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Current Projects
| # | Project | Chapter(s) Funding | State | Custodian |
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| 1 | 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. |
NYC/NJ | DELHI | Siddharth Ramachandran |
| 2 | Door Step School
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 | Mazin Fatehi | 3 | 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 | Neil Mehta,
Prashant |
| 4 | 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. |
NYC/NJ | ANDHRA PRADESH | Vineet Sekhsaria |
| 5 | Sankurathri Foundation
Based just outside of Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, Sankurathri was founded as a model school that has changed the way the community viewed education. In contrast to the other schools in the area, Sarada Vidyalayam demands strict discipline and sets high academic standards. Every single student who has entered Sankurathri school has successfully completed 7th grade and 5 passed the state exam with first class. Asha for Education recently launched an Asha Stars program to support teacher's salaries of the school. |
Arizona, NYC/NJ, Seattle | ANDHRA PRADESH | Atrei Ghosh,
Neil Mehta |
| 6 | Sarada Kalyan Bhandar
Sardar Kalyan Bhandar (SKB) has three primary areas of work: primary education, healthcare for children, and higher education. They created an after-hours school program aimed at class preparation and regular school attendance. SKB also provides women from underdeveloped villages financial support while they pursue higher education. Asha for Education has helped raise money to complete the construction of a tuition center for this project. |
General Funds, Los Angeles, NYC/NJ, Yale | WEST BENGAL | Chinmay Dhavalikar,
Shraddha Stein |
| 7 | Sarvodaya Parivar Trust
In 1994, Dolatsingh Parmar started the Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, a residential school located in Pindval to teach a small group of 40 boys in first grade. Through Asha for Education’s support and guidance, they started to enroll girls and set up a separate building for them as well. The enrollment has grown every year and there are now over 200 students attending the school from pre-school classes to the 7th grade. |
Berkeley, Boston/MIT, Cornell, NYC/NJ, Silicon Valley | GUJARAT | Shailen Mistry,
Tushar Shah |
| 8 | 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 | Dileep Bhat,
Mahesh Damodaran, Vivek G |
| 9 | Child Aid Foundation
The Child Aid Foundation is a non-government organization working for education of poor and needy children in India. CAF runs “Shri Vijaya Bharati School", located in slums of Vijayawada city, Andhra Pradesh. The organization is established in 1993. CAF undertakes conventional education from the Nursery to the 9th standard/class (this year 10th) level according to the Government’s Department of Education approved syllabus and curriculum. There are 13 qualified teachers on staff and 350 children in all. The children come from the city slum and nearby impoverished village areas. Their parents are uneducated and very poor. |
NYC/NJ | ANDHRA PRADESH | Sandeep Kulkarni |
| 10 | Kedi Residential School for girls
Kaivalya Trust, which is a non-political, not-for-Profit NGO, Registered since April 28, 2003, runs Kedi Residential School. The group aspires to provide a supportive and conducive environment that would benefit the Adivasis of Dharampur Taluka [Dist. Valsad, South Gujarat, India] to progress educationally, economically, socially and thus to bridge the wide gap between rural-urban society. Kedi Residential School is to provide relevant formal education along with vocational training system, which can prepare them to work and live in their own villages. The school will follow Gujarat State School Board curriculum. In the first year at ‘Kedi’, we the students are prepared to get a strong foundation of the primary education before they start preparing for standard 8, 9 and the Board exam of standard 10. During the courses of four years, we will offer them following vocational training. Agriculture, nursery,food products, Craft and Bamboo Products, Machine and Hand Embroidary, Cutting and stitching. |
NYC/NJ | GUJARAT | Tushar Shah,
Shailen Mistry |
| 11 | Sahyog Ekta
