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Projects - Washington DC

Asha for Education obtains project proposals from organizations actively involved in social work in India through personal
contacts and other individuals residing in the United States. Asha for Education also solicits contact information from other
groups and organizations,  such as Indians for Collective Action (ICA).

Project related documents

check  Project Guidelines: The guidelines for selecting and monitoring projects Project Proposal questionnaires: These questionnaire is to be filled by organizations in India applying for funding from Asha for Education, DC.

        check  Project Proposal Questionnaire (short)

        check  Project Proposal Questionnaire (long)

check  Project Evaluation Form: This form is to be filled by projects in India that are currently being funded by Asha DC.

check  Project Steward responsibilities: This document lists the responsibilities of a project steward at Asha DC.

check  Site visit template: This document should be completed by volunteers who visit a project.

Current Projects

#ProjectChapter(s) FundingState
1 Asha Center - Lalpur
Asha has set up a full-fledged centre called Asha Ashram for carrying out social change and development in Lalpur and surrounding villages of Hardoi district. A new Ashram at Bharawan will work as Public information and resource center.		 Boston/MIT, Cornell, DC, Seattle UTTAR PRADESH
2 Asha Samajic Vidyalay - Support A Child
Students from Asha Samajik Vidyalaya,Lucknow, non-formal education center will be selected on the basis of merit, need and commitment will be provided funding to attend formal schools.		 DC UTTAR PRADESH
3 Asha Samajik Vidyalaya
Asha Samajik Vidyalaya consists of non-formal education centers for slum children in Lucknow.		 Arizona, DC UTTAR PRADESH
4 BTS - Baikunthapur Tarun Sangha
The Patha Bhavan project, named a ?Basketful of Learning?, aims at providing a enjoyable atmosphere to the children in the region.		 Berkeley, Cornell, DC, Seattle, St. Louis, Work an Hour WEST BENGAL
5 Fellowship: Mahesh Pandey
Education, teacher training, regional development, right to information, issues of the underprivilidged children		 Berkeley, DC UTTAR PRADESH
6 Guria
Formal/Non formal education of children from red light communities		 Arizona, CentralNJ, DC, Silicon Valley, Work an Hour UTTAR PRADESH
7 Inclusive Education
The project directly reaches out to 67 children with special needs to include then in mainstream schools & colleges, and over 1500 children indirectly through the training of teachers in 6 zones in Tamil Nadu.		 DC TAMIL NADU
8 Mahila Action
Asha DC is supporting a Bridge School Project "Pragathiki Baata - Way to Progress" run by Mahila Action of Vishakapatnam. The goal of the project is to help children get back to mainstream schools. This project supports 50 children/year for 3 years.		 DC, Portland ANDHRA PRADESH
9 Nalamdana
Funding for Educational Scholarship for Leadership Program		 DC, Kentucky, Princeton, Silicon Valley, Stanford TAMIL NADU
10 Patte Education Trust
Patte Education Trust provides formal education upto 12th grade to children of daily wagers and farmers in Puttur area. Funds are needed for expanding the laboratory and buying books for library		 DC KARNATAKA
11 Sahyog:Vatwa Refugee Camp
Sahyog works with children of victims of 2002 communal violence in Vatwa refugee camp, Ahmedabad and conducts non-formal education		 DC GUJARAT
12 Sanctuary schools in tribal hamlets
4 schools run in remote tribal villages in Kaigal valley in AP; meant for tribal children, especially girl children.		 DC ANDHRA PRADESH



