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organizations actively involved in social work in India through personal contacts in India
and other individuals residing in the United States.
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Project Highlight:Santiniketan Shishutirtha
Over the past two years Asha has helped Santiniketan Sishutirtha construct a new school building for children attending classes six through eight. Prior to the construction of this building, despite high demand for classes six through eight, the school was only able to accommodate classes one through five. The total funding supplied by Asha over the past two years is a total of $11,140.
AHEAD AHEAD is an organisation working for education and rehabilitation of the mentally, autistic severely disabled children coupled with economic handicap as well.
Dhamma Dipa School An educational project for disadvantaged children of poor tribals in South Tripura
NYC/NJ, Stamford, Work an Hour
TRIPURA
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Door Step School (Mumbai) Doorstep School operates in the slums of South Mumbai (Ward A). The population is migrant and most of the adults and the children work in the docks, at construction sites and as hawkers.
Houston, NYC/NJ
MAHARASHTRA
5
Fellowship: Siddamma Siddamma is working on creating a community resource center to document community based knowledge and provide a base for communities to test eco-friendly alternatives in agriculture, pottery, dairy, herbs and energy.
Austin, NYC/NJ, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Toledo
TAMIL NADU
6
HUT AIDS Orphans Education Project Founded in 1983 HUT helps community members access their basic human rights. The only way to lift rural people of Tamil Nadu out of the grip of poverty is through providing basic education and healthcare for all community members, regardless of gende
NYC/NJ
TAMIL NADU
7
Kedi Residential High School for Tribal Girls Our dream for these tribal girls is not only to give them an opportunity to enhance their self-esteem by intellectual and mental progress but also to empower them to lead a self-reliant and fulfilling life.
NYC/NJ, Silicon Valley
GUJARAT
8
Mukti Charitable and socio-economic development trust MUKTI was established in 2003. Their book bank project caters text books to students from Grade 5 and above who currently attend local government schools in Purbasridharpur region in West Bengal.
NYC/NJ, Yale
WEST BENGAL
9
Nabarun Seva Niketan - Balwadi Project Nabarun Seva Niketan known as NSN is a non-profit organization established in the year 1971. Asha NYCNJ is evaluating to support 14 Balwadi's education at Pulshita
NYC/NJ
WEST BENGAL
10
Namgyal Institute for People With Disability The Namgyal Institute for People with Disability (NIPWD) give individuals with mental and physical disabilities as well as other marginalized communities access to education.
NYC/NJ, Stamford
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
11
Progressive Literature for the Sightless The Indian Association for the Special Education and Rehabilitation (IASER) is planning to star this project. Using a computer, a scanner and an OCR program, college level books will be scanned and made available through CD�s to the blind students
Cleveland, NYC/NJ
DELHI
12
Sahyog - Anusandhan Trust A holistic, community based educational programme for adolescent girls in Jari Mari and Dindoshi and children with disabilites in JariMari.
Atlanta, Berkeley, NYC/NJ, Work an Hour
MAHARASHTRA
13
Sandnya Sanwardhan Sanstha Sandnya Sanwardhan Sanstha is an institute dedicated to whom the organization calls differently-abled children. Asha-Athens is supporting the project since Jan.2006, following a site-visit in Dec.2005 by the project stewards, Yash and Ashwini
Athens, NYC/NJ, Silicon Valley, Work an Hour
MAHARASHTRA
14
Sankurathri Foundation Higher Elementary School from Grade1 to Grade 7 with 97 students, and 8 teachers.
Arizona, NYC/NJ, Seattle
ANDHRA PRADESH
15
Sarada Kalyan Bhandar School providing remedial education and health camps to children in rural communities of landless farmers, daily laborers, coolies and brickfield workers. Asha focuses on higher education of girls and helped fund building of an educational center.
General Funds, Los Angeles, NYC/NJ, Yale
WEST BENGAL
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Sarvodaya Parivar Trust Sarvodaya Parivar Trust started an elementary school in 1994. It is a residential school for tribal children on a remote mountain plateau where they teach geography, science, and music in addition to reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Berkeley, Boston/MIT, Cornell, NYC/NJ, Silicon Valley
GUJARAT
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Seva Chakkara Samajam The Seva Chakkara Orphanage houses a residential school for children from grades I to V. After grade V children continue their education in local schools. They continue to be provided for by the orphanage till they are able to stand on their own.
Austin, CentralNJ, Cleveland, Mid-Hudson Valley, NYC/NJ
TAMIL NADU
18
Shilpa Society for the Mentally Handicapped The most important short term goal of the Society is to focus in its Early intervention program by setting up a nodal Early Intervention unit.
Berkeley, NYC/NJ
KERALA
19
Timbaktu Collective The objective of the Timbaktu Collective is to make a lasting improvement in the lives of the people of the area.
London, NYC/NJ, Stanford, Work an Hour
ANDHRA PRADESH
Previous Projects
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Project
Chapter(s) Funding
State
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Auroville This project is intended to support the construction of two classroom in New Creation in Auroville, Pondicherry. This school caters to the a few surrounding villages and has over 250 children.
