What is the inspiration behind GIF?
The idea to develop the Global India Fund (GIF) evolved in March 2007, as GIF founder Amita Vyas joined Ashley Judd, Kate Roberts, and YouthAIDS on a trip to India. YouthAIDS, an education and prevention initiative of PSI, undertook this Journey of Hope to visit its HIV/AIDS prevention programs in Mumbai, to film a documentary about the calamitous health situation in India in collaboration with the National Geographic Channel. The Journey of Hope was a life changing experience. “It was now my responsibility to do something that will make a difference in the lives of the people I have met.