Sahyog provides educational program for adolescent girls in Jari Mari and Dindoshi and children with disabilites in JariMari. The project is located in Mumbai, in two separate slum settlements. The population is predominantly poor, largely migrant. 1. Sahyog School Without Walls This is the oldest program of Sahyog. Established in June 2000, this is a community-based school for out-of-school adolescent girls. The primary aim of Sahyog school is to give these girls confidence in themselves and develop their capacity for critical thinking. Sahyog also offers the girls opportunity to link with the formal system. Currently, its two branches have about 50 girls each. 2. Sangharsh Special Education Program Sangharsh is a community-based rehabilitation and training program that started in the Jari Mari slum areas of Mumbai. The program started in 2003 for poor families with children for special needs. with only two specialized teachers, the program is able to cater 25-30 children with different kinds of disability 3. Sahyog Ekta Started in 2003, the Sahyog Ekta community based health program was set up as a small clinic in both school locations through which access to basic health services are provided Asha NYC/NJ supported for the recurring expenses for 2007-2008 of this school with an amount of $9000. |
NYC/NJ | MAHARASHTRA | Shreya Amin |
| 12 | Project Ahead
This is an urban project located in Kolkata. The organization runs special school for mainly the mentally challenged and autistic children. The number of children undergoing education at present is 40. Asha NYC/NJ has supported with an amount of $ 3850.00 for a bus to transport children to the school from their homes and for library books. /td> | NYC/NJ | WEST BENGAL | Prasanth Ramanand |
| 13 | Shilpa Society
Shilpa Society for Mentally Handicapped was forned by Dr. Premila and Dr. Harimohan in December 1996 with the purpose of improving the quality of life of mentally handicapped children. The organization has focused on early intervention as one of its primary goals. It has setup a nodal early intervention unit for this purpose. Its long-term goals are to accelerate the rate of development in these children and , minimize the effect of the handicapping condition and increase their independent functioning. Asha helped Shilpa Society to purchase a school bus. |
NYC/NJ | KERALA | Prasanth Ramanand |
| 14 | Fellowship Siddamma
Siddamma is a grassroots activist who has worked extensively with the Irula tribal communities. She is the founder of Bharati Trust which has organized community-based initiatives, such as motivational centers, community resource centers and unorganized worker’s unions. She was instrumental in the release of bonded laborers from the rice mills in Red Hills near Chennai. She has been recognized as an Asha Fellow. Asha NYC/NJ, along with Asha Austin, helped to construct Bharati Trust Resource Center in 2007. |
NYC/NJ | TAMIL NADU | Santhosh Padmanabhan |
| 15 | HUT
Human Uplift Trust (HUT) was founded in 1983 by Mrs Rajagopalan with the mission to help community members access basic human rights. It is based in Perambalur near Trichy in Tamil Nadu which has been identified as one of the high prevalance areas for AIDS in India. HUT found that children were the worst affected by the AIDS epidemic. In the absence of educational opportunities and parental guidance, they were exposed to illegal activities and sex trafficking thereby also increasing the danger of spread of the disease. HUT AIDS Orphans Project was started to tackle this issue. It has a mission to provide formal education to children and orphans from families affected by AIDS (FAA) in a safe and stigma-free environment. Asha NYC/NJ and Asha Florida jointly supported this project in 2007. We provided assistance to meet food and medical expenses, educational and recreational materials and some administrative expenses for the school. |
NYC/NJ | TAMIL NADU | Mahesh Damodaran |
Previous Projects
| # | Project | Chapter(s) Funding | State |
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| 1 | 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 | Dhamma Dipa School
An educational project for disadvantaged children of poor tribals in South Tripura |
NYC/NJ, Stamford, Work an Hour | TRIPURA |
| 4 | Door Step School - Dattawadi Study Centre
Door Step School runs study classes for children going to school to try and improve the levels of the children. |
NYC/NJ | MAHARASHTRA |
| 5 | 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 | Gram Vikas
Gram Vikas is a voluntary organisation working amongst the rural (and poor) areas of Orissa. |
NYC/NJ, Silicon Valley | ORISSA |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | 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, NYC/NJ, Seattle, Silicon Valley | UTTAR PRADESH |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 |
| 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
To teach the children who are deprived of education. To ensure their moral and character development along with education. |
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 | 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 |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | 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 |
| 26 | 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 |
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