Frequently Asked Questions

Aid For Change is an initiative of an International aid organization which has been working with poor and marginalised people in India since 1960. We work in 3 states and in the year 2013 we reached out to over 248107  poor in India.

We partner with local NGOs, community based organizations and people's movements to collectively address poverty, inequality and injustice.

Our focus is on the rights of India’s most marginalized communities: Dalit and indigenous people, rural poor, women and minorities. These groups face an acute lack of access to and control over resources, services, and institutions.

We pay special attention to those in vulnerable situations such as people living with chronic hunger, survivors of domestic violence, farmers with small land holdings and people whose land or livelihood is under threat.

• Aid For Change finances a wide range of long term and short term projects working with marginalized communities such Dalit and indigenous people, rural poor, survivors of domestic violence, small farmers and minorities.
• 5% - Resource Mobilization Expenses
• 15% - Support and Administration Cost
• 80% - Program Expenses

Several payment options are available:

• Credit Cards:  This facility would be introduced shortly.
• Debit cards payment and internet banking: These facilities would be introduced shortly.
• By check: Please download and fill up the check donation form and send us the check with the designated amount in favor of Aid For Social Change and Welfare Association and send it to the address below.
• By direct debit / bank transfer: Please download and fill up the ECS donation form and send it to the address below.

Aid For Social Change and Welfare Association, Flat No. 2, 1st Floor, Behind Hotel Sai Sagar, Wanowarie, Pune – 411040, India

Your information is completely secure, once you have submitted the information the data is securely transferred to our payment service provider & the payment securely processed. We will not use any financial information that you have provided here for anything other than processing your donation.

Once you have submitted your information your payment will be processed by our secure payment processing service. One time donations through cheques will be processed on the following working day of receipt of the pledge form. In case of monthly donations, your first donation will be processed immediately whereas the subsequent monthly donations will be processed between 10th and 15th of every month.

Our Monthly Giving program is an inclusive approach which lends opportunity to everyone to participate in the social development. Monthly gifts are the most cost effective way to give as you can donate a given sum every month without feeling burdened.

All donations to AID FOR CHANGE are 50% exempt from tax under section 80G.

Yes, tax receipts are issued to all the donors. A digital copy of the receipt will be generated as you complete the donation process and will be sent via e-mail. For regular monthly donations, apart from the monthly receipts, a consolidated receipt will be sent at the end of the financial year.

You can choose to stop your monthly contribution anytime you wish. To do so, please call Anamika at 020- 26824597, Ext. 34 or send an email to cancellation@aidforchange.org with your Name and Bank Account Details from which the money is being debited and we will do the needful.

Aid for Social Change and Welfare Association is non-profit organisation (Section 25 Company) working with poor and marginalised people to end poverty and create sustainable livelihoods. Aid for Social Change and Welfare Association is registered in India under the Section 25 of Companies Act, 1956 with its registered office at Pune bearing the Corporate Identity Number: U93000PN2011NPL140235 on the 25th of July 2011.

We follow a reliable refund policy to let our donors feel privileged about their association with us. We take utmost care about processing donations as per the mandates signed by our donors in the donor forms, both offline and online. But in case of an unlikely event of an erroneous deduction, AFC will refund the wrongly deducted amount within 7 working days from the date of receiving the complaint from donor. We would require a proof of deduction of the donation amount and a written request for refund from the donor.

We can be contacted for refund requests through the following methods:

• Write to us on fundraising@aidforchange.org
• Call Anamika at 020- 26824597 Ext. 34