Kovilapalem Project, Andhra Pradesh

Description: Running and Maintenance of UP School, Kovilapalem (Visakhapatnam District), AP
Group: Society of Grama Vikasa Saradhi, Kovilapalem, AP

Project website: Kovilapalem Project
Project Coordinators: Anil Vullikanti, Aditya Gadre


TN Project, Tamil Nadu

Description: The funding aims at supporting teacher and helper salaries and student materials including books, uniform and other material (health service, games items) for roughly 48 students.
Group: Basava Seva Trust

Project website: Basava Seva Trust Project
Project website: Basava Seva Trust Project
Project Coordinator: Janani Ravi


Vizag Project, Andhra Pradesh

Description: Grama Vikasa Saradhi (GVS) society was established on April 25, 2000, to put collective wisdom, experience and resources available to better the quality of life, in the selected villages in and around Tattabandha panchayati, Ravikamatham Mandalam of Visakapatnam District,AP, so as to set a role model for other to emulate. This project aims at supporting the GVS upper primary school (standard I to VII). The school is located in a society of poor agrarian, semi-tribal, and other backward class families mostly dependent on rain-fed agriculture with smallholdings. None of the schools students are employed though they spend some time helping their parents. Education is very negligible in this area. This was a primary school (I-V) until May 2002 after which it was converted to Upper Primary school (I-VII). Five batches (26 students) of students have passed 7th class from GVS School. Now these students are spread over the mandal in various schools for their higher studies. Asha-Knoxville and Asha-New River Valley are collaborating on this project. Site visit was done in February, 2008.. Project details can be found here.

Project website: Vizag project
Project coordinator: Aditya Gadre


Vikahar Project, West Bengal

Asha Virginia Tech (NRV) chapter has formally acquired mentorship of the Vikahar Project from Asha Philadelphia chapter. We sponsor a class of 75 students in Vikahar village in Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal. The funds are provided to cater for all the basic educational needs of children who are studying in grades I through IV at a school run by Economic Rural Development Society. Project details can be found here.

Project website: Vikahar Project
Project coordinator: Arjun Krishnan