Our Mission Statement

To catalyze socio-economic change in India through education of underprivileged children.

Asha for Education is a secular organization dedicated to socio-economic change in India. In pursuit of this goal, Asha focuses on basic education in the belief that education is a critical requisite for socio-economic change. In keeping with this focus, our volunteers get involved with and support projects that are secular and have an education-related component to them. 

The objectives of the group are: 

1. To provide education to underprivileged children in India. 
2. To encourage the formation of various local groups, both in India and U.S., to reach out to larger sections of the population. 
3. To support and cooperate with persons and groups already engaged in similar activities. 
4. To raise the required human and other resources to achieve the group objectives. 
5. To provide opportunity to individuals based in the U.S. who wish to participate in Asha activities in India. 
6. To address, whenever possible, other issues affecting human life such as health care, environment, socio-economic aspects and women's issues. 

Asha Arizona (Asha-AZ) chapter started in 1995. Volunteers actively participate in community events and have raised tens of thousands of dollars to benefit the poor in India. Anyone who is willing to take action and make a difference in the plight of underprivileged children is welcome to get involved with the group's activities. 

I AM FOR ASHA (Read why we volunteers joined Asha)

Meetings are held in the Memorial Union at ASU at 7:30 PM on the first Wednesday of every month. Click here for ASU campus guide. For info on meetings, click here.