Previous Projects

#ProjectChapter(s) FundingState
1 Adhikar
Non-Formal Education Centers (15) for children from tribal and scheduled cast communities		 DC, Work an Hour ORISSA
2 Asha 2000 - Shanmuga Subramanian
Visiting over 80 Asha projects to evaluate and understand impact of Asha's work		 Boston/MIT, DC, General Funds, Seattle, Silicon Valley TAMIL NADU
3 Asha Center - Ballia
This is the Asha Center in Ballia.		 Berkeley, Cleveland, DC, General Funds UTTAR PRADESH
4 Asha Libraries in North India Schools
The Asha Library project is to provide children, of Asha funded projects, with access to the books. Currently most of the eastern UP projects are covered by this endeavor. The project is monitored by a committee of Asha India volunteers who visit ...		 Corvallis, DC, Mid-Hudson Valley, Munich, Stamford UTTAR PRADESH
5 Avvai Ashram
Avvai Ashram, a Gandhian institution that serves poor orphans and deaf and mute children in Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu. The Ashram maintains an orphanage for local poor children, and a residential school for deaf and mute children.		 DC TAMIL NADU
6 Barli Development institute for rural women
BDIRW provides training programs to rural women in the form of residential camps. Asha DC is supporting the dissemination of pamphlets in the local language of village based health care and life quality.		 DC MADHYA PRADESH
7 Eureka Makkal Noolagam
The Eureka Peoples Library seeks to set up a network of village libraries. It also seeks to develop and produce appropriate materials for neo-literates in local languages.		 CentralNJ, DC, NYC/NJ TAMIL NADU
8 FORWORD
FORWORD aims to tackle one of India�¯�¿�½s most challenging socio-economic problems - the oppression of under-privileged members of society - through an evening school designed primarily for Dalit children. The project intends to dev		 DC, UFlorida, Work an Hour TAMIL NADU
9 Jupiter Academy
To provide free education for underprivileged children from nearby slums		 DC UTTAR PRADESH
10 Kondlahalli- Computer Center at rural high school
Start a computer center in a rural high school to initiate IT aided education in the school		 DC KARNATAKA
11 Odanadi Seva Samsthe
Odanadi Seva Samsthe aims to empower and rehabilitate sexually-exploited women and children.		 Boston/MIT, CentralNJ, Cornell, Dallas, DC, Irvine, Los Angeles, NYC/NJ, Princeton, Seattle, Silicon Valley, UIUC KARNATAKA
12 PEAK - People, Empowerment And (Indigenous) Knowledge
Empowerment of the marginalised groups (including women), and the protection and stability of the ecosystem through People?s Knowledge. Specifically, Asha is involved in the implementation of workshops.		 DC UTTARANCHAL
13 Phulenagar
This project aims to provide basic tutorial education and vocational training to all children in the age group of 4 to 18 in the Phulenagar slum of Bombay. Approximately 500 children are estimated to benefit from this project.		 CentralNJ, DC MAHARASHTRA
14 RDI - Rural Development Institute
RDI seeks to run Non-Formal Education Centres (NFE) for youngsters and a Functional Literacy program for adults, Project Based Education (PBE) programs to supplement the education given in schools, a scholarship program targeting bright students...		 DC, Work an Hour UTTARANCHAL
15 RIDS - Rural Interdisciplinary Development Society Community School
RIDS is running a community school for 100 of the most backward children aged 3-10 in Hanumanthapuram village. Their goal is to provide quality education (including health education) to reduce child labor and minimize dropouts (esp. girl children).		 DC TAMIL NADU
16 Saath
Saath is an organization committed to bring about long lasting changes in slums of Ahmedabad. NFEP is a unique program that requires the beneficiaries to pay a non-token amount of money for the services they receive.		 Cornell, Dallas, DC, Los Angeles, Yale GUJARAT
17 Saathi night-school
Night-school for underprivileged children		 DC GUJARAT
18 SLADS - Singhbhum Legal Aids Society
Sustainable Education for Poor Tribal and Backward Children		 Boston/MIT, DC JHARKHAND
19 SWEET
Establish and operate 6 balwadis (pre-schools) in the slums and rural-areas of Ambarnath.		 DC, Silicon Valley, Stanford MAHARASHTRA



DC Projects Line
Asha for Education
Washington DC Chapter
P.O. Box 19213
Washington, DC 20036

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