Education
Access and Quality of Education for Primary & Secondary Levels

Facilitating increased civic engagement and accountability for equitable access to quality education.

Livelihood
Lifelong Learning & Vocational Training

Strengthening resilience amongst the underprivileged through sustainable livelihoods.

Alternative Care
Early Childhood Care and Education

Innovating, facilitating, stimulating & enriching environment for cognitive and lifelong development in young children (0-8 years old)

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Aide et Action (now Action Education) was founded in 1981 as a secular, apolitical, not-for-profit organization headquartered in Paris, France. Over the years AEA established its presence in 19 countries across South Asia, South East Asia, Africa and Europe.

In 1981, AEA began operations in India and got registered in 1988 as a not-for-profit organization under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (corresponding to Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013). Today the India operation is part of the larger South Asia operations comprising Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. The operations in India are managed through 6 offices with Chennai as the India headquarters.

Our Approach

Thematic Focuses

Access and Quality of Education for Primary & Secondary Levels

Lifelong Learning and Vocational Training

Early Childhood Care and Education

Cross Cutting Themes

Women Empowerment and Education

Inclusive Education

Climate Change

Peace Education & Migration

Empowering community by facilitating participatory based community processes for building resilience of the communities

Strengthening community institutions and its systems for enabling the community to bring about a positive change within oneself

Co – creating with stakeholders, line departments, PRIs and local CSOs for strengthening the system

Enhancing the technical capabilities of professionals for enabling them to bring a change within the community

Ongoing Projects

Addressing Learning Gap for Quality Education (ALGQE)

Strengthening Access and Quality Education in Lakhimpur (SAQEL)

Enterprise Promotion for Sustainable Development (EP4SD)

Noipunyo - Cluster Development For Livelihood Enhancement

Strengthening Alternative Care Reforms in Assam (SACRA)

Facilitating Effective Transition of Careleavers to Independence (NCLN)

Achievements At A Glance

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Teachers trained
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PRIs trained around Education
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Volunteers mobilised
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Academic Knowledge Hub established
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Education Blocks
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Our reaches so far

Since our inception we have carried out multiple projects across various North East regions

Our Partners

Achievements

Best NGO Award

Recipient of Best NGO Award by Resource Alliance and McArthur Foundation

2007,2010

UNESCO Recognition

'Education of Migrant Children' project recognized by UNESCO for wider replication by India's National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)

2010

UNGEI Recognition

Tribal Girls (Amar Naani) selected as a good 'Good Practice' project by the United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI)

2010

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