some of the IVCS trustees in a committee meeting

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 raises funds to support small self-help projects in India, with the intention of contributing towards sustainable human development. In particular, IVCS supports a rural development project in the village of Amarpurkashi in Uttar Pradesh, northern India.

• 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

IVCS trustees