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Asha Projects by State: Arizona (Tempe, AZ - USA)


Arizona
Established: 1995
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Address: Asha Arizona, ASU
#17 Student Development Office, Box 871301
Tempe, AZ - USA
Phone: 480-965-3406
Phone: 480-965-5834 Attn: Asha-AZ
Map of Arizona

Current Projects

#ProjectChapter(s) FundingState
1 Asha Trust - Sneha Kiran Of Mysore Spastic Society
Sneha Kiran of Mysore Spastic Society is a non-profit organization established in 2002 by a group of parents of CP children and volunteers. 35 children are now the beneficiaries of the school and the number goes up every year.
Arizona KARNATAKA
2 Sai Kripa
The project aims to cater to the educational needs of the children in the surrounding area, and to get CBSE affiliation in order to expand its activities.
Arizona UTTAR PRADESH
3 Swami Vivekananda Educational Society
The Swami Vivekananda Educational Society runs a primary school and a high school to provide an education for the poorest members of society.
Arizona KARNATAKA



Previous Projects

#ProjectChapter(s) FundingState
1 Abhiyan
They aim to provide literacy to 80 children of extremely poor, socially outcaste community in a very remote and backward region, making them the first generation from this community to go to school.
Arizona, Silicon Valley, Stanford BIHAR
2 Ambattur
 
Arizona TAMIL NADU
3 Ankuran
Funded five educational centers catering to children between 6-14 years of age.
Arizona JHARKHAND
4 Asha Trust - Asha Samajik Vidyalaya - Lucknow
Asha Samajik Vidyalaya consists of non-formal education centers for slum children in Lucknow.
Arizona, DC, Lucknow UTTAR PRADESH
5 Asha Trust - Poorna Vidhya
Over the years a number of efforts were made to improve the facilities and services offered to children in Govt. run schools. Despite these the quality of learning offered in many schools is far from satisfactory. A number of evaluation studies o...
Arizona, Chennai TAMIL NADU
6 Back To School (Tsunami)
Supporting children affected by the Tsunami with necessary schooling materials
Arizona, Chennai, Seattle, Tsunami Relief & Rehab TAMIL NADU
7 Back to School - II (Tsunami)
Because of the Tsunami that hit the area on 12/26/2004, the children have lost their school facilities and suffer from trauma. The school remains a constant, a security for their emotional well being.
Arizona TAMIL NADU
8 Basic Literacy and Educational Services for Santhals (BLESS)
The basic literacy program is a major component of Matrichaya?s community development programs. Adult education, vocational training and micro-credit programs help the villagers become economically independent.
Arizona JHARKHAND
9 Chandanagar Sarada Sadhan Vidyalaya for Girls
The major beneficiaries of this school project have been the poor girls, many from the refugee community, whose families routinely engaged in the jobs of house-servant/rickshaw pulling/manual labor/vegetable vendor etc.
Arizona WEST BENGAL
10 Childrens Love Castles Trust
CLT Resource Center works as a hub that connects all the schools in the 10 villages at the primary school level.
Arizona KARNATAKA
11 Deena Bandhu
Deena Bandhu runs a school and summer camp program for underpriviledged children in the community.
Arizona, Boston/MIT, Seattle, Silicon Valley KARNATAKA
12 DJVS Educational Institution
This is the only high school in the economically backward region of coastal Karnataka. The high school was founded to provide 8th to 10th grade to children in Divgi and seven other villages.
Arizona KARNATAKA
13 DJVS Educational Institution - II
The project is to continue to run the high school and maintain a higher level of progress and greater percentage of graduating students.
Arizona KARNATAKA
14 Freedom
This Project focuses on supporting the continuation of the education of the 175 children who have been rescued form the rice mills and have been relocated in the nearby villages.The total estimated number of children is around 2700.
Arizona, Austin, Toledo TAMIL NADU
15 Guria
Formal/Non formal education of children from red light communities
Arizona, Berkeley, CentralNJ, DC, Silicon Valley, Work an Hour UTTAR PRADESH
16 Indrabai Girls High School
Assistance in rebuilding of over 60 classrooms and the science lab, home science lab and computer lab.
Arizona GUJARAT
17 Ishan
Renovate deteriorating infrastructure, purchase school uniforms and supplies, and provide at least one meal for ~50 children.
Arizona WEST BENGAL
18 Jagriti Bal Vikas Samiti
This is an Education Project for Economically Disadvantaged Migrant Workers' Children. These children are deprived of even the traditional health and education avenues, which they could have availed in villages.
Arizona, NYC/NJ, Seattle, Silicon Valley UTTAR PRADESH
19 Jeeva Jyothi
Funding to provide 1) Remuneration for the teachers and staff 2) Educational kits 3) Balwadi rent
Arizona TAMIL NADU
20 Karnataka Welfare Association for the Deaf - Shastri School
The Shastri School for Hearing Impaired Children
Arizona, Seattle KARNATAKA
21 Kasturba
Introduction of K.F.I kits will update the syllabus and eliminate the necessity of books and bring the standard of education at par with well-equipped schools in the state.
Arizona MADHYA PRADESH
22 Mathigiri School
Funding for matriculation Education up to Xth standard as well as value based education for a Mathigiri school.
Arizona TAMIL NADU
23 MVF
Providing corpus funds for the foundation.
Arizona, Chicago, Cornell, Silicon Valley, St. Louis ANDHRA PRADESH
24 NASEOH - National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped
This project is for adding facilities to the computer training center in Smt. Kamla Mehta Vocational training center and to increase enrollment to 40 students from the current 25 students.
Arizona MAHARASHTRA
25 National Initiative for the Blind (NIB)
Provide Universal Braille Kits to as many blind children as possible to the socially and the physically disadvantaged in the country.
Arizona TAMIL NADU
26 Neel Bagh Trust - Sumavanam
Sumavanam provides an environment of co-operation, and self and peer supported learning, along with some vocational training for about 30 children from poor villages. These kids show a great desire to attend school, and to study.
Arizona, Cleveland, Seattle ANDHRA PRADESH
27 Olcott Education Society - OMHS Bridge Project
Project Bridge is the attempt to bridge the digital divide at Olcott Memorial High School in Chennai.
Arizona, Portland, Silicon Valley TAMIL NADU
28 PATS Ragavendra Primary School
PATS is a matriculation school in Ambattur,Madras. Some of the money in all projects, will go towards hiring an instructor, except the Arts and crafts classes, for which teachers are already present in school.
Arizona TAMIL NADU
29 Peace Bird - Asha Vihar
Funding for the construction of one hall and classroom at the Asha Vihar project. Construction cost: $1500.00. $1000 funding for
Arizona JHARKHAND
30 PES - Psycho Education Society
PES was conceived by Late Dr. T.R.Paliwal, while he worked as Principal & Prof of Psychology for setting up an inst. to meet needs of down-trodden section of society in field of health & edu. B.D.P.School was opened in vlg Barauli, dist Mathura, U.P.
Arizona UTTAR PRADESH
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Arizona  
32 Rabari School-Charities Aid Foundation of India
Funding for rebuilding library destroyed during Gujarat earthquake and furnishing library with books.
Arizona GUJARAT
33 Rachana Society for Social Reconstruction
After school supplementary education for children. Includes a variety of education such as - Hygeine - Field trips / excursions - After school tuitions - Tuitions to help pass entrance exams for schools...
Arizona, St. Louis MAHARASHTRA
34 Rachana Society for Social Reconstruction - Pune Hostel
Rachna started a 2 room hostel school for dropout children from economically background classes . These children had to walk 4-6 hours to reach their old school.
Arizona MAHARASHTRA
35 Rotary Coimbatore Uptown Trust
 
