Holdeen India Program
The Unitarian Universalist Holdeen India Program (UUHIP) works with organizations of India’s most vulnerable groups as they seek to advance empowerment and promote equity. The Program is committed to enabling these groups to transform their social and economic conditions in directions of their own choosing. Rather than provide grants for sectoral, discrete, or time-based projects, UUHIP supports long-term organizational partnerships in a spirit of solidarity. UUHIP also facilitates extended volunteering opportunities for those who wish to apply their professional skills while serving in India.
The Program was established thanks to a generous bequest from Jonathan Holdeen, a businessman and attorney with an interest in assisting the most impoverished people of India. In 1984 UUHIP was organized in its current form as a non-sectarian religious and philanthropic trust dedicated to India’s social and economic development. It is part of the UUA's International Resources Office.
UUHIP is governed by the Board of Trustees of the UUA and UUHIP's own Board of Advisors.
Staff Names and Contact Information
Director
Derek Mitchell
Director Emerita
Kathy Sreedhar
Program Associate
Nicole McConvery
Board of Advisors
- Mr. John Sommer, Chair, UUHIP Board of Advisors; former Vice President, Programs Eisenhower Fellowships
- Dr. Maitreyi Das, Social Development Department, World Bank
- Ms. Nancy Donaldson, Director, Washington, D.C. Office, ILO
- Rev. Michael McGee, Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, VA
- Dr. Jael Silliman, scholar and author, former Program Officer, Ford Foundation
Contact UUHIP
International Resources Office
25 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 948 4311
(617) 367 3237 (fax)
holdeen @ uua.org
Support the Holdeen India Program
Please consider making a donation to support the work of the UU Holdeen India Program.
For more information contact holdeen @ uua.org.
This work is made possible by the generosity of individual donors. Please consider making a donation today.
Last updated on Wednesday, September 7, 2011.
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