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1. IFA will accomplish its mission by encouraging, facilitating and channeling the contributions -- financial or otherwise -- of Indian Americans and others towards building an egalitarian and prosperous India.
2. The recipients of IFA aid will be individuals, groups or grassroots organizations that are engaged in the process of improving the lives of the poor through collective action, using peaceful and democratic means.
3. The ultimate beneficiaries of all such IFA supported activities must be the poor and the underprivileged of India.
4. Activities chosen for IFA support will be those that:
* Are directed towards communities rather than individuals
* Aim to understand and attack the root causes of poverty
* Have the most lasting and widespread impact
* Have a conscious strategy or approach towards self-sufficiency
5. During times of major calamities -- in India, the US or elsewhere - IFA may choose to help the victims by functioning as a conduit for aid collected by specific, separate fund raising activities.
6. All the functions of IFA will be conducted in accordance with its Bylaws that are designed to be open, inclusive, nonpartisan and fully democratic.
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