Arizona TAMIL NADU
36 Rotary District 5510
Kanhangad, a Rotary MBM Charitable Trust, has been running a special school for mentally retarded children since 1990. The school has its own buildings, serving 49 children with 8 qualified teachers.
Arizona KERALA
37 Sankurathri Foundation
Higher Elementary School from Grade1 to Grade 7 with 97 students, and 8 teachers.
Arizona, NYC/NJ, Seattle ANDHRA PRADESH
38 SCD Rotary Project
Provide one-time funding to purchase equipment required to develop a school curriculum framework for mentally retarded children.
Arizona DELHI
39 Shree Ramana Maharishi School for the Blind
Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind (SRMAB) is a voluntary organization that works with people who have various disabilities and the socially deprived.
Arizona KARNATAKA
40 TSUNAMI: Akkarapettai
28 children of the school have died during the Tsunami (in their homes). The school decided to relocate the siblings in other schools to help reduce the trauma by giving them a new environment.
Arizona TAMIL NADU
41 VESC - Vivekananda Educational Society for Children
TheVivekananda Educational Society for Children (VESC) wasfounded in January 1996 to address the problem of child labour in the South24-Parganas district of West Bengal, India.
Arizona, Berkeley, Colorado, Cornell, Mid-Hudson Valley, NYC/NJ, Seattle, Stanford, Work an Hour WEST BENGAL
42 VGVSS - Vivekananda Gramin Vikas Shodh Sansthan
 
Arizona, Seattle UTTAR PRADESH
43 Vijoy Krishna Vidyapith
The project is to provide food and clothes to the extremely needy patients and provides formal education to the local children whose parents work as agricultural labors and who would otherwise never see the light of education.
Arizona WEST BENGAL



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