Adra Asia Spouse Support Group: India

Today we are focusing on India. As a tourist, India has been one of my most favorite countries to visit. It has so much culture, colour, vibrancy and beauty. And of coarse not to mention shopping...
Here are some facts about India:
Capital: New Delhi
Largest City: Mumbai
Population: 1,210,193,444
Language: English & Hindi

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;^[d] China,Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

Taj Mahal

Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.^[13] Four world religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—originated here, whereas Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and also helped shape the region's diverse culture. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of the British East India Company from the early 18th century and administered directly by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by non-violent resistance led by Mahatma Gandhi.

The Indian economy is the world's tenth-largest by nominal GDP and third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP).^[14] Following market-based economic reforms in 1991, India became one of the fastest-growing major economies; it is considered a newly industrialised country. However, it continues to face the challenges of poverty, corruption, malnutrition, inadequate public healthcare, and terrorism. A nuclear weapons state and aregional power, it has the third-largest standing army in the world and ranks ninth in military expenditure among nations. India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 29 states and 7 union territories. India is a pluralistic, multilingual, and a multi-ethnic society. It is also home to a diversity of wildlife in a variety of protected habitats.

For more information on India visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

What does ADRA India do?

It is the small things, however, that matter, clean been lost to a disaster, a few Polio drops to prevent a lifetime paralysis, a mobilizing community against TB, a family enjoying a new livelihood opportunity. These are just some of the ways that ADRA partners with communities. Partnership are also formed with other like minded organizations, such as the CORE Group for Polio, the NGO Tuberculosis Consortium (NTC), and participates in School Safety Forums of the National School Safety Program (NSSP). These partnerships allow ADRA to contribute to broader strategies and have a wider reach, capturing the value of working together in a coordinated manner to achieve a common goal. The people of India show incredible resilience in the face of annual monsoons, tropical cyclones, and living with the ever present risk of earthquakes. Our programs are designed to reduce the vulnerabilities of communities and to build their inherent capacity to be prepared when disasters come. We protect women and girls against trafficking and work on to prevent gender based violence. ADRA trains families on water use, hygiene and sanitation practices in many of the programs, recognizing their link to well-being and health. These are part of our broader programme focal areas of health, livelihood and emergency response, all designed to make a real difference in the lives of real people.

Check out their projects here:

http://www.adraindia.org/index.php/our-projects

Where is ADRA India?

ADRA India is located in Gurgaon in the capital city of New Delhi.