and sanitation. Humana also has various programs intended to combat the spread and stigma of HIV/AIDS, and economic programs comprised of microfinance lending and training on financial literacy. It’s obvious that the poor need to be empowered while being treated with dignity, and Humana People to People India’s work is an excellent example of this. Its grassroots leadership and flexible project structure allows the aid people need to be efficiently and effectively delivered exactly where it can best be used.
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