Mission: "To catalyze socio-economic change in India through the education of underprivileged children"
Projects
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Asha Berkeley is currently supporting the following 6 projects. Click here for Previously Funded Projects.
| Guria Swyam Sevi Sansthan, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
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| Project: Guria Swyam Sevi Sansthan, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
| Project Steward(s): Devdatta Akhawe, Neha Jain |
| Description: Guria is an organization that works to end sexual exploitation, second generation and child prostitution, and human trafficking. The organization is in the final stages of building a night shelter that will provide a safe place for the children of women working in the red light area. During the daytime it will serve as a balwadi (primary school) for the children to prepare them academically and mentally to eventually join government schools, from which they are otherwise ostracized. Once the children are mainstreamed into government schools, they will continue to be supported by Guria through school fees and academic help.
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| Awantika Vidya Bhawan - ARPAN Society |
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| Project: Awantika Vidya Bhawan - ARPAN Society |
| Project Steward(s): Aditi Shastri, Arpita Sharma |
| Description:
Awantika Vidya Bhawan is a K-12 school run by ARPAN Society, an NGO based in Bhopal, MP that has been working for the last 7 years to educate children from poor families, including children of farmers and laborers. Located in the village of Samardha, ~ 30 km outside the city of Bhopal, Awantika Vidya Bhawan reaches out to children from twelve surrounding villages. Free transportation to and from school allows these children regular access to a good education, as the local government schools in the area are in poor condition and the families cannot afford private schools. The school provides a supportive atmosphere with qualified and caring teachers and medical care. The curriculum includes sports, handicrafts, and computer literacy. ARPAN Society strives to impart students with a broad variety of skills including crafts, gardening and vocational training.
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| Fellowship: Sanju Kumar |
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| Project: Fellowship: Sanju Kumar |
| Project Steward(s): Abhinaya Narayanan, Devdatta Akhawe |
Description: By providing micro loans to women, SAMRUDHI expect to see a rise in household income that will benefit the entire family. An additional benefit is that SAMRUDHI will be empowering a marginalized group by enabling women to have ownership of assets.
The expected impact of this work:
- Access to micro loans without any collaterals at their doorstep
- Increase & Diversify income & build assets
- Mitigate risk plan for the future make choice
- Increase calorie food consumption
- Invest in Children education & health
- Invest in housing water & sanitation
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| Sahyog Anusandhan Trust for Adolescent Girls and Disabled Kids, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
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| Project: Sahyog Anusandhan Trust for Adolescent Girls and Disabled Kids, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Project Steward(s): Sharanya Prasad, Shilpa Mohan |
| Description: Sahyog School Without Walls is the oldest program of Sahyog. Established in June 2000, this is a community-based school for out-of-school adolescent girls. It uses a learning-through-doing methodology, through which in addition to classroom teaching, girls are involved in community work, action research, and mapping. The primary aim of Sahyog is to give these girls confidence in themselves and develop their capacity for critical thinking. In addition, Asha supports Sahyog Ekta, a community based health program through which access to basic health services are provided. |
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| Jamghat, Delhi |
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| Project: Jamghat, Delhi |
| Project Steward(s): Rajamani Vijayaraghavan, Shaon Barman |
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Jamghat is a registered NGO that works to create a safe environment for street children in Delhi. They provide opportunities for these children to leave the streets, be educated and receive vocational training. Through Theatre, Nightwalks, a Residential Home and Day Care Centre, the goal of Jamghat is to build respect for street children within society.
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| Mera Sahara |
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| Project: Mera Sahara |
| Project Steward(s): Rajamani Vijayaraghavan |
| Description: The Joint Women's Programme (JWP), is a movement of women for freedom from violence, empowerment of women, and the creation of a new society characterized by an equal partnership between women and men. The JWP currently has a presence in both urban and rural areas, where it has long been actively combating the multiple manifestations of violence and discrimination against women and children with emphasis on research, awareness-raising, advocacy for policy change, gender sensitization and other grassroots activity.
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| Bhumi |
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| Project: Bhumi |
| Project Steward(s): Dhanya Madhusudan |
| Description: Kanini opens up an array of opportunities to children who have never seen or touched a computer before. Through this programme, we adopt the conventional methodology of theoretical and practical exposure of the subject. Following an hour's lecture on the know-how, every child is given the opportunity to explore the features that both software and hardware tools provide.
Make a Difference adopts a fun, interactive methodology to teach the English language. With no blackboards, and chalk, this pattern of teaching encourages our children to listen, speak, read and write through activities that keep them occupied during our two hour classes. The volunteers utilise visual and auditory aids like flashcards, snippets of animated videos to bind the subject with the children's interest and thus impart the lessons. |
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