Indiana, NYC/NJ, Yale
PONDICHERRY
2
Bustee Welfare Center The BWC is a non-governmental organization that tries to improve the lives of bustee children and give them a better future through education.
NYC/NJ
WEST BENGAL
3
Chintan Chintan is an environmental research and action group which also undertakes non-formal education of children from the wastepicking community in Delhi, helping them qualify for formal schooling. Asha helps support these educational programs.
Educational Video CDs from AID-India and Tamil Nadu Science Forum To prepare educational and science videos that can be used in schools, by NGOs and by Science Movement activists in villages using existing TVs and a VCD player (rented@Rs.50/day) or computers. Local cable operators also help spread awareness.
NYC/NJ
TAMIL NADU
6
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
7
Gram Vikas Gram Vikas is a voluntary organisation working amongst the rural (and poor) areas of Orissa.
NYC/NJ, Silicon Valley
ORISSA
8
IOI - International Ocean Institute (Anawim) Anawim is dedicated to the socio-economic development of coastal Dalit villages. Together with Asha, Anawim has set up eight Asha Junior Centers to provide educational support and enrichment activities for the children in these villages.
Berkeley, Boston/MIT, NYC/NJ, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Singapore, St. Louis, Stanford, Work an Hour
TAMIL NADU
9
Jagriti Bal Vikas Samiti This is an Education Project for Economically Disadvantaged Migrant Workers' Children. These children are deprived of even the traditional health and education avenues, which they could have availed in villages.
Arizona, Lalpur, NYC/NJ, Seattle, Silicon Valley
UTTAR PRADESH
10
Little Stars School School for few hundred children from a slum area in Varanasi, nursery to Class 6.
Berkeley, Madison, NYC/NJ, Seattle
UTTAR PRADESH
11
Manav Mandir Establish an alternative school for working children while giving them economic incentives to attend classes. The proposed school will run for 2 to 3 hours in the evenings in a building that is already established.
NYC/NJ
MADHYA PRADESH
12
MS3 - Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan Provide basic education to the children of migrant laborers and establish an institute with 3-yr participatory courses that promotes education with humanistic values.
Dallas, NYC/NJ, Seattle, Silicon Valley
UTTAR PRADESH
13
National Association for the Blind - Valsad The National Association for the Blind, Valsad, works with the visually impaired. Asha supports assistance to the students and procurement of special educational material. NAB project is one of the Silicon Valley "Support A Child", SAC Projects.
Berkeley, NYC/NJ, San Francisco, Silicon Valley
GUJARAT
14
Navjyoti Swawalamban Sewa Sansthan The organization provides primary education in 2 main centers and non-formal education in about 8 centers. The organization also runs vocational training centers and supports various social causes.
Chicago, NYC/NJ
UTTAR PRADESH
15
New Modern School - Nandgad The New Modern English Medium School was started by some local residents with the hope of making learning more fun and imaginative.
NYC/NJ
KARNATAKA
16
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
17
Pratham Support of Pratham initiatives in Mumbai slums
NYC/NJ
MAHARASHTRA
18
ReAD Facilitates the continuation of education of girls in the Deomai block of the district.
NYC/NJ
UTTAR PRADESH
19
SAATHII - AIDS Orphan SAATHII began as an international movement to bring together the HIV/AIDS community in forming a unified voice and taking collective action against HIV/AIDS in India. Asha is supporting SAATHII for the first time.
CentralNJ, NYC/NJ
ANDHRA PRADESH
20
Santiniketan Shishutirtha Santiniketan Sishutirtha is an orphanage and a school providing both traditional and craft-based education. The school currently has grades 1-5. Asha is supporting the extension of the school to support grades 6-8.
NYC/NJ
WEST BENGAL
21
Sri Sarada Sangha The aim of the group is to provide an ideal environment for children from the tribal areas of the chotanagpur area to become educated and take on the challenges of life with more confidence.
Athens, NYC/NJ
JHARKHAND
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Sumangali Seva Ashram Sumangali Seva Ashram is a nonprofit organization consistently working for rural development with an emphasis on women and children.
Boston/MIT, NYC/NJ
KARNATAKA
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Udbhas The objective of the group is to encourage the children in various educational and social activities, to reward the deserving ones, to provide facilities for the betterment of their life pattern, and to guide them to become better citizens.
NYC/NJ, UFlorida
WEST BENGAL
24
Vanavasi Ashram - Kerala Wayanad, a district of Kerala, is considered the most backward district of Kerala. It is the district where backward tribals namely Paniya, Nayikar, Adiyar, Kuruma and Kurrichias are living. They are living with the means which they get from the fore...
Atlanta, NYC/NJ, Silicon Valley, Stanford, Work an Hour
KERALA
25
VESC - Vivekananda Educational Society for Children TheVivekananda Educational Society for Children (VESC) wasfounded in January 1996 to address the problem of child labour in the South24-Parganas district of West Bengal, India.
Arizona, Berkeley, Colorado, Cornell, Mid-Hudson Valley, NYC/NJ, Seattle, Stanford, Work an Hour
WEST BENGAL
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