Strides of Hope is the half-marathon, full-marathon and 10K training program organized by the Austin chapter of Asha for Education and is one of its core fundraising avenues.

Asha’s marathon training program is an innovative fundraiser that started in 2000. Asha Austin started the Strides of Hope program in 2005 and over $320,000 has been raised by 204 runners over the span of 5 years. Last year, over 66 runners raised around $70,000 to support 19 projects in India. We are aiming to surpass that this year!

Strides of Hope welcomes both experienced and novice runners to train and run a marathon or a half-marathon. Each mile you run and each dollar you raise will help provide a better future for underprivileged children in India.

Runners can train locally in Austin or in another city. They can also run any race of their choice. Please see our Races page for a listing of races across the country the our runners have participated in.

Runners can fundraise for the general Asha pool or choose to support one or more projects of their choice. If the latter option is chosen, the money they raise will directly go to the specified project(s).

• If you want to run, run a mile
• If you want to change lives, run with Team Asha