IVCS has received grants from the following organisations for its work in rural India:
IVCS has been established for over
25 years. It was formed in May 1981 to encourage young people from the West to experience
rural India. The following year it was registered as a charity with the Charities
Commission of the UK (registered charity no. 285872).
IVCS is run voluntarily by people of
all ages and backgrounds, many of whom have spent time at a rural development project in
India.
IVCS is non-political and
non-religious.
IVCS runs a scheme enabling members to
experience rural India. Visitors first spend three weeks at a project in the village of Amarpurkashi
where they can learn about development projects, before deciding whether to go on to other
projects elsewhere in India.
IVCS is an entirely voluntary
organisation with very few overheads so you can be sure all your money reaches the
projects that you donate to.
IVCS organises seminars and
conferences in both India and England on issues of human development, poverty,
discrimination and the disadvantages suffered by the poor.
IVCS holds regular committee meetings which enable members to have a real influence in the
way the charity is run and the funds raised and distributed.
The charity's governing document (describing the IVCS charitable objects, and how the charity is run), is the IVCS Constitution
