US Website To Identify Credible Indian NGOs

The US State Department is partnering with an Indian non-profit to
create an online searchable database of credible Indian NGOs to work
with potential American donors to build public-private partnerships.

The database will include all those Indian NGOs that have been vetted
by an independent third party to ensure they are accountable,
transparent and keep only a small percentage of a donation to cover
their expenses so the maximum can go to the intended beneficiaries,
according to Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Robert Blake.

This site will also list all the intermediary institutions who can
facilitate tax-deductible donations, he said at the annual fund
raising gala dinner of American India Foundation, founded by a group
of Indian-Americans responding to the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. Former
US President Bill Clinton serves as its Honorary Chair.

"By matching a list of certified Indian NGOs with potential American
donors, we hope to create an efficient philanthropy marketplace that
will grow the overall sector, making it a win-win proposition for all,
including AIF," Blake said.

"In today's budget-constrained environment, such public-private
strategies strengthen not only our international economic development
efforts, but also the crucial people-to-people ties that bind our two
great countries," he said.

The State Department was also partnering with AIF on a project to
build inter-cultural understanding and engage citizens across the
Punjab through digital storytelling and the creative arts, Blake said.

The programme aims to create a self-sustaining Indo-Pakistani Young
Education Professionals Network, a global network of Punjabi youth
from India, Pakistan and the United States, and a "Punjabi Cultural
Connections" publication for educators available to institutions and
communities across the Punjab and the US.

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