IVC's Long-Term Goals
First Priority: Quality Health Care
When IVC's founder, Abul Sharah, dedicated his life to improving the standard of living in Uttar Pradesh, he spent many months working with its local residents and leaders to identify which changes would bring the greatest benefits to the region. As a result of these conversations, three interrelated goals were identified as key to improving the region's standard of living: health care, education and income.
If sufficient resources were available, all three of these issues could be tackled, and there's no doubt that this would have a dramatic effect on the quality of life in Uttar Pradesh. Realistically, only so much can be accomplished with the available resources. In recognition of this, IVC has focused its attention on first building up the region's health care system.
From the start, a consensus developed that the greatest need in Uttar Pradesh was for improvements to the quality and availability of health care. In recognition of this, Sharah's first goal has been to establish the International Village Clinic. With the help of generous support, the clinic has come a long way toward achieving this goal, providing preventative and curative services for children, pregnant mothers, and others in the community. Health care continues to consume the great majority of the IVC staff's time and resources.
Long-Term Goals: Better Education, Improved Incomes
Improvements to Uttar Pradesh's educational system have been identified as a second key element for improving the lives of the people who live in the region. Likewise, access to a decent income stands as a third key to improving the quality of life there. These goals remain firmly in sight, and we hope that in the future we will be able to have a strong impact in improving these key areas.
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