Srishti- The Creation 

Asha for Education is a 100% volunteer-driven, secular, non-profit organization dedicated to bringing about socio-economic change in India by focusing on basic education. The organization was started in the University of California, Berkeley in April 1991. Today, Asha is a thriving world-wide organization with active chapters in many parts of the United States, India, Europe and other countries. Asha Austin, the Austin chapter of Asha for Education was formed in October 2002.

Asha At a Glance Over 385 projects Over 66 chapters worldwide Over $15 million disbursed

Asha's Vision 2010: At least one project in every district of India 2047: Universal Primary Education in India

How does Asha work? 
A diverse group of highly committed volunteers from each of the chapters take a personal interest in researching and identifying education-related projects in India, mobilize the necessary funds and nurture the projects from inception till they are fully functional. Over the years, Asha has succeeded in touching the lives of thousands of children through its various educational initiatives and projects. Asha will continue to evolve in keeping with the needs of the hour and the needs of our country. Asha's Austin chapter alone has supported 21 projects in India since 2002. Click here to learn more about the projects supported by Asha Austin.

Asha volunteers are involved with and support projects that strive to acheive the following objectives:

To provide education to underprivileged children in India.

To encourage the formation of local groups, both in India and U.S., to reach out to larger sections of the population. 

To support and cooperate with persons and groups already engaged in similar activities to achieve the group objectives. 

To provide an opportunity to individuals based in the U.S. who wish to participate in Asha activities in India. 

To address, whenever possible, other issues affecting human life such as health care, environment, socio-economic change, and women's issues.

Our emphasis is on the following:

Form close partnerships with groups in India. We attempt to maintain regular contact and visit the groups we work with to form a stable long term relationship.

To maximize effectiveness of our efforts we seek to support groups in rural and economically poor areas.

Provide assistance in different ways such as financial, material and technological support to the groups in India.

We strive to learn about and disseminate information on different social issues faced by the affected people in India.